The City of Goose Creek announced today that it has joined the South Carolina Purchasing Group. bidnet direct’s South Carolina Purchasing Group helps local governments, such as the City of Goose Creek, post, distribute and manage RFPs, quotes, addendums and awards online. The City of Goose Creek invites all vendors to register online with the South Carolina Purchasing Group to access its upcoming solicitations by visiting www.bidnetdirect.com/south-carolina/cityofgoosecreek.
The City of Goose Creek joined the purchasing group in April. There was a need for the City of Goose Creek to automate the purchasing process to save time, increase competition and achieve cost savings over the traditional paper-based bid process. The South Carolina Purchasing Group streamlines the creation and issuance of bid requests, supplier response submission and the awarding of bids. By providing a single, online location for managing sourcing information and activities, local South Carolina government agencies minimize costs and time delays associated with the procurement process.
The City of Goose Creek now has access to an extensive vendor pool, thereby enhancing competition without increasing distribution costs. In addition to the existing vendors on the South Carolina Purchasing Group, all vendors looking to do business with local government agencies can register online: www.bidnetdirect.com/south-carolina/cityofgoosecreek. The City of Goose Creek invites all current vendors not already registered on the purchasing group to do so today.
Registered vendors can access bids, related documents, addendum and award information. In addition, the South Carolina Purchasing Group offers a value-added alert service to notify vendors of new bids targeted to their industry, all addenda associated with those bids and advance notice of term contracts.
“We look forward to being able to improve our efficiency by using the South Carolina Purchasing Group. In addition to our time savings, our valued vendors can now access not only our open bids, but those from other municipalities, counties and school districts throughout the state. We invite all of our current vendors to register,” stated Sherry Bodden, Purchasing and Grant Writing Coordinator of the City of Goose Creek.
Vendor benefits include:
• Receive targeted bids
• Receive bid deadline reminders
• Notification of term contract expiration
• Access a single point of entry for all participating agency bids
• Contact a dedicated vendor support team
Vendors may register on the South Carolina Purchasing Group: www.bidnetdirect.com/south-carolina/cityofgoosecreek. Vendors may also contact bidnet direct’s vendor support team at 800-835-4603 option 2 with any questions regarding registration or the bid system.
Other local South Carolina government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the South Carolina Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About the City of Goose Creek:
Goose Creek is a city in Berkeley County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 35,938 at the 2010 census. Most of the Naval Weapons Station Charleston is in Goose Creek. As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used only by the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal agencies for statistical purposes, Goose Creek is included within the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston–North Charleston Urbanized Area.
