The Washington state legislature recently (April 2016) passed legislation (Substitute House Bill 2427) eliminating some of the roadblocks to conducting online bidding. The text of the bill can be viewed here. With changes to the Revised Code of Washington (RCW)…
In many ways, public transportation agencies are the same as any other – they require vendor registration, posting of the solicitations, and submission of bids. Why is it that so many transportation agencies are moving to ProcureWare? There are many…
In this article I will discuss how eBid eXchange helps all types of organizations manage vendor prequalification programs. While the focus of the article is on the Washington State Small Works Roster (SWR) program, the concepts and functionality are applicable…
I recently had an opportunity to meet a client, Sal Amadeo, Purchasing Manager at the Town of Wallingford Connecticut. In our conversation, he raved about how much he loved eBid eXchange and noted that “the phone stopped ringing.” I’ve heard…
While for the past 15 years ProcureWare has been serving the needs of local governments in the United States, recently we have enjoyed international growth serving public and private organizations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South Pacific. The…
Regardless of whether you are a local utility or large commercial property management firm, you need to get the most out of your prospective supplier database and one of the most effective ways is to implement public vendor registration. Keep…
This year we implemented eBid eXchange for a number of property management companies including NAI Merin Hunter Codman. As a result of the success of that project, we were invited to participate in the NAI National Conference next week in…
Managing supplier diversity programs can be difficult and time consuming – especially if you do not have a sourcing solution with built in M/WBE tracking functions. eBid eXchange makes managing supplier M/WBE programs simple and easy. eBid eXchange is ideally…
The best sourcing strategies for Facility Managers… and everyone else Some folks subscribe to the idea that suppliers are advisories to be squeezed for every dime while others embrace the old-boys network. As we saw in part 1 of “Suppliers:…
Identifying the right supplier management strategies for Facility Managers... and everyone else I was recently invited to speak at the International Facility Managers Association (IFMA) conference in New Orleans about Supplier Management Strategies. One aspect of the presentation that really…
