Contracts and Procurement
It is the responsibility of Procurement Services to conduct purchasing for Port Houston in accordance with all applicable laws and guidelines, to foster sound purchasing policies and procedures throughout all departments of Port Houston, and to stimulate competitive bidding to provide materials and services at the lowest price and highest quality possible. Port Houston uses an e-bidding system, BuySpeed™ eProcurement System (BuySpeed), to support its transparency efforts by providing real-time information on open bids and proposals, via a free registration link provided below.
Fiscal Year 2023 Contracts and Procurement Summary
| Total Procurement and Contracting Spending | $628,277,608 |
| Procurement and Contract Spending Per Capita* | 130 |
| Publicly Posted Bidding and Contracting Opportunities from invitation for bids and request for proposals | 1,395 |
| Total number of awarded contracts | 1,575 |
| Dollar amount of Bids Received from Invitations to Bid And Requests for Proposals |
$82,632,642.11 |
| Total dollar amount awarded from contracts | $452,799,541 |
* The population figures for 2023 are taken from the Harris County ACFR’s
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