Adrian Public Schools announced today that it has joined the MITN Purchasing Group, an online eProcurement system that helps local governments post, distribute, and manage RFPs, quotes, addendums and awards in a centralized location. Bidnet Direct’s MITN Purchasing Group provides notification to registered vendors of new relevant solicitations, any addenda and award information from 265 participating agencies from across Michigan. Adrian Public Schools invites all vendors to register online at www.bidnetdirect.com/mitn/adrianps.
Before joining the MITN Purchasing Group in April, Adrian Public Schools was distributing bids and managing the procurement process manually. They are now able to streamline their bid process, saving time, increasing competition, and achieving cost savings over the traditional paper-based bid process.
Adrian Public Schools is now able to distribute their open bids more effortlessly without increasing costs and have access to an extensive vendor pool, thereby enhancing competition. All vendors looking to respond to bids with local government agencies throughout the state can register online at: www.bidnetdirect.com/mitn/adrianps. Registration is quick and easy and gives you instant access to matching bid opportunities in your industry.
“By joining many of our fellow local agencies as part of the MITN Purchasing Group, we are part of a community that allows vendors to seek bid opportunities from agencies all over the state including, municipalities, special districts, schools and counties,” states Dan Peña, Business Manager of Adrian Public Schools. “By having one centralized location, distribution of bids has become so much easier and allows us to reach a large number of new vendors as well as our existing ones, which not only increases competition but provides our local vendors with more business opportunities to go after.”
Once registered, vendors can access bids, related documents, addendum and award information instantly. In addition, the MITN Purchasing Group offers a value-added service to notify vendors of new bids targeted to their industry, all addenda associated with those bids and advance notice of term contract expiration. A robust NIGP code category list allows vendors registering to find the correct codes and receive matched bids.
Vendors looking for assistance registering on the MITN Purchasing Group: www.bidnetdirect.com/mitn/adrianps, may contact Bidnet Direct’s vendor support team, who is available to answer any questions regarding the registration process or the bid system at 800-835-4603 option 2.
Other local Michigan government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the MITN Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About Adrian Public Schools:
Adrian Public Schools is a collection of schools in Adrian, Michigan, which have about 2800 students in four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Initially established in 1828, the school system has undertaken numerous transformations.
A $4.5 million bond issue passed on February 16, 1956, to build a new high school building. Construction began on a site located between Loveland Road and Riverside Ave. By September 1959 the building was ready for students. In August of that same year the 90-year-old Central Building was torn down.
In 2007 a new Performing Arts Center was opened at Adrian High School.
