For Buyers

Save Money and Reduce Administrative Costs With Onvia

Administering the bid and quote process can be complex, time consuming, and expensive. Onvia can streamline the process for you, allowing you to automatically notify suppliers of bids and RFPs and track all bid activity electronically.

For more than 10 years, we've been helping streamline procurement activities for state agencies, city and county governments, housing authorities, fire departments, school districts, port authorities, and other such organizations.

Increase Competition and Lower Cost

At no cost you can:

• Receive more supplier responses which means more competitive pricing
• Increase cooperative purchasing opportunities
• Reduce or eliminate your mailing, advertising, and reprographic expenses

Increase Productivity and Save Time

You can:

• Simultaneously notify all potential bidders of available bids, addenda, and quotes with electronic audit trail and reporting
• Eliminate the time spent on supplier database maintenance
• Eliminate the time and energy of making copies, stuffing envelopes, and mailing your bids and blueprints
• Access our Bid Library which houses more than 60,000 bids that can help with specifications and blueprints
• Eliminate redundant calls from vendors
• Access the largest community of potential suppliers

For more information about how your purchasing office can get started with Onvia, contact Onvia Agency Services, (800) 331-5337.