After delay, Wayne County approves LCPtracker platform for business certifications

Wayne County's Committee on Government Operations approved a retroactive amendment and addendum with LCPtracker to implement a county-managed vendor management and certification platform after staff answered commissioners' procurement and control questions.

Commissioners initially delayed the item to obtain more detail about how cooperative purchasing might interact with local procurement rules. "I think they hurt smaller local businesses," Commissioner Killeen said during early questioning about cooperative purchasing systems. He moved to pass the item for the day until staff could appear; the commission voted to postpone and then reconvened the item when a county presenter arrived.

Danielle, the presenter, explained LCPtracker (a B2G platform) will be owned and operated for Wayne County use by the Office of Corporation Counsel and the Human Relations & Business Inclusion division. She said the platform allows vendors to apply for county certifications, upload documents, pay certification fees, and enables staff to track and report county certifications. "This will allow vendors to directly apply for that certification on this platform," the presenter said.

Commissioner Killeen asked that staff track the platform's results and report back after one year on how many more Wayne County businesses became certified. After a motion to reconsider and discussion, the committee approved the retroactive amendment and addendum.

What comes next: staff will implement the platform, accept vendor applications on the county-controlled system, and report one-year metrics on certified Wayne County businesses.