The City of Montgomery has officially joined the Alabama Purchasing Group, one of Bidnet Direct’s regional e-procurement solutions, providing vendors throughout Alabama easy online access to its upcoming solicitations. The City of Montgomery invites all vendors to register online at www.bidnetdirect.com/alabama/cityofmontgomery.
The regional purchasing group connects local public agencies with vendors looking to do business with the government. Registered vendors of the Alabama Purchasing Group can gain access to a variety of bid opportunities throughout Alabama in one easy-to-use location. By posting upcoming bids and RFPs on the Alabama Purchasing Group, the City of Montgomery ensures an entire community of vendors can view their solicitation, download documents, and receive notification of addenda, helping to streamline their procurement process.
"As one of many public agencies looking to procure a variety of different goods and services, utilizing the Alabama Purchasing Group allows us to find more vendors, increasing participation and creates more competition, which is a plus for us because it gives us more opportunities to choose reliable businesses to work with and guarantees we can get what we need at a fair price,” said Ken Barwick, Buyer II of the City of Montgomery when asked why their department decided to join the Alabama Purchasing Group. “It also allows us to get to support local businesses and gives the vendors a chance to grow their business.”
The City of Montgomery invites all local vendors to visit www.bidnetdirect.com/alabama/cityofmontgomery and register to receive access to its upcoming solicitations as well as the upcoming bids and RFPs from other public agencies participating on the Alabama Purchasing Group. Registered vendors have the option to upgrade their service to receive customized bid alerts, notification of term contract expiration, and notification of a real-time addendum.
About the City of Montgomery:
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 2020 census, Montgomery's population was 200,603. It is the second most populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville, and is the 119th most populous in the United States. The Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area's population in 2020 was 386,047; it is the fourth largest in the state and 142nd among United States metropolitan areas.
