{"id":48,"date":"2025-09-11T18:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlouiscountyfeedback.com\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:27:48","slug":"48-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stlouiscountyfeedback.com\/","title":{"rendered":"St Louis County &#8211; Procurement Ethics Hotline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div aria-label=\"Offset Gallery\" class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-offset\"><ul class=\"coblocks-gallery has-no-alignment has-caption-style-dark has-small-images has-small-gutter\"><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-offset__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/stlouiscountyfeedback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saint-Louis-County-Missouri-logo-1-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"49\" data-imglink=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouiscountyfeedback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saint-Louis-County-Missouri-logo-1-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stlouiscountyfeedback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saint-Louis-County-Missouri-logo-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stlouiscountyfeedback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saint-Louis-County-Missouri-logo-1-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stlouiscountyfeedback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saint-Louis-County-Missouri-logo-1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The St. Louis County Division of Procurement acquires goods and services from outside businesses for St. Louis County Government, usually via a competitive bidding process. The procurement ethics hotline is operated by the St. Louis County Department of Administration and provides an avenue for citizens, vendors, and County employees to report suspected fraud in the procurement process. Any comments and reports will be confidential. We encourage you to provide contact information so we can follow up with you as we investigate this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*Note: If you have any information regarding potential fraud at St. Louis County that is NOT related to the procurement process, you should contact the St. Louis County Auditor&#8217;s Fraud Hotline at 314-615-7000 or auditor@stlouisco.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style id=\"wpforms-css-vars-45-block-f90fd8da-6275-473a-a86f-1459e9187e11\">\n\t\t\t\t#wpforms-45.wpforms-block-f90fd8da-6275-473a-a86f-1459e9187e11 {\n\t\t\t\t--wpforms-field-size-input-height: 43px;\n--wpforms-field-size-input-spacing: 15px;\n--wpforms-field-size-font-size: 16px;\n--wpforms-field-size-line-height: 19px;\n--wpforms-field-size-padding-h: 14px;\n--wpforms-field-size-checkbox-size: 16px;\n--wpforms-field-size-sublabel-spacing: 5px;\n--wpforms-field-size-icon-size: 1;\n--wpforms-label-size-font-size: 16px;\n--wpforms-label-size-line-height: 19px;\n--wpforms-label-size-sublabel-font-size: 14px;\n--wpforms-label-size-sublabel-line-height: 17px;\n--wpforms-button-size-font-size: 17px;\n--wpforms-button-size-height: 41px;\n--wpforms-button-size-padding-h: 15px;\n--wpforms-button-size-margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style><div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full wpforms-block wpforms-block-f90fd8da-6275-473a-a86f-1459e9187e11 wpforms-render-modern\" id=\"wpforms-45\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-45\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"45\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F48\" data-token=\"e3c8747954db6df4d262c46144a993a1\" data-token-time=\"1780478274\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div id=\"wpforms-error-noscript\" style=\"display: none;\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-45-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><fieldset><legend class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">*<\/span><\/legend><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-45-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-45-field_1-error\" required><label for=\"wpforms-45-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-45-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-45-field_1-last-error\" required><label for=\"wpforms-45-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/fieldset><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-45-field_5-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\" data-field-id=\"5\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-45-field_5\">Phone Number<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-45-field_5\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-masked-input\" data-rule-inputmask-incomplete=\"1\" data-inputmask-mask=\"+1 (999)-999-9999\" name=\"wpforms[fields][5]\" value=\"123-456-7890\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-45-field_5-error\" ><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-45-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-45-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-45-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" value=\"email@email.com\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-45-field_2-error\" required><\/div>\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-45-field_8-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"8\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-45-field_8\" >situation? are ago&quot;<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-45-field_8\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][8]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-45-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-select wpforms-field-select-style-classic\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-45-field_3\">If we need to call you to ask additional questions, can we do so?<\/label><select id=\"wpforms-45-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\"><option value=\"\" class=\"placeholder\" disabled  selected='selected'>&#8211;<\/option><option value=\"Yes Contact Me\"  class=\"choice-1 depth-1\"  >Yes Contact Me<\/option><option value=\"Do not contact\"  class=\"choice-2 depth-1\"  >Do not contact<\/option><\/select><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-45-field_4-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-select wpforms-field-select-style-classic\" data-field-id=\"4\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-45-field_4\">How are you connected to St. Louis County? <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">*<\/span><\/label><select id=\"wpforms-45-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" required=\"required\"><option value=\"\" class=\"placeholder\" disabled  selected='selected'>&#8211;<\/option><option value=\"Employee\"  class=\"choice-1 depth-1\"  >Employee<\/option><option value=\"Vendor\/Contactor\"  class=\"choice-2 depth-1\"  >Vendor\/Contactor<\/option><option value=\"Concerned Citizen\"  class=\"choice-3 depth-1\"  >Concerned Citizen<\/option><option value=\"Other\"  class=\"choice-4 depth-1\"  >Other<\/option><\/select><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-45-field_6-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\" data-field-id=\"6\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-45-field_6\">Describe the specific procurement situation or behavior you are reporting. Please be detailed in your response.<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-45-field_6\" class=\"wpforms-field-large\" name=\"wpforms[fields][6]\" placeholder=\"-\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-45-field_6-error\" ><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-45-field_7-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\" data-field-id=\"7\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-45-field_7\">When did this occur? 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