The Town of Apple Valley has joined the California Purchasing Group and will be publishing and distributing upcoming bid opportunities for Engineering, Housing and Community Development, and Public Works projects, on the system. Bidnet Direct’s California Purchasing Group connects 22 participating agencies from across California. The purchasing group provides a transparent bid process through which the bid is available to all vendors at the same time. The Town of Apple Valley invites all potential vendors to register online at www.bidnetdirect.com/california/townofapplevalley.
The Town of Apple Valley joined the purchasing group in December and will utilize the system to streamline their purchasing process including bid distribution, bid management, and vendor relations for Engineering, Housing and Community Development, and Public Works projects. The California Purchasing Group is a single, online location for managing sourcing information and activities and provides 22 local government agencies the tools needed to have a transparent bid process while minimizing costs and saving time.
As a participating agency of the California Purchasing Group, it allows the Town of Apple Valley to expand their vendor pool and enhance vendor competition without increasing distribution costs. To be added to the existing list of vendors on the California Purchasing Group, any suppliers looking to do business with the Town of Apple Valley can register online: www.bidnetdirect.com/california/townofapplevalley. The Town of Apple Valley 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 California 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, the Town of Apple Valley can now see how many vendors match a specific opportunity, how many have downloaded documents, responded and more. The Town of Apple Valley also has its own, branded page on the public side of the California Purchasing Group in which taxpayers can view all closed bids and any awarded information.
Vendors may register on the California Purchasing Group: www.bidnetdirect.com/california/townofapplevalley. 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 California government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the California Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About the Town of Apple Valley:
Apple Valley is an incorporated town in the Victor Valley of San Bernardino County, in the U.S. state of California. It was incorporated on November 28, 1988, and is one of the 22 incorporated municipalities in California that use "town" in their names instead of "city". The town is east of and adjoining to the neighboring cities of Victorville and Hesperia, 35 miles (56 km) south of Barstow, and 49 miles (79 km) north of San Bernardino through the Cajon Pass. Its population was 75,791 at the 2020 census.
