THE EPROCUREMENT PLATFORM ARIZONA AGENCIES CHOOSE TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT

Potentially yes. PlanetBids is available through The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), as well as other cooperative systems and piggyback contracts.

Depending on your agency type and purchasing thresholds, cooperative purchasing options may be available that allow Arizona agencies to execute a contract without issuing a new competitive solicitation. Contact our team to discuss the procurement paths available for your specific agency.

If a direct procurement path is preferred, our team can provide pre-approved legal resolution language addressing common counsel concerns.

Yes, PlanetBids provides API integration with most ERP systems, including Tyler Technologies platforms like Munis and Tyler ERP, Oracle PeopleSoft, and CGI Advantage. The integration passes awarded contract data, vendor information, and purchase requisitions between systems, eliminating duplicate entry while maintaining your ERP as the financial system of record.

PlanetBids handles the vendor-facing competitive bidding process, vendor management, bid solicitation, evaluation, and award, then pushes clean contract and vendor data into your ERP for encumbrance and payment processing. Most clients keep their system for accounting while using PlanetBids for the public procurement workflow.

PlanetBids minority and disadvantaged business certification status in real time, eliminating manual verification. The platform automatically targets certified vendors by commodity code and geographic region, ensuring you meet your state- or agency-mandated utilization goals.

For every solicitation, the system generates automated good-faith effort documentation showing which certified firms were notified, response tracking, and follow-up attempts. This satisfies state pre-audit requirements and replaces 80 hours of manual staff work per project with automated reporting.

Yes, PlanetBids generates bid advertisements with statutory language required under Arizona Revised Statues requirements for goods and services or public works, publishes to your public vendor portal, and can interface with official newspaper publication requirements. Every notice is timestamped and archived, providing complete documentation for audits and information requests.

The platform also handles sealed bid procedures, best value evaluation scoring matrices, and complete procurement documentation, satisfying the full range of Arizona competitive bidding requirements in a single system.

PlanetBids public vendor portals provide self-service access to bid documents, tabulations, and award decisions, meaning requestors can access documents themselves without staff involvement, if desired by the agency. This eliminates the manual document retrieval burden for the agency while satisfying Arizona Department of Administration requirements.

Every document in the system is automatically date-stamped, organized, and searchable, so when a request does require staff response, production takes minutes rather than days.

Implementation typically takes as little as two days to four weeks after contract execution, depending on how quickly your agency is ready to move forward. PlanetBids can begin implementation within a week of receiving an executed contract. Each agency is assigned a dedicated account manager with extensive procurement experience who handles configuration and conducts live online training.

PlanetBids is priced as an annual SaaS subscription, no per-bid fees, no vendor fees, no transaction costs. Vendors register and bid for free, keeping your vendor pool wide and competitive. Pricing is based on a base hosting fee plus per-user licensing depending on your agency size and the modules you need. There is a one-time implementation fee; ongoing support is always included at no additional cost. Book a demo and our team will walk you through options specific to your agency.