CHANGES COMING TO PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

IMPORTANT NOTICE

CHANGES COMING TO PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

Effective April 1, 2022, the following changes will go into effect:

St. Tammany Parish will no longer record contracts, purchase orders, bonds, Notice to Proceed or change orders with the Clerk of Court.

The contractor will now be required upon receipt of the executed contract, bond, change order, purchase order, and Notice to Proceed record these items with the Clerk of Court, obtain a Certificate of Recordation from the Clerk of Court, and forward this Certificate immediately to the Department of Procurement.

The Department will process no purchase orders and no Notice to Proceed letters will be issued until receipt of the Certificate of Recordation. This will go into effect for any new projects advertised after April 1, 2022.

The contractor may deliver the Certificate of Recordation to St. Tammany Parish Government at the office of St. Tammany Parish Government, Department of Procurement, 21454 Koop Drive, Suite 2F, Mandeville, LA 70471 or send via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Other Changes:

Solicitations and addenda will no longer be posted on the St. Tammany Parish Website. All solicitations and addenda advertised on or after April 1, 2022 will be posted on LaPAC (Louisiana Procurement and Contract Network).

NOTE: LaPAC is the State’s online electronic solicitation notification system on the Office of State Procurement website. LaPAC provides an immediate e-mail notification to subscribing vendors of a STPGOV solicitation and any addenda posted. To receive the e-mail notification, vendors must register in the LaGov portal. Registration is intuitive at the following link: https://lagoverpvendor.doa.louisiana.gov/irj/portal/anonymous?guest_user=self_reg 

Procurement Department