SERVING MISSOURI GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION AGENCIES
THE EPROCUREMENT PLATFORM MISSOURI AGENCIES CHOOSE TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT
Built for cities, counties, special districts, and school districts, and compliant with Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo) advertisement-for-bid requirements and bidding thresholds. Designed to automate tasks for small agencies with little to no dedicated purchasing staff. Contact us to learn about cooperative purchasing options available to Missouri agencies, like the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS).
Missouri agencies Cooperative purchasing options are available to allow your agency to purchase PlanetBids without a new competitive solicitation, like the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). Ask our team about options for your agency type.
TRUSTED BY AGENCIES ACROSS THE SHOW-ME STATE
From the Northern Plains to the Ozarks to the Mississippi Lowlands and beyond, PlanetBids helps government agencies in Missouri and the entire region run compliant, transparent, modern procurement.
MISSOURI PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE
BUILT FOR HOW MISSOURI AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BUY
Missouri spreads procurement authority across a wide range of local structures. RSMo Chapters 8, 34, 77, and 79 govern cities depending on their class or charter, while RSMo 50.660 sets the county bidding threshold. PlanetBids is designed to help meet these requirements, as well as those of special districts with no dedicated purchasing staff.
County Bid Compliance
PlanetBids structures competitive bidding processes to your county's statutory threshold, basing commissioner's award decision on a documented process every time.
Anti-Bid-Splitting Documentation
Keep a single, centralized record of related purchases to help city public works and standard contract bidding hold up against scrutiny.
Audit Readiness
Every notice, addendum, and bid opening is timestamped and centralized so state Auditor review under expanded authority receives a complete, exported record, without scrambling to assemble it at the last minute.
State Revolving Fund Compliance
Audit-ready procurement documentation is built for DWSRF/CWSRF-financed water and wastewater capital projects, protecting loan eligibility under DNR review.
Federal DBE Documentation
Automated vendor outreach logs generate the good faith effort record that IIJA-funded and MoDOT pass-through work requires under the federal DBE program, with no extra staff time required.
Prevailing Wage Support
Flag public works and school construction contracts subject to prevailing wage requirements to ensure the right wage obligations are described for a solicitation before it's published.
NO NEW BID REQUIRED
Cooperative Purchasing Options
Missouri agencies may be able to purchase PlanetBids through an existing cooperative contract like the Interlocal Purchasing System (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 in Procurement® (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).
INDUSTRY PRESENCE
INDUSTRY EVENT SPONSOR
PlanetBids is a proud member of NIGP and a regular attendee and sponsor of the annual NIGP Forum, as well as attending annual American Public Works and Government Finance Officers Association events.
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 Missouri'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
-
Empire State Development MWBE and SDVOB classifications are built in to meet Missouri'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 MISSOURI PROCUREMENT TEAMS ASK US MOST
Can our Missouri 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 Missouri 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.
Does PlanetBids integrate with Tyler Munis?
Yes, PlanetBids provides API integration with Tyler Technologies and other ERPs. 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.
Can our special district use PlanetBids without a dedicated purchasing staff?
Yes, this is a core use case for Missouri's smaller fire protection, water supply, and ambulance districts, where board members or part-time clerks handle procurement. PlanetBids automates time-consuming manual processes to help make procurement faster and easier for small teams.
Will PlanetBids help if the State Auditor's Office reviews us under its expanded HB 2111 authority?
Absolutely. A documented, timestamped bid history is one of the first things auditors request from a procurement team in a review. PlanetBids compiles and centralizes this file automatically for easy access.
Does PlanetBids help with MoDOT DBE utilization tracking on federally-funded projects?
Yes, PlanetBids documents outreach and bidder participation and accepts business certification documents from vendors, supporting good faith effort documentation that MoDOT and the Missouri Regional Certification Committee expect on federal aid contracts.
Can we use PlanetBids alongside our OA Cooperative Procurement Program or Sourcewell contracts?
Yes, many agencies use PlanetBids for direct solicitations while still riding cooperative contracts for other purchases. The two are not mutually exclusive, but PlanetBids records and manages both.
Does PlanetBids cover RSMo 290.230 prevailing wage requirements on construction bids?
PlanetBids flags contracts that are subject to prevailing wage requirements so they carry the correct obligations from the solicitation stage forward. Your agency remains responsible for the underlying wage determination.
How long does implementation take?
Most agencies are up and running in PlanetBids in just a few weeks, including implementation, customization, integration, data import, and training, with no additional staff required to help transition. In some cases, agencies on tight timelines for upcoming solicitations can be live in just a few days.
PlanetBids does charge a one-time setup fee that includes all implementation, training, and customization.
What does PlanetBids cost?
PlanetBids is a SaaS subscription, with no per-bid, vendor, or transaction fees. Pricing is tiered based on features and functionality required, as well as number of full users and number of solicitations posted annually. Because of our custom pricing, we recommend speaking to our sales team for a quote tailored to your agency.
READY TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT FOR YOUR MISSOURI 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
Works inside your existing RSMo bidding authority, no rewrite required
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