The City of Asheville welcomes the opportunity to do business with interested merchants and vendors in the community. Asheville maintains an open door policy for all potential bidders and encourages the participation of minority and women businesses in the purchasing process. Asheville’s goal is to make doing business with the city as easy and convenient as possible.

 


Purchasing Division Mission Statement

 

The mission of the purchasing division is to ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons involved in public purchasing, to maximize the purchasing value of public funds in procurement, and to provide safeguards for maintaining a procurement system of quality and integrity.

 


Purchasing Process

 

The City of Asheville generally procures equipment, supplies, materials in one of the following ways:

  • VISA procurement card (for purchases and general services less than $5,000)
  • Quotes (for purchases from $5,000 to $30,000)
  • Informal Bids (for purchases from $30,000 to $90,000)
  • Formal Bids (for purchase above $90,000)

 

To learn more, and to see a list of current bid opportunities, please see the Purchasing page.

 


Resources

 

Purchasing department page

 


Contact Information

 

Purchasing

70 Court Plaza, Suite 100C, Asheville, NC 28801

828-259-5950

 


Updated 12/19/2019