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Quadient, Inc.

Vendor code USP7160190 · investigation view
Total paid (in snapshot)
$640,000
3 checks across 1 fund type
Cadence
Apr 25, 2025Dec 29, 2025
≈ a check every 124 days (the “drip”)
Traceable to a contract/agreement
$0
Direct / untraceable
$640,000 (100%)
3 checks reference no contract — the closer-look pile

Formal procurement records

No currently-active master agreement in the city’s Active Contracts dataset names this vendor. That’s common and doesn’t mean the money is untracked — large payments are often made via delivery orders under a master agreement that has since expired (the city only publishes active ones), by a joint-venture / related legal entity different from the contracting firm, or they’re a transfer, debt-service, grant, or direct disbursement with no procurement contract at all. To chase the scope, search Austin Finance Online Contracts and the Council records for “Quadient, Inc.” using the links below.

How the City books these payments

The City department & division that cut these checks — this is why one vendor can show up under several programs and funds (each program on the Overview is a department).

DepartmentDivisionAmount · checks
Building ServicesFacility Security and Mail Services$320,000 · 1
Building ServicesSupport Services$320,000 · 2

Verify at the source

Reading the source-doc column below: a CT number is a contract (it links straight to the contract record). A DO (delivery order) is an internal payment reference against a master agreement — those numbers are not searchable in the solicitations portal, so to find the scope, search Austin Finance Online by vendor name (“Quadient, Inc.”) under Contracts, or use the Council-records search above.

Internal Service$640,000 · 3 checks

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Dec 29, 2025$320,000Support Services Fund Large & untraceablePostageBuilding Services › Facility Security and Mail Servicesdirect
Jun 16, 2025$160,000Support Services FundPostageBuilding Services › Support Servicesdirect
Apr 25, 2025$160,000Support Services FundPostageBuilding Services › Support Servicesdirect

Scope: checks in the current snapshot (2026-07-28) at or above the snapshot’s minimum size. For this vendor’s complete payment history, use the raw checkbook feed linked above.