Alameda County Water District announced it has joined the California Purchasing Group and will now be publishing and distributing their upcoming capital project construction bid opportunities on the system. Bidnet Direct’s California Purchasing Group connects 56 participating agencies from across California and provides vendors a centralized location to access bids from participating agencies throughout the state. Alameda County Water District invites all vendors to register online at https://www.bidnetdirect.com/california/acwd.
The California Purchasing Group helps to manage sourcing information and activities and provides 56 California local government agencies the tools needed to streamline their bid process while also being able to collaborate with other local procurement professionals and registered vendors.
“We are thrilled to be taking this step and becoming a member of the California Purchasing Group,” states Cristina Ureno, Office Supervisor of Alameda County Water District. “This will allow us to work together with both the other local agencies who are part of the group and our local vendors. It’s important to us to not only increase competition but to be able to support our local community of vendors and provide them with full access to our open construction bids and important information relating to that bid, and the California Purchasing Group, allows us to do that.”
The California Purchasing Group helps to expand an agency’s vendor pool and enhances vendor competition without increasing distribution costs. To be added to the existing vendors on the Purchasing Group, all vendors looking to do business with Alameda County Water District can register online at: https://www.bidnetdirect.com/california/acwd.
Registered vendors can access all participating agencies open bids, related documents and files, additional addendum and award information. In addition, the California Purchasing Group offers a value-added service to notify vendors of new bids targeted to their industry, all addenda and advance notification of expiring term contracts. Vendors may register on the California Purchasing Group: https://www.bidnetdirect.com/california/acwd. Bidnet Direct’s vendor support team is available to answer any questions regarding the registration process or the bid system at 800-835-4603 option 2.
Other local California government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the California Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About Alameda County Water District:
The Alameda County Water District (ACWD) is a California water utility that supplies drinking water to more than 340,000 residents and businesses of Fremont, Newark and Union City. ACWD is a public agency in southern Alameda County, California, whose mission is to provide a reliable supply of high-quality water at a reasonable price to its customers.
