Town of Rotterdam Joins the Empire State Purchasing Group
The Town of Rotterdam has joined the Empire State Purchasing Group, a regional purchasing group that helps local governments post, distribute and manage RFPs, quotes, addendums and awards online.
ROTTERDAM, N.Y., Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Town of Rotterdam has joined the Empire State Purchasing Group, a regional purchasing group that helps local governments post, distribute and manage RFPs, quotes, addendums and awards online at http://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-york. BidNet's Empire State purchasing group provides notifications to registered vendors of new relevant solicitations, and any addenda and award information from over 200 participating agencies from across New York State.
The Town of Rotterdam joined the purchasing group in August. In joining, the Town of Rotterdam has become the latest participating local government agency utilizing the system to streamline the purchasing process. The Empire State Purchasing Group is a single, online location for managing sourcing information and activities and provides local New York government agencies a method to minimize costs and time delays associated with the procurement process. The Town of Rotterdam was distributing bids and managing the procurement process manually before joining the system. In joining, the Town of Rotterdam looks to save time, increase competition and achieve cost savings over the traditional paper-based bid process.
The Town of Rotterdam now has access to an extensive vendor pool, thereby enhancing competition without increasing distribution costs. In addition to the existing vendors on the Empire State Purchasing Group, all vendors looking to respond to bids with local government agencies can register online: http://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-york. The Town of Rotterdam invites all current vendors not already registered on the purchasing group to do so today. Vendor registration is easy and takes only a few minutes online.
Registered vendors can access bids, related documents, addendum and award information. In addition, the Empire State Purchasing Group offers a value-added service to notify vendors of new bids targeted to their industry, all addenda associated with those bids and advance notice of term contract expiration. A robust NIGP code category list allows vendors registering to find the correct codes and receive matched bids.
Vendors may register on the Empire State Purchasing Group's website: http://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-york. BidNet's vendor support team is available to answer any questions regarding the registration process or the bid system at 1-800-835-4603 option 2.
Other local New York government agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please contact the Empire State Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the no-cost sourcing solution.
About the Town of Rotterdam:
The Town of Rotterdam is a municipality in Upstate New York that is home to residents who take pride in their community and boast the success of its citizens. We are proud of our slogan, "Rotterdam is a Nice Place to Live." What began as a frontier town in 1820, is now a thriving suburban community which boasts hundreds of agricultural, industrial, and commercial businesses. The population has grown from 1,529 in 1820 to more than 29,000 residents today.
About the Empire State Purchasing Group:
The Empire State Purchasing Group is a part of BidNet's regional purchasing groups available at no cost to local government agencies throughout the country. With years of input from procurement professionals, BidNet specifically developed the bid system to fill the need for a robust bid and supplier management solution for local government agencies. BidNet runs regional purchasing groups across all 50 states that are used by over 1,300 local governments. To learn more and have your government agency gain better transparency and efficiency in purchasing, please visit https://www.bidnetdirect.com/buyers
SOURCE Empire State Purchasing Group
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