SERVING NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION AGENCIES
THE EPROCUREMENT PLATFORM NEW JERSEY AGENCIES CHOOSE TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT
Built for municipalities, counties, utility authorities, and school districts, and compliant with the Local Public Contracts Law, Public School Contracts Law, and Pay-to-Play "fair and open" certification requirements. Cooperative purchasing options available with no new bid required.
New Jersey 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 GARDEN STATE
From Jersey City to the Shore and across the Northeast, 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
NEW JERSEY PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE
BUILT FOR HOW NEW JERSEY AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BUY
The Local Public Contracts Law governs competitive contracting for New Jersey municipalities and counties, while Public School Contracts Law governs school district procurement. PlanetBids is engineered to meet both of these regulatory bodies' requirements, along with Pay-to-Play law, requiring a documented "fair and open" competitive process for every contract award, State Comptroller reviews of local unit and cooperative pricing contracts, IIJA-funded water infrastructure and flood resilience capital programs, and DBE vendor outreach goals.
SBE, MBE, & WBE Vendor Tracking
PlanetBids tracks outreach to firms certified through the New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services as well as for DBE firms for NJDOT and EPA federally-funded projects, centralizing certification management and reporting.
Fair and Open Documentation
Timestamped solicitation release, communication and acknowledgement, and bid submission records document a competitive, non-preferential process consistent with NJSA 19:44A-20.4 et seq.
Local Public Contracts & Public School Contracts Laws
Advertisement period management, sealed electronic bid acceptance and opening, bid security validation, and board resolution support is built for NJSA 40A:11 and 18A:18A requirements.
Cooperative Purchasing Ready
Workflows are streamlined for documenting cooperative and piggyback procurement while preserving the underlying competitive process record agencies need for OSC review.
IIJA & DEP Compliance
Documentation workflows are designed for New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program cycles and federal disaster recovery procurement requirements.
Audit-Ready Documentation
Timestamped bid and cooperative pricing records are easily accessible for solid defense in State Comptroller local government reviews.
NO NEW BID REQUIRED
Cooperative Purchasing Available
New Jersey agencies can purchase PlanetBids through the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) by documenting cooperative purchasing authority without running a new bid process. 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 Jersey'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 Jersey'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 NEW JERSEY PROCUREMENT TEAMS ASK US MOST
Can our 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 Jersey agencies to execute a contract without issuing a new competitive solicitation. PlanetBids is available on the Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) for most agencies to piggyback off of. 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 integrate with our Tyler Munis or Edmunds GovTech ERP?
Yes, PlanetBids offers API integration with Tyler Munis and Edmunds GovTech, the two dominant ERPs in New Jersey local government by passing solicitation, vendor, and award data bi-directionally, while your ERP remains 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 support our Pay-to-Play "fair and open" certification?
PlanetBids generates timestamped solicitation notification, addenda release and acknowledgement, and bid acceptance records that document a competitive, non-preferential process consistent with New Jersey law.
Can we use PlanetBids for ESCNJ or other cooperative pricing contracts?
Yes, PlanetBids documents cooperative and piggyback procurement while preserving the underlying competitive process record that agencies need for OSC review. In addition, PlanetBids provides access to a repository of piggybackable contracts available from other agencies for your team to use without releasing a new formal solicitation.
Does PlanetBids handle Public School Contracts Law bid thresholds for our school district?
Yes, PlanetBids is designed to handle public school procurement, including advertised bid thresholds, quote documentation, and board resolution support required under NJSA 18A:18A.
What about our county's Local Public Contracts Law formal bidding requirements?
PlanetBids manages advertisement periods, sealed electronic bid opening, and bid security validation under NJSA 40A:11.
How long does implementation and training take?
While training and implementation times vary, most agencies are up and running in a few weeks, including all applicable customization, ERP integration, vendor records imports, and user training. In certain cases, PlanetBids can get agencies live in just a few days to meet tight bid release timelines.
How much does PlanetBids cost?
PlanetBids is a SaaS subscription-based platform, with no per-bid, vendor, or transaction fees. Pricing is tier-based depending on features and functionality your agency needs, as well as on full user counts and number of solicitations released per year. Options are available for every size and budget, and we recommend speaking to a PlanetBids sales representative to get a quote tailored to your agency.
There is a one-time setup fee associated with each account which covers all implementation, customization, integration, and user training. In-house, US-based support is always free, and we do not charge vendors to register, view, or bid on public projects.
READY TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT FOR YOUR NEW JERSEY 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 with cooperative purchasing authority with no new RFP required
Compliant with public contracts law and fair and open regulations, with audit-ready 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