City of San Diego Finds Efficiency, Automation with PlanetBids

The City of San Diego, the eighth-largest city in the United States and the second-largest in California, has been using PlanetBids’ end-to-end digital procurement system for more than a decade to create and release Requests for Proposal, Invitations to Bid, Requests for Supplier Qualifications, and Requests for Quotation.

They’ve seen a myriad of changes and updates to the system, including improvements to bid creation and the evaluation process, and when the time came to renew the City’s contract or put out solicitations for a new software provider, they renewed using a cooperative agreement through the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority to continue using the PlanetBids system.

The Goods and Services Division of the City’s Purchasing and Contracting Department utilizes PlanetBids for all formal solicitations, as well as many informal solicitations, running any contracts worth more than $150,000 through the system. This totaled 64 RFPs, 54 ITBs, 7 RFQs, and 1 RFSQ in 2024.