Spend by Product Exec Formal bids that stand up to a protest.
RFIs, RFQs, formal bids and RFPs with sealed electronic bids and two-person opening, evaluation with conflict-of-interest attestations, negotiation with best and final offers, reverse auctions, and single, multiple or split awards with a protest period.
Sealed until opening
Bids are encrypted and nobody at the agency can see them until two people open them together at the public opening.
Fair evaluation
Evaluators attest to no conflicts before scoring; the drafter cannot evaluate and the recommender cannot approve.
Reach more bidders
Post to RAMPLA, Cal eProcure and your public bid feed, with plan holders, addenda to all of them and commodity-code alerts to registered suppliers.
Solicitation drafting
Solicitation drafting
Turns a request approved for competition into a draft solicitation, checks the method and specifications, and lists what the buyer must settle before it is published.
Buyers decide
What sourcing does
Solicitation drafting agent
Drafts the solicitation from the approved request, checks the method and the specifications and flags what a buyer must settle before it goes out.
RFIs into RFPs
Close an RFI into a follow-on RFP with the same plan holders.
Q&A and addenda
Anonymous questions, published answers and addenda to every plan holder.
Negotiation and BAFO
Negotiate with shortlisted bidders and collect best and final offers, sealed like the original bids.
Reverse auctions
Run live price auctions for commodities, then award at the auction price.
Split and multiple awards
Award line by line to different suppliers or to several, with a line-by-line price comparison.
Protests
A protest period after the notice of intent, with protests recorded and decided.
Shared workspace
Requesters and buyers work the same sourcing event, with the requester's scope kept vendor-neutral.
A closer look
Jobs it takes off your plate
Run a sealed formal bid
Encrypted bids, two-person opening, bid bonds and a public tabulation.
Negotiate and auction
Best and final offers and reverse auctions, with the savings recorded.
Split an award
Award line by line to the lowest responsive bidder for each item.
Manage a protest
Notice of intent, protest period and decision on the record.
See it on your own invoices
We run a bake-off on a sample of your real invoices and connect to a sandbox of your ERP, so you can judge the results before you sign anything.