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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 1250 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.
