BidNet Direct Success Stories

Seminole State College became a BidNet Direct member and joined the Florida Purchasing Group in 2019. Since that time, they have enjoyed significant improvements to their procurement process as a result of transitioning to an entirely online purchasing process.

The City of Boulder has found a solution that automates these purchasing processes while saving time and meeting grant requirements for vendor outreach. Several City purchasing professionals addressed their use of BidNet Direct’s Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System and how their purchasing processes have improved over the years.

Purchasing policies can vary from state to state and those rules change even more on the local government level. Traci Gorman, Procurement Officer for the Town of Parker, Colorado makes certain to not only follow the rules and guidelines, but exceed them whenever possible.

Procurement processes often take time. Dirk Banks, Purchasing Specialist at Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Northern Water), realized that there had to be a more efficient way of managing the Northern Water solicitations and overall procurement process. From having to find vendors, to sending out the solicitations, to waiting for possible bid submissions to be returned; Banks was spending too much time manually managing solicitations and vendor communication.

The City of Jacksonville utilizes BidNet Direct’s North Carolina Purchasing Group to help automate and expand its purchasing process; both by-department, and within procurement itself.

The public procurement process has gone digital. Higher education centers around the country have recognized that electronic purchasing saves both time and money. In this case study, Hinds Community College District Director of Purchasing Sam Lemonis discusses the benefits of leaving behind a manual process for tabulating bid responses and vendor management.

In a time in which everything is going digital, bid management processes within public organizations are following suit. Due to the perceived challenges of adopting new processes, organizations often have been slower adopters of e-sourcing solutions.

Colorado’s Upper Thompson Sanitation District (UTSD) is a prime example of a special district that adopted an electronic procurement solution to become compliant with regulations, manage purchasing projects, and to streamline procurement processes.

The City of Johns Creek, Georgia discusses how BidNet Direct improved their purchasing process.