Insider's Edge on Government Bidding White Paper

Visit our Government Contracts USA white paper page to get a copy, which includes information about:

• The Top 3 State & Local Product Purchasing Categories
• The 2 Most Important Things for New Government Bidders to Know
• The Number 1 Mistake that Vendors Make When Submitting Bids
• The Top 7 Best Practices for Government Bidders

Check it out for yourself!

New Cooperative Purchasing Module Launch

IPTbyBidNet will officially launch the new Cooperative Purchasing Module for our state and local government e-procurement networks on November 2, 2011.  With the new cooperative purchasing capabilities, agencies that use any of our 19 e-procurement networks, representing more than 7,000 departments across 13 states, will now be able to share resources with other agencies in their regions in order to lower administrative and purchasing costs.

Please read more on our Press Releases page here

Hudson Valley Bid System Site Enhancement

As of today, 9/9/11, our new HVMPG (Hudson Valley Municipal Purchasing Group) site is live.  This site has been enhanced with new features, as well as a more user-friendly interface.  We look forward to hearing your feedback!

Hudson Valley Site

New Additions to the Texas Bid System

We are happy to announce that 7 new agencies have joined our Texas Bid System.  We welcome the cities of Cedar Park, Hutto, Leander, Pflugerville and Taylor as well as the Georgetown and Pflugerville school districts.  The transition date is officially September 1st, so be sure to register for the system now if you do business with these agencies.  Please visit our Texas Bid System to learn more!

Texas Bid System

Press Release from City of Leander

Press Release from City of Hutto

Recent Additions to the MITN System

We are proud to announce that the City of Woodhaven, Wayne County, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, the Charter Township of Independence, and the City of Taylor have all recently joined our MITN (Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network) System.  This has been our fastest growing system and we look forward to having even more new agencies join in the near future.

Please visit our MITN system at http://www.govbids.com/scripts/mitn/public/home1.asp

Congratulations to Keith Ashby on election to NIGP regional board of directors

Congratulations to Keith Ashby on his election to the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) board of directors of NIGP for Region 10.  States in region 10 include:  Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Keith Ashby is the Purchasing Manager for Arapahoe County Government in Colorado, and an active member of the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System, which has 59 member agencies and 898 departments in the region.