Managing 400+ Active Contracts at a Municipal Government

Public procurement at a municipal government means continuous oversight of hundreds of vendor relationships across goods, services, and construction. Every contract has its own renewal date, performance review cycle, change-order workflow, and closeout process — and every contract over $100,000 must be prepared for Town Council approval. Miss any of those touchpoints and the Town overpays, vendors underdeliver, or the Town walks into renewals with no leverage. In his role at the Town of Palm Beach, Duke owns that entire pipeline.

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   End-to-end administration of 400+ active contracts — renewals, vendor performance, negotiations, closeouts
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   30+ formal RFPs and RFQs led annually, each with a facilitated selection committee
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   1,000+ Purchase Orders, Change Orders, and Blanket Purchase Orders reviewed and approved each year in the Town's financial system
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   Negotiations led on nearly every RFP and RFQ, backed by price and cost analyses and market surveys
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   PCard program administered for 100+ cardholders and 400+ monthly transactions — training, fraud response, reconciliation
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   Resolutions, agenda items, and memos prepared for Town Council on every contract over $100,000
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   Team of three procurement agents and a warehouse coordinator supervised day to day

The Town's procurement office earned seven group excellence awards in five years: National Procurement Institute Annual Awards in 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024; Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials Annual Awards in 2022 and 2023; and the 2023 Sterling Award. Under the same system, Duke prepared the solicitation packages for major Town projects — a new recreation center, a state-of-the-art marina, the undergrounding program, and the reconstruction of a landmark fire station. He holds four procurement certifications: CPPB, CPPO, CPP, and FCCM.