Category: Professional services
A Florida city engaged BidBridge to establish a one year contract price for hauling 19.25 million gallons of fertilizer and class AA residuals from two wastewater reclamation plants.
The incumbent supplier of the hauling services approached City officials and urged him to run the contract through the BidBridge process.
Seven hauling service providers competed in the one hour, 41 minute event. A total of 250 bids were placed by the seven suppliers throughout the course of the event. First place changed hands 57 times and the clock extended 86 times, allowing suppliers to continue to place residual lowering bids until the cost for hauling the materials had reached true market value.
At the conclusion of the event, the city saved 40% versus last year’s contract amount!
The state engaged BidBridge for the purchase of a 5 year contract for the printing of the State’s CDL Manual and Driver Handbook.
Three suppliers participated in the 55 minute event. A total of 30 bids were placed, yielding 11 first place turnovers and 21 time extensions. First and second place vendors were separated by only 0.03%, indicating true market value for the print contract had been achieved.
The total contract value came in 49% lower than the budgeted value, delivering significant savings for the state’s transportation department.
In this city’s second event with BidBridge, five suppliers competed for a toilet rental and cleaning services contract for Parks and Recreation areas, theaters and arenas. The event included 16 line items included portable toilets, ADA compliant portable toilets, a free standing hand washing unit and a trash box. In addition to the item, suppliers competed on pricing for varying frequency of toilet cleaning, including special event rates, emergency cleaning rates and standard weekly cleaning rates.
The bid lasted one hour, five minutes, with 16 time extensions. The most competitive line item was for the ADA compliant handicapped portable toilet with four weekly service cleanings. This line item yielded 26 total bids, 9 first place turn-overs and a 0.9% between first and second place.
At the conclusion of the event, the senior purchasing manager stated, “We could not have achieved these results without {BidBridge}. A very good result.”
This Midwestern state engaged BidBridge to purchase duty boots for its police force. The bid consisted of four line items: male duty boots, female duty boots, male shoes and female shoes. The bid also included an option for oversized charges for shoes over size 15.
A total of 5 suppliers competed on the four line items, totaling 1050 pairs of both shoes and boots. Four of the five suppliers were in state vendors with the fifth supplier being located in the neighboring state.
The 44 minute event yielded 40 bids placed for the male and female boots and 50 total bids for the male and female shoes. The lace up duty boots (male and female) proved to be the most competitive elements of the bid, both resulting in 25 first place turnovers and 42 time extensions.
At the conclusion of the event, the state had saved nearly 34% versus budget for the 1050 pairs of police boots. With a 0.02% and 0.3% difference between first and second place for the duty boots and shoes, respectively, the state can feel confident true market value was achieved through partnering with BidBridge for this purchase.
Sees a 45 Percent Budget Savings on Walk-Thru Metal Detectors; 27 Percent Savings Overall
DENVER, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — While constructing a brand new courthouse for the merged city/county government, Denver officials were looking for innovative ways to help them procure expensive, high-tech security equipment. To satisfy the new courthouse’s security needs, Denver needed to purchase five pieces of security equipment in varying quantities. The equipment evaluated included whole body imagers, conveyor-type x-ray machines, walk-thru metal detectors and dual- and single-entry employee restricted access turnstile gates.
To assist them in their procurement process, the City of Denver engaged Louisville-based eBridge, a proven eProcurement services provider for the public and private sectors. eBridge facilitates a secure, real-time electronic sealed bid platform that allows suppliers to place multiple bids, which provides an alternative to the public sector’s traditional process of a one price per supplier response.
On July 7, Denver used eBridge’s reverse auction process to procure the high-tech security systems at a competitive price, achieving a 27 percent savings against the overall budget. The savings made it possible for Denver to afford the most cutting-edge, efficient technology for the courthouse.
Denver attained the highest savings on its walk-thru metal detectors, where five suppliers competed, logging 24 bids, six first-place turnovers and 50 time extensions during the reverse auction. A 1.79 percent difference between first and second place serves as proof that the City of Denver reached true market value, saving 45 percent against budget on the item.
eBridge CEO Jim Headlee remarked, “Denver has proven to be a leader in innovative procurement practices. It is exciting to work with a city such as Denver because of its commitment to spending tax payer dollars responsibly.”
About eBridge
Founded in 2005, Louisville-based eBridge provides e-procurement services to both the public and private sectors, including cities, towns, municipalities and the medical, educational and corporate sectors. Through its competitive sourcing and online procurement system, eBridge assists its buyers in achieving true-market value for the goods and services needed for ongoing business operations. Significant cost reductions and procurement efficiencies have allowed eBridge’s buyers to save millions of tax payer, corporate and investor dollars, ultimately producing a positive effect on compressed budgets.
For more information, please visit: www.ebridgeglobal.com.
The state commerce department partnered with BidBridge to establish a print service contract. Five suppliers competed for the printing of SCENE Magazine for one year. Four of the five suppliers were sourced in state, with the remaining supplier based in a bordering state, keeping the supplier base near the distribution area.
The event lasted nearly an hour-and-a-half during which the five suppliers placed 131 bids. The event allowed for 45 first place turn-overs and 92 time extensions. At the conclusion of the event, first and second place were separated by only .63%, indicating that true market value had been achieved.
Based on the lowest, final bid, the state’s commerce department achieved a 43% savings versus budget and a 47% savings versus last years’ cost for the magazine printing cost.