SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAENV44BO24202325M?
$17.21M paid to 154 different vendors (the largest, Overdrive Inc, received $10.7M) across 1,579 payments from August 2, 2023 to June 25, 2025, charged to Library / Library Materials.
154 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $17.2M above is the whole order, not the spend of whichever vendor you arrived from. The City uses these for standing arrangements like outside counsel, library materials and expert witnesses. Per-vendor amounts are below.
What it was for
Library MaterialsBudget line carrying the most money, of 3 this order is charged to.
Order description, as published:
7/21/23: INITIAL ENCUMBRANCE $500,000.00 LINE 1 F300/9010;
Approval records
- BO202325Authority code on the payments (OPEN ORDER).
Order dated July 18, 2023.
Paid from
Library
restricted revenue (grants, fees or a dedicated tax) that can only be spent on this purpose — not general-fund tax dollars.
Department: Library
Paid to
Showing the 25 largest of 154 vendors on this order.
Payment volume
This order carries 1,579 payments totalling $17.2M, an average of $10,899. At that volume it is a standing arrangement drawn down continuously rather than a sequence of milestones, so individual payments are not listed.
Sources
LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), read live and grouped by po_num, which is populated on about 90% of payments. Council files link to the City Clerk's Council File Management System. The City's biggest contracts · The checkbook.