Purchasing Department

The Purchasing Department is located in the Government Center. The mission of the department is to ensure that all goods and services more than $2500 are competitively procured. This is accomplished by “bidding” the items or utilizing a currently established Federal Government contract. Additionally, the Purchasing Department arranges travel itineraries for Prairie Band employees which may include air fare bookings, conference registrations, rental car and hotel reservations and calculating per diem funds prior to trip departures. The Purchasing Department also manages the P-card program for employees which allow them to make “small” dollar purchases. This program is monitored closely and allows the tribe to issue just one check to the bank for these purchases instead of issuing checks to multiple vendors for small dollar amounts.

The Purchasing Department is tasked with disposing of surplus inventory.  This is done by posting the surplus inventory both in descriptive and in pictures on the following web site:  www.govdeals.com  as a potential consumer of the surplus property you will need to register with this web site at no cost to you.  If you have any troubles getting registered please contact the “help line” at 1-800-613-0156 ext. #2 we suggest you checking the web site regularly for surplus items as we post them as they become available for disposal.