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The
City of Houston Purchasing Agent
Calvin
D. Wells
City Hall Building
Concourse Level Suite B-113
901 Bagby Street
Houston, TX 77002
Calvin D. Wells was appointed by Mayor Lee P. Brown
in 1998 to oversee the Strategic Purchasing Division
of the City of Houston's Administration and Regulatory
Affairs Department. Prior to serving as the City
Purchasing Agent, Calvin retired from Texaco, Inc.
with over 20 years of corporate purchasing experience.
Calvin retired from Texaco Inc. as manager of foreign
procurement. At Texaco he had oversight of domestic
and international acquisitions, vendor selection
and negotiations, financial controls, contract development
and coordination, problem resolution and service
relations. As City Purchasing Agent for the City
of Houston, he recently implemented a cost avoidance
procedure that saved the City of Houston 19 million
dollars in supply and service contracts. During
his career, he has developed several alliances leveraging
viable businesses with the consolidation of 1,250
contracts into 583 within a 5-year period.
Calvin holds a B.S. degree in Accounting/Business
Management (double major) from Southern University
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received a certificate
from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
in Executive Purchasing Development and an Executive
Development certificate from the University of Houston.
He is a member of the National Association of Purchasing
Management and the Petroleum Accounting Society of
Houston. He is married with two children.
