Purchasing
About Purchasing
The Purchasing Department seeks to improve the opportunities for all businesses to participate in open and fair competitive bidding with the City of Farmers Branch. The Purchasing Department provides support and guidance to all City Departments as well as vendors seeking to do business with the City or learn more about our purchasing processes. More info
Doing Business with the City
The City of Farmers Branch is pleased to announce the use of a new online procurement system for formal bids. This system will be used to solicit vendors for the purchase of goods and services over $50,000. Sign up to be notified when the City has an upcoming bid. More info
Becoming a HUB vendor
The City of Farmers Branch prides itself on reaching out to HUB (Historically Underutilized Business) vendors in solicitations, and ensuring HUB vendors receive a fair and equitable chance at doing business with the City. More info
Becoming a Cooperative vendor
The City of Farmers Branch utilizes cooperative contracts to purchase, in addition to seeking competitive pricing internally. If you would like to find out more information about becoming a cooperative contract vendor please More info
Upcoming Events and Vendor Resources
The Purchasing Department is dedicated to keeping vendors and our community informed about our latest purchasing news, vendor resources and upcoming vendor events. Purchasing is also the designated department authorized to dispose of all surplus, seized and confiscated property for the City. The City uses the online service Rene Bates Auctioneers to dispose of surplus property. Rene Bates & Associates handles the sale of heavy equipment, large items and smaller items. More info
Vendor Input
We value the opinions of our community and our vendor community. We would love to hear your suggestions pertaining to purchasing, and what we can do to improve our vendor engagement. If you would like to contribute to the improvement of our purchasing program please send them to us on the online form.