Pinckney Community Schools announced it has joined the MITN Purchasing Group and will be publishing and distributing upcoming bid opportunities on the system. Bidnet Direct’s Purchasing Group connects nearly 300 participating agencies from across Michigan. The purchasing group provides a transparent bid process through which the bid is available to all vendors at the same time. Pinckney Community Schools invites all potential vendors to register online at www.bidnetdirect.com/mitn/pinckneycs.
Pinckney Community Schools joined the purchasing group in March 2023. Pinckney Community Schools will utilize the system to streamline their purchasing process including bid distribution, bid management, and vendor relations. The MITN Purchasing Group is a single, online location for managing sourcing information and activities and provides 291 local government agencies with the tools needed to have a transparent bid process while minimizing costs and saving time.
"The MITN Purchasing Group allows us to establish and maintain a system of transparency for not only the agency but the vendors who would like to do business with us. All the information we have regarding the bid, addenda, and awards, along with Q&A’s is available to all with just one click of the mouse. By fostering a more transparent environment, it allows for more public participation and collaboration and holds our agency accountable for all that we do during the bid process,” stated Jamie M. Cowan, Assistant Superintendent of Finance & Operations of Pinckney Community Schools.
As a participating agency of the MITN Purchasing Group, it allows Pinckney Community Schools to expand their vendor pool and enhance vendor competition without increasing distribution costs. To be added to the existing list of vendors on the MITN Purchasing Group, any suppliers looking to do business with Pinckney Community Schools can register online: www.bidnetdirect.com/mitn/pinckneycs. Pinckney Community Schools encourages all interested bidders to register today.
Registered vendors can access open bids, related documents, and files, additional addendum, and available award information from all participating agencies. In addition, the MITN Purchasing Group offers a value-added service to notify vendors of new bids targeted to their business, including all addenda and advance notification of expiring term contracts.
With one click, Pinckney Community Schools can now see how many vendors match a specific opportunity, how many have downloaded documents, responded and more. Pinckney Community Schools also has its own, branded page on the public side of the MITN Purchasing Group in which taxpayers can view all closed bids and any awarded information.
Vendors may register on the MITN Purchasing Group: www.bidnetdirect.com/mitn/pinckneycs. 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 Michigan government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the MITN Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About Pinckney Community Schools:
Pinckney Community Schools is a school district in Pinckney, Livingston County, Michigan. The district serves 2,977 students from the communities of Hamburg Township, Putnam Township, the Village of Pinckney, and Hell.
