SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAENV44BO25202418M?
$18.93M paid to 149 different vendors (the largest, Overdrive Inc, received $11.6M) across 1,722 payments from July 16, 2024 to July 25, 2025, charged to Library / Library Materials.
149 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $18.9M 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 2 this order is charged to.
Order description, as published:
7/10/24: INITIAL ENCUMBRANCE $1,000,000.00 LINE 1 F300/9010;
Approval records
- BO202418Authority code on the payments (OPEN ORDER).
Order dated July 10, 2024.
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 149 vendors on this order.
Payment volume
This order carries 1,722 payments totalling $18.9M, an average of $10,995. 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.