SERVING NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION AGENCIES
THE EPROCUREMENT PLATFORM NEW HAMPSHIRE AGENCIES CHOOSE TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT
Built for towns and cities, village districts, school administrative units, and regional planning commissions under RSA Title III, and compliant with RSA 91-A Right-to-Know documentation requirements. Designed to configure to whatever purchasing policy your board has adopted.
New Hampshire 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 EAST COAST
From New York and New Jersey to Connecticut and Massachusetts, PlanetBids helps government agencies in the Northeast 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
No NE
BUILT FOR HOW NEW HAMPSHIRE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BUY
New Hampshire has no single statewide competitive bidding statute. Towns and cities operate under authority granted by the General Court (RSA Title III). PlanetBids is engineered to fit into whatever purchasing policy your agency has adopted, simplifying processes and automating workflows to reduce administrative load on your small or multitasking purchasing team.
Customizable to Your Agency
PlanetBids configures to whatever thresholds and processes your board has adopted, including statutory bidding requirements where applicable, so you're never running a workaround to fit a one-size-fits-all system.
Right-to-Know Documentation
Every posting, communication, addendum, and bid opening is timestamped and centralized for easy access, so records requests require only a file export, not a search through email and filing cabinets.
Village District & Precinct Support
Independent village districts and precincts can manage their own system and processes sized to their actual solicitation volume, rather than running through a host town.
State Revolving Fund Compliance
Audit-ready procurement documentation built for Drinking Water and Clean Water SRF-financed capital projects, protecting reimbursement eligibility when a DES reviewer asks for the file.
Federal DBE Compliance
Automated vendor outreach logs generate the good faith effort record required by FHWA/FTA/FAA-funded contracts, without extra staff time spent reconstructing it after the fact.
RSA 32 Budget Cycle Alignment
Solicitation and award records stay clean and centralized ahead of town meeting budget scrutiny, without extra effort from a board that's already stretched thin during budget season.
NO NEW BID REQUIRED
Cooperative Purchasing Options
New Hampshire agencies may be able to purchase PlanetBids through an existing cooperative contract, eliminating the need for a new competitive solicitation. PlanetBids is available on the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). 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 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 New Hampshire'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 New Hampshire'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.
How does PlanetBids handle the various New Hampshire requirements for competitive bidding?
While no single statewide statute mandates competitive bidding for all New Hampshire towns and cities, PlanetBids isn't designed as a one-size-fits-all fix. The system configures to whatever thresholds, processes, and requirements your agency and governing board has adopted, so you're not rebuilding your procurement operations or constantly designing workarounds.
Can our New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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 including General Municipal Law 103 authorization and cooperative purchasing authority.
How does PlanetBids interact with our Town Meeting budget process under RSA 32?
PlanetBids doesn't deal with appropriation authority. PlanetBids manages the solicitation creation and release, the bidding process, and the award workflow once funds are authorized, and it keeps that record clean and centralized so it's easy to access ahead of town meetings.
Can our village district or precinct use PlanetBids separately from the town?
Yes, under RSA 52, village districts and precincts are independent governmental units and can run their own PlanetBids account, sized to their own solicitation volume, rather than shared with the town's system. Alternatively, towns and counties can configure and manage an overarching PlanetBids procurement system for all relevant districts and precincts.
Can we use PlanetBids alongside Tyler Munis or Edmunds GovTech?
Yes, PlanetBids provides API integration with most commonly used ERPs and financial software, including Tyler Technologies and Edmunds. 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, 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 help with NHDES or NHDOT Ten Year Plan-funded project documentation?
PlanetBids centralizes the procurement records that grantors and auditors request for DWSRF, CWSRF, and NHDOT projects, including solicitation posting, communication, addenda acknowledgement, and bid submission. All records are timestamped and easily accessible for records request so the agency doesn't have to rebuilt the file.
How quickly can we go live, and what does implementation cost?
Most towns and citiesareup and running within a few weeks, including implementation, training, integration with your ERP, and vendor imports. No new staff is needed to manage the transition. In special cases, agencies with tight timelines for specific solicitation posting can be live in as little as a few days.
PlanetBids does charge a one-time setup fee that covers all implementation, training, and customization.
How much does PlanetBids cost?
PlanetBids is a SaaS subscription-based platform, with no per-bid, vendor, or transaction fees. Pricing is tiered based on agency requirements for features and functionality, as well as number of full users and number of solicitations per year. Because pricing is tailored to your specific agency needs, we recommend reaching out to your regional sales manager for a better idea of pricing.
READY TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT FOR YOUR NEW HAMPSHIRE 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.
Works inside your existing purchasing policy, no rewrite required
Available on the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) with no new competitive bid process required
US-based in-house support with extensive procurement experience
Pricing is tiered, with options for any agency size and budget.
99% client retention means our clients love us