SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAENV44BO27202627M?
$5.39M paid to 38 different vendors (the largest, Overdrive Inc, received $3.6M) across 420 payments from July 16, 2026 to September 9, 2026, charged to Library / Library Materials.
38 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $5.4M 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.
Approval records
- BO202627Authority code on the payments (OPEN ORDER).
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 38 vendors on this order.
Payment volume
This order carries 420 payments totalling $5.4M, an average of $12,844. 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.