Lewis Palmer School District 38 announced it has joined the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System and will be utilizing the system to publish and track their bid opportunities. Bidnet Direct’s Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System provides a centralized location for bidding and connects nearly 450 participating agencies from across Colorado and Wyoming to a large vendor pool and helps to streamline the bid process, vendors can receive notifications of any new opportunities, as well as any addenda and award information available. Lewis Palmer School District 38 invites all potential vendors to register online at www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado/lewispalmersd38.
Before joining the system, Lewis Palmer School District 38 was distributing bids and managing the procurement process manually by handing out paper copies and requiring vendors to submit their proposals the same way. By distributing bids this way, local government agencies are not able to reach as many vendors as they would like, which doesn’t allow for a high level of vendor competition. This competition is something Lewis Palmer School District 38 aims for and requires in order to award a contract. By joining the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System, it expands an agency’s vendor pool and enhances vendor competition without increasing distribution costs.
“This system allows our agency to not only save on time, money and effort, but it allows us to reach more qualified vendors across the state and gives them an opportunity to find more bids and decrease their costs by allowing them to submit their bid proposals online directly through the system,” says Ricky Vestal, Manager Operations/Grounds of Lewis Palmer School District 38.
Lewis Palmer School District 38 encourages all vendors looking to do business with them to register online at: www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado/lewispalmersd38. Registered vendors can receive access to all open bids, related documents and addendums and award information. In addition, vendors can upgrade their service to receive notifications of new bids targeted to their industry, which includes advance notification of expiring term contracts. Registered vendors will also have access to not only Lewis Palmer School District 38 bid opportunities, but all bids posted by participating agency within the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System.
Vendors who require help registering on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado/lewispalmersd38, 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 Colorado and Wyoming government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About Lewis Palmer School District 38:
Lewis-Palmer School District 38 is located in El Paso County, Colorado, and serves approximately 6,500 students in the Palmer Lake, Monument, Woodmoor, and the northern Black Forest areas. D38 has five elementary schools (PreK to grade six), one middle school (grades seven to eight), and two high schools (grades nine to 12). D38 also has a charter school that serves pK-10th grade students. All D38 schools offer a premier education that supports innovative and relevant programming for students at all grade levels. LPSD students remain among the best prepared for future global success because D38 believes in fostering local, national, and global stewardship to create strong citizens who will secure a better world. This is WHY we educate.
