Nicholas Lam, Director of Purchasing/Risk Management

The Purchasing/Risk Management Division is comprised of Purchasing, Risk Management, and Mail Services.

Purchasing provides assistance to City divisions for the cost effective and efficient purchase of goods and services as well as the disposition of surplus property. It is responsible for the coordination of special programs such as outreach to Minority Business Enterprises and Women Business Enterprises, prevailing wage compliance, vendor relations, auction of surplus property, and state cooperative purchasing.

This division provides risk management services, administers loss reduction programs, purchases insurance coverages for identified exposures to loss and administers claims for property damage or personal injury made against the City.

To review the projects currently out for bid, go to Bid Opportunities page.

To be placed on the City’s bidders list, go to the Bidders List Program page.

Have questions about how to do business with the City of Kalamazoo? Click on the following link for answers to many commonly asked questions on the bidding process (.pdf).

Surplus Property Auctions 

Twice a year the city and other governmental units join together to auction surplus property and items seized in criminal and civil cases.  For information on the next auction, go to Auctions.

The city also sometimes offers surplus property for sale at the internet auction site PublicSurplus.com (click to access)