SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAENV44BO26202517M?
$20.66M paid to 128 different vendors (the largest, Overdrive Inc, received $12.8M) across 1,716 payments from July 15, 2025 to June 23, 2026, charged to Library / Library Materials.
128 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $20.7M 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:
7/15/25: INITIAL ENCUMBRANCE $2,000,000.00; F300/9010;FY26
Approval records
- BO202517Authority code on the payments (OPEN ORDER).
Order dated July 15, 2025.
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 128 vendors on this order.
Payment volume
This order carries 1,716 payments totalling $20.7M, an average of $12,039. 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.