The City of Clarkston announced
it has joined the Georgia Purchasing Group and will be publishing
and distributing upcoming bid opportunities on the system.
CLARKSTON, Ga., July 18,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The City of Clarkston
announced it has joined the Georgia Purchasing Group and will be
publishing and distributing upcoming bid opportunities on the
system. Bidnet Direct's Georgia Purchasing Group connects
participating agencies from across Georgia. The purchasing group provides a
transparent bid process through which the bid is available to all
vendors at the same time. The City of
Clarkston invites all potential vendors to register online
at http://www.bidnetdirect.com/georgia/cityofclarkston.
The City of
Clarkston invites all potential vendors to register
online.
The City of Clarkston joined
the Georgia Purchasing Group in June
2024. The City of Clarkston
will utilize the system to streamline their purchasing process
including bid distribution, bid management, and vendor relations.
The Georgia Purchasing Group is a single, online location for
managing sourcing information and activities and provides local
government agencies the tools needed to have a transparent bid
process while minimizing costs and saving time.
"The Georgia 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 Willis Moody, Purchasing of the City of Clarkston.
As a participating agency of the Georgia Purchasing Group, it
allows the City of Clarkston to
expand their vendor pool and enhance vendor competition without
increasing distribution costs. To be added to the existing list of
vendors on the Georgia Purchasing Group, any suppliers looking to
do business with the City of
Clarkston can register online:
http://www.bidnetdirect.com/georgia/cityofclarkston. The
City of Clarkston 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 Georgia 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 City of
Clarkston can now see how many vendors match a specific
opportunity, how many have downloaded documents, responded and
more. The City of Clarkston also
has its own, branded page on the public side of the Georgia
Purchasing Group in which taxpayers can view all closed bids and
any awarded information.
Vendors may register on the Georgia Purchasing Group:
http://www.bidnetdirect.com/georgia/cityofclarkston. 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 Georgia government
agencies looking to switch from a manual bid process, please
contact the Georgia Purchasing Group for a demonstration of the
no-cost sourcing solution.
About the City of
Clarkston:
The City of Clarkston is
located in DeKalb County, Georgia
(U.S. state), United States. The
population was 7,554 during the 2010 census, but two annexations in
2015 and 2016 and increase in resettlements have increased the
estimated population to 14,538. Clarkston is home to campuses of the Georgia
Piedmont Technical College and
Georgia State University.
About Bidnet Direct:
Bidnet Direct, powered by mdf commerce, is a sourcing solution
of regional purchasing groups available at no cost to local
government agencies throughout the country. Bidnet Direct runs
regional purchasing groups, including the Georgia Purchasing Group,
across all 50 states that are used by over 1,600 local governments.
To learn more and have your government agency gain better
transparency and efficiency in purchasing, please visit
https://www.bidnetdirect.com/buyers.
Media Contact
Bertrand Guignat, Bidnet Direct, 800-835-4603,
bertrand.guignat@mdfcommerce.com, www.bidnetdirect.com
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