SERVING MISSISSIPPI GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION AGENCIES
THE EPROCUREMENT PLATFORM MISSISSIPPI AGENCIES CHOOSE TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT
Built for Mississippi's three-tier public purchasing structure, with documentation structured to hold up under State Auditor review, whether you're a city, county, school district, or special district. Contact us to learn about cooperative purchasing options available to Mississippi agencies, like the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS).
Mississippi 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 THE SOUTH
From the Lone Star State to the Florida Everglades, from Arkansas to Georgia, government agencies in the deep south count on PlanetBids to run compliant, transparent, modern procurement.
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT
HOW CAP METRO ACHIEVED 100% AUTOMATION
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Eliminated all paper processes and manual work – going fully automated during the remote work transition of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
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Additional modules and functionality implemented quickly under tight deadline without major additional training or complicated customization
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Emergency purchasing managed within the PlanetBids system, allowing the agency to quickly issue bids to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and support the IT division with additional computers and software
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Updated existing contracts and migrated all employees to the fully automated system at no extra cost to the agency or hit to the budget
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Improved vendor engagement for more consistent and competitive responses with automated bid notifications, a robust database, and digital bid submissions
"When the workforce transferred to offsite environments, our process needed to quickly move to 100% electronic. We examined the remaining components to question how they could be automated. Additional needs were addressed with new features and modules, as well as updating existing policies to reflect the new online procedures."
Muhammad Abdullah
Senior Director and Chief Contracting Officer, Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority
MISSISSIPPI PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE
BUILT FOR HOW MISSISSIPPI AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BUY
Mississippi's public purchasing law runs on three tiers, including a reverse auction requirement above $75,000. PlanetBids produces a complete, timestamped, centralized record to demonstrate compliance, regardless of the threshold or requirements that must be met.
Two-Bid Documentation
PlanetBids documents the two competitive written bids required in the $5,001 to $75,000 tier, giving your governing authority a defensible record of the quote-solicitation process you've run.
Newspaper Advertisement & Reverse Auction
PlanetBids centralizes the public advertisement, bid receipt, and reverse-auction or PPRB-approved alternative process record for purchases above the top threshold.
Public Procurement Review Board Processes
Keep a complete record of which bidding method your governing authority used, organized and exportable alongside the rest of the solicitation file.
Office of the State Auditor Review
Every bid, notice, addendum, and tabulation is timestamped and centralized for easy access to provide a complete procurement trail during an OSA audit.
Rural Water Associations & Utility Districts
PlanetBids supports the same documentation standards for small special districts with a general manager or board rather than a formal purchasing office, without requiring additional administrative staff.
Federal DBE Outreach
Automated vendor outreach logs generate good faith effort records required for MDOT-funded highway and FTA-funded transit projects under federal DBE rules.
COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
Cooperative Purchasing Options
Mississippi agencies may be able to purchase PlanetBids through an existing cooperative contract like TIPS, eliminating the need for a new competitive solicitation. Ask your PlanetBids rep about available cooperative vehicles for your agency type.
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 PRESENCE
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 Mississippi'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 Mississippi'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 MISSISSIPPI PROCUREMENT TEAMS ASK US MOST
Does PlanetBids replace our newspaper advertisement requirement under §31-7-13?
Not necessarily. Mississippi law currently requires published newspaper notice for purchases over $75,000. PlanetBids complements that requirement with digital posting, plan-holder lists, and addenda distribution through a free vendor portal. Confirm with legal counsel whether the electronic posting can supplement or substitute the statutory newspaper ad.
How does PlanetBids interact with reverse-auction requirements for purchases over $75,000?
Confirm current procurement counsel guidance on reverse-auction and Public Procurement Review Board alternative-process approval before configuring your bid workflow. PlanetBids documents the process you confirm, rather than determining it for you.
Can our Board of Supervisors or school board still see and approve every bid tabulation?
Yes, PlanetBids preserves the governing body approval step your agency already follows.
We're a small water association or utility district with no formal purchasing office. Is PlanetBids a good fit for us?
PlanetBids configures to fit all agency sizes and budgets. For small agencies, the system scales down to a simplified posting workflow suited to a general manager or board handling procurement alongside other duties.
How does PlanetBids help with our OSA audit exposure?
PlanetBids provides a documented, timestamped record of advertisement, bid receipt, and tabulation that directly supports OSA review, although only OSA and your own counsel can characterize audit sufficiency for your agency.
Will our current vendors be able to find and use PlanetBids?
Yes! Vendor registration is free, and agencies typically post a link to their vendor portal on their public website, guiding agencies to register and view open opportunities. In addition, PlanetBids will send out a notification of your new system to all your existing vendors, inviting them to register.
How long does implementation take?
Most agencies are up and running within a few weeks, without adding staff to manage the transition. This includes implementation, training, customization, integration, and vendor migration.
How much does PlanetBids cost?
PlanetBids is a SaaS subscription, with no vendor, transaction, or per-bid fees. Pricing is tiered based on desired features and functionality, as well as number of full users. We recommend speaking with our sales team to get a customized quote tailored to your agency's needs.
READY TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT FOR YOUR MISSISSIPPI 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.
Available on TIPS cooperative with no new RFP required
Documents every bid, notice, addendum, and tabulation to demonstrate compliance with all thresholds and tiers
US-based in-house support with extensive procurement expertise
Pricing is tiered, with options for any agency size and budget
99% client retention means our clients love us