SERVING CONNECTICUT GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION AGENCIES
THE EPROCUREMENT PLATFORM CONNECTICUT AGENCIES CHOOSE TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT
Built for Connecticut's 169 home-rule towns and cities, boards of education, regional water authorities, and councils of government, and compliant with CGS §7-148v competitive bidding and the state's strict FOIA requirements. Contact us to learn about cooperative purchasing options available to Connecticut agencies.
Connecticut agencies Cooperative purchasing options are available to allow your agency to purchase PlanetBids without a new competitive solicitation. Ask our team about options for your agency type.
TRUSTED BY AGENCIES ACROSS CONNECTICUT AND THE NORTHEAST
From the Capitol to Bridgeport and throughout the greater Northeast United States, PlanetBids helps government agencies run compliant, transparent, modern procurement.
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT
HOW JEFFERSON COUNTY TRANSFORMED
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Eliminated stacks of paper and manual spreadsheet tracking – replaced with a centralized digital system that gives staff real-time visibility into every bid and contract in the pipeline
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Completed the County's first fully paperless procurement project in December 2025, just months after go-live – including electronic bid submission, scoring, and award
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Vendors now self-register and receive automatic notifications for new opportunities, eliminating missed outreach from manual email lists and spreadsheets
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Solicitation templates cut time from request to release – no more switching between programs or rebuilding documents from scratch for each purchase
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18 months in, there is full team buy-in, including a 26-year veteran who now "loves working with PlanetBids"
"I tell my team all the time that when they go home, they shouldn't be taking all the stress of work with them. You shouldn't have to be overwhelmed Monday through Friday with how much work you have and then go home and be stressed because all you see in your mind are all these stacks of paper."
Mike Bagley
Purchasing Director, Jefferson County
CONNECTICUT PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE
BUILT FOR HOW CONNECTICUT AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BUY
With no county government layer, Connecticut's 169 towns and cities carry the full weight of local procurement under CGS § 7-148v and locally adopted bidding policies, often with just one or two purchasing staff. PlanetBids is engineered to ease the administrative burden by streamlining solicitation and vendor management, helping you meet strict requirements for FOIA, annual audits, grant reimbursements, and IIJA Clean Water Fund documentation for capital projects.
SBE & MBE Vendor Tracking
PlanetBids automates outreach and certification reporting for disadvantaged business vendors, supporting statewide and agency-specific DBE certification programs.
Competitive Bidding Compliance
Public notice, bidder access, and bid tabulation documentation are built to support CGS § 7-148v requirements and withstand any audit or challenge. In 25 years, no agency has lost a bid protest against the PlanetBids system.
FOIA-Ready Centralized Records
Every solicitation, addendum, and bid record is centralized, timestamped, and easily accessible, cutting the staff time needed to respond within Connecticut's short FOIA turnaround windows.
COG & Cooperative Bid Coordination
PlanetBids supports multiple agencies co-posting or referencing a single solicitation, built for regional councils of government and CREC-style cooperative structures.
Clean Water Fund & DWSRF Grant Documentation
Audit-ready procurement records satisfy DEEP Clean Water Fund and DPH Drinking Water State Revolving Fund intended use plan cycles.
School Construction Grant Ready
Centralized bid records are easily accessible and designed to reduce findings risk during DAS Office of School Construction Grants & Review reimbursement reviews.
NO NEW BID REQUIRED
COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AVAILABLE
PlanetBids is available on the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) as a piggyback-ready contract, no new bid required.
PROCUREMENT EXPERTISE
NPI-Certified
PlanetBids is certified as an Achievement in Excellence® (AEP) eProcurement Certified platform by the National Procurement Institute, meeting critical standards for Electronic Sourcing (AEP Criteria 7b) and Electronic Evaluations and Automatic Scorecarding (7c).
EVENT PRESENCE
INDUSTRY EVENT SPONSOR
PlanetBids is a proud member of NIGP and a regular attendee and sponsor of the NIGP Annual Forum, as well as attending annual American Public Works Association and Government Finance Officers Association events nationwide.
THE PLATFORM
EVERYTHING YOUR PROCUREMENT TEAM NEEDS, NOTHING YOU DON'T.
PlanetBids is a modular, end-to-end procurement lifecycle platform. Start with what you need and add modules as your agency grows.
Requests & Solicitations
Create, publish, and manage IFBs, RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs from guided templates. Get live countdowns, drag-and-drop documents, and real-time status tracking.
Vendor Management
Create a centralized vendor registry with real-time Empire State Development MWBE and SDVOB certification verification. Automated outreach by commodity code generates good-faith effort documentation for State Comptroller pre-audit packages and Empire State Development utilization reports.
Compliance & Audit Trails
Every action is timestamped and logged, with automatic bid tabulation, sealed bid verification, and complete documentation trails that hold up to protests – $50B+ processed, zero valid protests.
Contract Management
Centralize awarded contracts with automated expiration alerts, amendment tracking, and insurance certificate management so you ever miss a renewal or compliance deadline.
Project Evaluation
Multi-round scoring with unlimited evaluators, consensus or individual scoring modes, and exportable matrices supports complex RFP evaluations for capital projects and bond programs.
AI with Guardrails
AI tools are built specifically for public procurement, with the compliance controls government agencies require. Get faster drafting and smarter vendor matching, within the boundaries your policies demand.
Requests & Solicitations
Create, publish, and manage IFBs, RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs from guided templates. Get live countdowns, drag-and-drop documents, and real-time status tracking.
Vendor Management
Create a centralized vendor registry with real-time Empire State Development MWBE and SDVOB certification verification. Automated outreach by commodity code generates good-faith effort documentation for State Comptroller pre-audit packages and Empire State Development utilization reports.
Compliance & Audit Trails
Every action is timestamped and logged, with automatic bid tabulation, sealed bid verification, and complete documentation trails that hold up to protests – $50B+ processed, zero valid protests.
Contract Management
Centralize awarded contracts with automated expiration alerts, amendment tracking, and insurance certificate management so you ever miss a renewal or compliance deadline.
Project Evaluation
Multi-round scoring with unlimited evaluators, consensus or individual scoring modes, and exportable matrices supports complex RFP evaluations for capital projects and bond programs.
AI with Guardrails
AI tools are built specifically for public procurement, with the compliance controls government agencies require. Get faster drafting and smarter vendor matching, within the boundaries your policies demand.
THE VENDOR ADVANTAGE
MORE QUALIFIED BIDDERS, ZERO VENDOR PHONE CALLS TO YOUR TEAM.
A deep, pre-qualified vendor network and a dedicated support team handles vendors for you, so your purchasing office can focus on procurement, not vendor phone calls.
VENDOR
NETWORK
40K+ qualified vendors ready to bid on your solicitations
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Vendors are matched to your bids by commodity code, no manual outreach lists required
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Agencies typically jump from 3-4 responses to 10-12 submittals per bid after switching to PlanetBids
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Empire State Development MWBE and SDVOB classifications are built in to meet Connecticut's 30% MWBE utilization goals for state-funded projects
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Vendors can register and bid for free, removing the friction that keeps small businesses out
EXCLUSIVE
DEDICATED
VENDOR SUPPORT
We help your vendors so you don't have to
When a vendor has a question about your solicitation, how to upload documents, or how to register, they call us, not your purchasing office. Our dedicated vendor support team handles it directly so your team stays focused on procurement. For you, this means no more:
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Vendor registration help calls
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Document upload questions
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Bid submission troubleshooting
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Addenda & notification questions
Results: Fewer incomplete bids, more competitive responses, and hours back in your team's week, every single procurement cycle.
VENDOR NETWORK
40K+ qualified vendors ready to bid on your solicitations
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Vendors are matched to your bids by commodity code, no manual outreach lists required
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Agencies typically jump from 3-4 responses to 10-12 submittals per bid after switching to PlanetBids
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Empire State Development MWBE and SDVOB classifications are built in to meet Connecticut's 30% MWBE utilization goals for state-funded projects
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Vendors can register and bid for free, removing the friction that keeps small businesses out
DEDICATED VENDOR SUPPORT
We help your vendors so you don't have to
When a vendor has a question about your solicitation, how to upload documents, or how to register, they call us, not your purchasing office. Our dedicated vendor support team handles it directly so your team stays focused on procurement. For you, this means no more:
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Vendor registration help calls
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Document upload questions
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Bid submission troubleshooting
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Addenda & notification questions
Results: Fewer incomplete bids, more competitive responses, and hours back in your team's week, every single procurement cycle.
WHO WE ARE
Built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals
PlanetBids was founded specifically for the public procurement industry, and we understand the needs of procurement professionals. That origin matters, as every feature, every workflow, and every support interaction are designed to reflect how actual purchasing teams manage work under budget pressure, public scrutiny, and legal compliance requirements.
Designed for public procurement since 2000
We're not an ERP company that added a procurement module. We're not a startup that pivoted into GovTech. We're not a big conglomerate chasing a new market. We are a 25-year-old company whose entire business is built around making procurement professionals more effective.
100% US-based support staff with procurement backgrounds
Our in-house support team includes people with real public procurement backgrounds. When you call with a question about sealed bid procedures or vendor protest prevention, you're talking to someone who has managed that process themselves and understands your issues.
A solid foundation of PlanetBids agencies
550+ agencies. 1,000+ users. 99% retention. Zero valid bid protests across $50B+ in contracts processed. Our company has stayed focused on one thing for 25 years, and we have the track record to prove it.
WHAT CONNECTICUT PROCUREMENT TEAMS ASK US MOST
Can our Connecticut agency purchase PlanetBids without going through a new bid process?
Potentially yes, depending on your agency type and purchasing thresholds, cooperative purchasing options may be available that allow Connecticut agencies to execute a contract without issuing a new competitive solicitation. PlanetBids is available on The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). 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 including General Municipal Law 103 authorization and cooperative purchasing authority.
Does PlanetBids replace or integrate with our Tyler Munis finance system or other ERP?
PlanetBids will not replace your ERP system, but it does enhance it.
PlanetBids provides API integration ERPs and financial platforms like Tyler Munis and Tyler ERP. 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 ERP for accounting while using PlanetBids for the public procurement workflow.
Does PlanetBids satisfy CGS § 7-148v competitive bidding requirements?
Yes, PlanetBids documents public bid notice, bidder access, and tabulation in a way that supports the statute's requirements and stands up to audit or challenge. In 25 years, no PlanetBids agency has lost a bid protest against our system.
How does PlanetBids help with FOIA requests?
In PlanetBids, every solicitation step, every question and answer, every addendum release and acknowledgement, every evaluation score, and every single piece of the bid process is recorded, centralized, and timestamped, cutting staff time required to respond within Connecticut's short FOIA turnaround expectations.
Can our regional Council of Government or CREC cooperative use this for joint bids?
Absolutely! Multiple agencies can co-post or reference a single solicitation, supporting the COG and cooperative purchasing structures common in Connecticut.
Will PlanetBids help with our SBE/MBE outreach documentation?
Yes. Vendor registration and notification logs create a defensible good faith effort record for DAS SBE/MBE requirements or agency-specific diversity programs.
What is the onboarding lift for a small town with one purchasing clerk?
Typically minimal. PlanetBids is designed with small agencies in mind, and most agencies big or small are live within a few weeks. The timeline is often shorter for a small staff office that only runs a few active bids at a time or over the course of a year. Our support staff is full of U.S.-based, in-house procurement experts available seven days a week as well.
How much does PlanetBids cost?
PlanetBids is a SaaS subscription-based service with no per-bid, vendor, or transaction fees. Pricing is tiered based on your agencies feature and functionality requirements, number of full user licenses required, and number of solicitations released per year. We have plans for all agency sizes and budgets and recommend speaking with our sales team to get a price tailored to your agency's requirements.
There is also a small one-time setup fee that covers the costs associated with implementation, training, customization, vendor imports, and any necessary integrations.
READY TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT FOR YOUR CONNECTICUT AGENCY?
Book a 30-minute demo with a member of our dedicated public sector sales team. We'll show you the platform, walk through the TIPS contract process, and answer questions specific to your agency type.
Cooperative bidding available with no new solicitation infrastructure required
CGS § 7-148v compliance with FOIA-ready, timestamped documentation built in
US-based, in-house support with extensive procurement expertise
Pricing is tier-based, with options for any agency size and budget
99% client retention means our agencies love us