SERVING NEVADA GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION AGENCIES
THE EPROCUREMENT PLATFORM NEVADA AGENCIES CHOOSE TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT
Built for cities, counties, water authorities, schools, and special districts. Compliant with NRS Chapter 332 and NRS 338, and available through NASPO ValuePoint cooperative purchasing with no new bid required.
Nevada 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 EMPIRE STATE
From Lake Tahoe to Reno to Las Vegas, Nevada cities and special districts are modernizing procurement with PlanetBids.
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT
CITY OF RENO THRIVES WITH PLANETBIDS
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Initial plan to run dual systems – one automated and one paper – as they familiarized themselves with PlanetBids proved unnecessary as staff quickly became comfortable and suppliers expressed a preference for online submissions.
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Throughout the COVID pandemic in 2020, the City maintained operational continuity and even expanded the capabilities of its PlanetBids system, extending to construction procurement for the City's Public Works Department.
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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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City uses PlanetBids to manage all construction and non construction bids, RFPS, RFQs, and to maintain a database of registered vendors.
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All documents and requirements for every project are in one place, saving the team time when looking for specific documents or files.
- The City now reaches more vendors by advertising opportunities beyond the local newspaper and their website.
"Implementing PlanetBids has resulted in a larger vendor pool with greater competition and increased diversity in subcontracting."
Marcie Wood
Purchasing Program Management Assistant, City of Reno
NEVADA PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE
BUILT FOR HOW SILVER STATE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BUY
NRS Chapter 332 governs competitive bidding and documentation for Nevada county purchasing, with NRS 338 setting public works bidding and prevailing wage requirements for NDOT-funded projects. PlanetBids is engineered to meet requirements for Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau audits, records retention under NRS 239, Nevada Taxpayer Transparency Portal reporting, and federal IIJA, FTA, and Bureau of Reclamation Grant conditions as well.
DBE & SBE Vendor Tracking
Certification tracking is aligned to the Nevada Unified Certification Program, with good faith effort documentation required by 49 CFR Part 26 for NDOT and other federally-funded projects, plus zip code-based filtering for local business preference programs in redevelopment zones.
NRS 332 & NRS 338 Competitive Bidding Compliance
Electronic sealed bidding and posted award documentation satisfy NRS 332.115 documentation requirements and NRS 338 public works rules.
NASPO ValuePoint & State Cooperative Purchasing Ready
Streamlined workflows for referencing NASPO ValuePoint technology agreements and documenting cooperative purchasing under NRS 332.195.
IIJA, FTA, & Bureau of Reclamation Compliance
DBE goal tracking evidence for FTA Section 5307 and 5339 transit funding, plus procurement milestone and vendor selection documentation for WaterSMART and Title XVI grant reporting to the Bureau of Reclamation.
Legislative Auditor & Records Retention Support
Sealed bid audit trails and NRS 239-compliant digital retention are built to hold up under the biennial Legislative Counsel Bureau audit cycle.
Nevada Transparency Portal Reporting
Automated contract award data feeds for contracts over $100,000 reduce manual entry and missed reporting deadlines.
NO NEW BID REQUIRED
AVAILABLE THROUGH NASPO VALUEPOINT
Nevada agencies can purchase PlanetBids through specific NASPO ValuePoint technology agreements, through the TIPS cooperative, or by documenting cooperative purchasing authority under NRS 332.195, without running a new bid process of their own.
PROCUREMENT PRESENCE
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).
EVENT PRESENCE
INDUSTRY EVENT SPONSOR
PlanetBids is a proud member of NIGP and a regular attendee and sponsor of the annual NIGP Annual Forum, as well as attending annual American Public Works Association 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 Nevada'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 Nevada'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 NEVADA PROCUREMENT TEAMS ASK US MOST
Can our Nevada public agency purchase PlanetBids without going through a new bid process?
In many cases, yes. PlanetBids is available through specific NASPO ValuePoint technology agreements, The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), and other cooperative contracts. Talk to us about the specific path available for your agency type.
If a direct procurement path is preferred, our team can provide pre-approved legal resolution language addressing common counsel concerns, including NRS 332.195 authorization and cooperative purchasing authority.
Does PlanetBids integrate with ERPs and financial platforms?
Yes, PlanetBids provides API integration with most common ERPs and financial software systems. 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.
How does PlanetBids handle NRS 332 and NRS 338 competitive bidding requirements?
PlanetBids supports electronic sealed bidding and posted award documentation for NDOT-funded and federally funded public works projects. Documentation is built to satisfy NRS 332.115 requirements and stand up to review.
Does PlanetBids track DBE and SBE participation for NDOT-funded projects?
Yes, PlanetBids includes certification tracking fields aligned to the Nevada Unified Certification Program, automated outreach logs to certified vendors, participation goal monitoring, and reporting formatted for 49 CFR Part 26 and FHWA compliance.
We're a rural county or small special district with limited IT or procurement staff. Is PlanetBids right for us?
Yes! PlanetBids is fully cloud hosted, so there's no dedicated technical resource needed on your end.
Unlimited solicitation templates, automatic vendor notifications, addenda distribution, secure digital bid acceptance, and online bid tabulation mean a small procurement department can run a defensible solicitation, with dedicated PlanetBids support handling vendor questions your office would otherwise field directly.
Every document in the system is automatically date-stamped, organized, and searchable, so when a FOIL request does require staff response, production takes minutes rather than days.
How quickly can we go live?
Most Nevada agencies are up and running in a few weeks, but implementation can be done in as little as a few days.
For agencies facing an urgent, grant deadline-driven project, PlanetBids also offers a rapid implementation path according to your needs.
Implementation and training are easy as well. For example, the City of Reno initially attempted to maintain manual procurement processes while running their first procurement through PlanetBids before discovering that the team had quickly picked up the system and that vendors preferred digital bid submission.
What does implementation cost, and how is PlanetBids priced?
PlanetBids bills via annual SaaS subscription with no per-bid, vendor, or transaction fees. Pricing is tiered by agency needs, size, and bid volume, with options for basic solicitation and vendor management or a fully-connected suite of procurement tools for contracts, documents, evaluation, and more.
Vendors always register, view bid documents, and submit bid responses for free.
READY TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT FOR YOUR NEVADA 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 through NASPO ValuePoint or TIPS, with no new RFP required
NRS 332 and NRS 338 compliant, with audit-ready documentation built in
US-based support with procurement expertise
Packages and pricing designed to fit any agency size or budget
99% client retention means our agencies love us