Save time, money by automating your procurement process
Administering bids, quotes and RFPs can be complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Onvia's DemandStar®, a free service for government agencies, streamlines the procurement process by allowing agencies to manage the bid/proposal process electronically.
Today, some 400 agencies throughout the nation – from city and county governments, housing authorities and fire departments to school districts and port authorities – rely on DemandStar as their e-procurement platform.
When your agency uses DemandStar, you don’t just save time and money – you also get control over the entire procurement process. You’ll increase bid competition with access to more local and national vendors (some 140,000 suppliers currently use DemandStar), and you’ll make it easier for vendors to respond. The result? More high-quality bids and more competitive pricing from vendors.
DemandStar features two Internet-based components:
BidWire®/E-Bidding (for formal bids and RFP)
- Automatically notify vendors of your bids and RFPs via email or fax
- Distribute bid and RFP documents and specs online – no more expensive copying and mailing of documents, blueprints and forms
- Track all vendor bid activity online and verify that vendors have received bid documents and addenda
- Receive vendors’ bids and proposals online
- Research our ever-growing library of more than 100,000 proposal/quote documents for help with developing your own bids and RFPs
QuoteWire® (for informal quotes)
- Solicit quotes electronically – no need for multiple phone calls to vendors
- Receive quotes electronically, with automatic tabulation of responses
- Evaluate quotes online quickly and easily
- Notify vendors automatically of awards
And DemandStar’s Bid Board feature lets you link from your agency website to a complete listing of all your agency’s active bids and RFPs that’s updated automatically.
To learn more about how your agency can benefit from DemandStar, call us toll-free at 800-331-5337 or visit www.demandstar.com.
