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WE WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.

Our mission is simple: to provide the highest quality good and services to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to better protect and serve our community. We value suppliers who share our dedication to quality and continuous improvement and who are interested in working with us to accomplish our mission.

Soliciting the LVMPD's Business
The Purchasing Unit is responsible for procuring materials, supplies, equipment, and services for all of LVMPD's Bureaus. Your first contact when soliciting the LVMPD's business should be with Purchasing Division staff. Purchasing staff can then direct you to the area best able to evaluate your organization's products or services for use by the Department.

The Bidding Process
LVMPD's purchases are made through a competitive bidding process in which purchases are divided into formal and informal categories.

Formal purchases are valued at more than $50,000. Bid invitations for formal purchases are advertised on the Bids Available page of the Purchasing Division web site. Formal sealed bids/proposals must be submitted to the LVMPD's Purchasing Division, City Hall, 400 Stewart, 7th Flr, Las Vegas Nevada 89101. Formal bids are opened publicly by the Purchasing Analyst on the date and at or shortly after the time set for receipt of bids in the bid document. Award of a contract resulting from a formal bid invitation is made by the Fiscal Affairs Committee or its designee as formalized by resolution.

Informal purchases are valued at $50,000 or less. Quotations for informal purchases are requested from firms in the Department's supplier database.. Written quotations must be submitted for quotations valued between $25,000 and $50,000; Contracts for informal purchases are awarded by the issuance of a LVMPD Purchase Order.

The Supplier Database
In order to facilitate a greater distribution of its bid opportunities, LVMPD has joined Onvia/DemandStar, the leading government purchasing network. Onvia/DemandStar maintains a database of member suppliers, who are automatically notified of bid opportunities relevant to their businesses. For more information on becoming an Onvia/DemandStar member, please visit the Bidder Registration page.