Portland bureau shows savings with private procurement
Daily Journal of Commerce
May 21, 2004
by Jessica Swanson
The Portland Bureau of Parks and Recreation is a little more than two months into an 18-month pilot program with Genuine Parts Co. to contract out warehouse services. The deal with Genuine Parts, better known as NAPA Auto Parts, has produced more than $35,000 in savings over that last two months on the procurement of goods under $5,000.
NAPA promised the bureau $200,000 in savings by providing parts and delivery of parts over the 18-month period, or the company would write the city a check for the difference. Mary Huff, operations manager for the city bureau, thinks the savings will exceed $300,000.
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