Pueblo County School District 70 announced it has joined the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System and will be publishing and distributing upcoming bid opportunities on the system. Bidnet Direct’s Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System connects over 375 participating agencies from across Colorado and Wyoming. The purchasing group provides a transparent bid process through which the bid is available to all vendors at the same time. Pueblo County School District 70 invites all potential vendors to register online at www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado/pcsd70.
Pueblo County School District 70 joined the purchasing group in April 2023. Pueblo County School District 70 will utilize the system to streamline their purchasing process including bid distribution, bid management, and vendor relations. The Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System is a single, online location for managing sourcing information and activities and provides 386 local government agencies the tools needed to have a transparent bid process while minimizing costs and saving time.
"The Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System 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 Amanda Wittman, CFO & Director of Business Services of Pueblo County School District 70.
As a participating agency of the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System, it allows Pueblo County School District 70 to expand their vendor pool and enhance vendor competition without increasing distribution costs. To be added to the existing list of vendors on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System, any suppliers looking to do business with Pueblo County School District 70 can register online: www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado/pcsd70. Pueblo County School District 70 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 Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System 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, Pueblo County School District 70 can now see how many vendors match a specific opportunity, how many have downloaded documents, responded and more. Pueblo County School District 70 also has its own, branded page on the public side of the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System in which taxpayers can view all closed bids and any awarded information.
Vendors may register on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado/pcsd70. 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 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 Pueblo County School District 70:
Pueblo County School District 70 (D70) is located in beautiful Pueblo, Colorado where the Fountain River meets the Arkansas River and the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains. D70 was consolidated from 34 smaller school districts in June of 1950. We are one of the largest geographical school districts in the state of Colorado! D70 educates over 10,000 students from all over Pueblo County.
