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OC Home About the County Departments Business How Do I Residents Services Visitors Low Graphics Version A A A | Current Agency Entire County About Us Doing Business with OC Green Procurement County Surplus Open Bids FAQs Contact Us County Procurement Office The Procurement Office is a division of the County Executive Office (CEO) that provides corporate level procurement support to the County. The County Purchasing Agent, as head of the Procurement Office is responsible for implementing and enforcing Board of Supervisors and CEO policies pertaining to County procurement. The Procurement Office is charged with ensuring that the County's process is fair, competitive, efficient and conducted under strict ethical guidelines. The Board of Supervisors delegates the authority to procure all goods and services to the County Purchasing Agent. This authority is then delegated to Deputy Purchasing Agents located at each agency and department. Under direction of the CEO, the Procurement Office ensures that proper safeguards are in place for maintaining a procurement system of quality and integrity by providing procurement support, training and oversight countywide. Mission Our mission is to provide County leadership in procurement through effective collaboration, teamwork, training and oversight to ensure a procurement process that is fair, cost effective, efficient and in accordance with Board policy as well as state and local statutes. Vision Public employment is a public trust. It is our duty to conduct purchasing processes in an ethical manner that builds public confidence and preserves the integrity of an open and fair procurement process. The Procurement Office, as a regional leader in public procurement must set the example and build opportunities for cooperative purchasing to ensure public funds are expended in a manner that provides maximum benefit to the taxpayers of Orange County. Organization The County Procurement Office serves the CEOs Office as a Procurement Corporate entity, overseeing the Procurements across the 26 County departments. To accomplish this task, we are organized as shown in this Organization Chart . If you have any comments, concerns or questions about the information contained herein, or any suggestion as to how our office can serve you better, please feel free to contact us via e-mail: CPO@ocgov.com Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Awards The County Procurement Office is once again the proud recipient of the prestigious Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) award for 2019. This is the sixth consecutive year the County Procurement Office has won the AEP Award – having also received the award in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. County Procurement Office also earned the AEP Award in 2007. 2019 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Previous Consecutive Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Awards Popular Resources County Surplus Doing Business with OC FAQs Green Procurement OC Procurement Ethics Guide Open Bids Procurement Contacts Vendor Information Vendor Registration County T&Cs CPM OCEPP Policy OCEPP Users Guide Vendor Info Day Events March 5, 2020 9:00 AM Vendor Information Day Vendor Information Day provides vendors with information on how to do business with the County and answers questions regarding the County of Orange purchasing process. To participate in this event, RSVP is required. For detailed information and to RSVP, please click HERE County Directory Assistance 855.886.5400 Navigation OC Home About the County Departments Business How Do I Residents Services Quick Links Acceptable Use Accessibility Contact the County Disclaimer Sitemap Resources Chambers of Commerce Federal Government General Information Orange County Cities Related Government Agencies State Government Visitor Bureaus Social Media and Applications Making Orange County a safe, healthy, and fulfilling place to live, work, and play, today and for generations to come, by providing outstanding, cost-effective regional public services. You Are Now Leaving the County of Orange Official Portal The policies that apply to the County of Orange Official Web Portal may not be the same as the terms of use for other web sites. The County of Orange cannot attest to the accuracy of the information provided by the linked websites. Any link to an external website is not intended as an endorsement of that external website, any product or service offered or referenced to or any views that might be expressed or referenced therein....