Procurement – Garfield County

Watts named Garfield County finance director

Photos of new Garfield County Finance Director Jamaica Watts and new Contracts and Procurement Director Scott Henriksen.

Garfield County has elevated two of its own into important roles in both the finance and procurement departments. Jamaica Watts has taken the reins as the county’s new finance director and Scott Henriksen has been named the new procurement and contracts director. Formerly the county’s procurement and contracts director, Watts assumed the finance director role in an interim fashion in mid-April and has accepted the position full-time. Henriksen moved into the procurement director’s seat after three years as the county’s construction contracts administrator. Watts first served in local government for more than eight years at Eagle County, where she moved

Finance director, Procurement

County looking for Veterans Service Officer

Garfield County is seeking qualified military veterans interested in becoming the new veterans service officer (VSO). The contract role entails assisting Garfield County veterans, their families and legal representatives in a wide variety of duties, including benefit claims. This is a contract position, and applicants will submit qualifications to Garfield County Procurement. The role requires the individual to have served in a branch of the U.S. armed forces and be honorably discharged or an officer on inactive duty, be a resident of Colorado, and a U.S. citizen. The officer assists Garfield County veterans, surviving spouses, administrators, executors, guardians, heirs of

Garfield County is bolstering its local preference policy to award more contracts to local vendors, helping the area recover economically from disruptions from COVID-19. Through the Garfield County Procurement Department, approved local vendors will temporarily see a boost from the usual 5 percent to a 7.5 percent preference on bids and proposals through Sept. 31. Preference policies typically span from 1.5 to 10 percent and are designed to benefit local economies. All solicitations through procurement for goods, services and construction are eligible for the increased preference, excluding federally funded projects, which are restricted from such programs. To qualify