City of Chickasaw Board of Education announced today that it has joined the Alabama Purchasing Group, a regional purchasing group that helps local governments post, distribute and manage RFPs, quotes, addendums and awards online. Bidnet Direct’s Alabama Purchasing Group provides notification to registered vendors of new relevant solicitations, any addenda and award information from participating agencies from across Alabama. City of Chickasaw Board of Education invites all potential vendors to register online with https://www.bidnetdirect.com/alabama/cityofchickasawboardofeducation to access its upcoming solicitations.
City of Chickasaw Board of Education joined the purchasing group in July 2022. The Alabama Purchasing Group is a single, online location for managing sourcing information and activities and provides local Alabama government agencies a method to minimize costs and time delays associated with the procurement process. City of Chickasaw Board of Education was distributing bids and managing the procurement process manually before joining the system. In joining, City of Chickasaw Board of Education looks to save time, increase competition and achieve cost savings over the traditional paper-based bid process.
City of Chickasaw Board of Education now has access to an extensive vendor pool, thereby enhancing competition without increasing distribution costs. In addition to the existing vendors on the Alabama Purchasing Group, all vendors looking to respond to bids with local government agencies can register online: https://www.bidnetdirect.com/alabama/cityofchickasawboardofeducation. City of Chickasaw Board of Education invites all current vendors not registered on the purchasing group to do so today. Vendor registration is easy and takes only a few minutes online.
Registered vendors can access bids, related documents, addendum and award information. In addition, the Alabama 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.
“We are looking forward to streamlining our purchasing process more by using Bidnet Direct. And, due to the ease for our suppliers to register and our ability to reach more interested suppliers, we are hoping to see an uptick in competition that will lead to better value and pricing. We encourage all interested vendor not yet registered, to do so in order to bid on upcoming opportunities,” stated Chris Arras, CSFO of the City of Chickasaw Board of Education.
Vendors may register on the Alabama Purchasing Group: https://www.bidnetdirect.com/alabama/cityofchickasawboardofeducation. 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 Alabama government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the Alabama Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About City of Chickasaw Board of Education:
The City of Chickasaw passed a resolution to establish its own school system on May 11, 2010. The city then passed a resolution to establish its own school board and the City of Chickasaw Board of Education was born on Jan 11, 2011. The school started with approximately 980 students and had 11 Seniors in its first graduating class of 2012.
