Easy and Free Bidding with PlanetBids

Interested in accessing opportunities with over 550 agencies of various sizes? You've landed in the right place. Here, vendors and suppliers like you can discover opportunities, explore all the project details and documentation, and submit your proposals on a platform that's not only easy to use but also always free of charge.

Man wearing glasses - desktop
Man wearing glasses - mobile

Bid with Confidence with PlanetBids

1

Search for a PB Vendor Portal

2

View all open projects

3

Submit your Bid

4

Get notified for updates

Kick back, Get Notified, Celebrate Success

Astronaut Sitting on Moon

Astronaut Sitting on Moon

 

Kick back, Get Notified, Celebrate Success

Top reasons why Vendor and Suppliers are fans of PlanetBids

telephone ringing

Vendor Support

Always There for You, Whether by Phone or Email

no dollar sign

No Cost

All vendors and suppliers can submit bids without any fees.

circle check mark

User-Friendly

Designed with simplicity in mind.

global icon

Green Choice

Contribute to saving trees with every online bid submission, as opposed to manual entry.

Company small icon

"PlanetBids’ system is great because it shows almost everything you need to know about the job on the first page advertisement. From there you can download the documents and see what Q&A has been posted and responded to. The system reminds me to get everything for our estimator."

Anthony Santoro, Preconstruction Engineer

Company small icon

"I find myself on the PlanetBids portal at least once a day retrieving an addendum or printing a plan holders list. The days of calling the city or waiting for a fax are over. I can get an up-to-date list of potential bidders 24 hours a day and down to the last minute before the bid. It can be difficult to get that from a city personnel the day before a bid, whereas PlanetBids is live and in real time."

Anthony Santoro, Preconstruction Engineer

Simplify Your Bidding Journey

Upgrade and get a single, efficient vendor profile where you can easily search and bid on numerous contracts, ensuring you can bid from anywhere and broaden your industry connections.

Features
FREE Basic
$429/YR Growth Best for teams under 5
CUSTOM Enterprise Best for teams of 5 or more
Access and bid on opportunities on individual PlanetBids public-facing portals.
blue badge check
blue badge check
blue badge check
View requirements and submit bids entirely online, at no cost
blue badge check
blue badge check
blue badge check
Access to Vendor Support
blue badge check
blue badge check
blue badge check
Account & user access to Vendorline logo
 
blue badge check
blue badge check
Search through hundreds of bid opportunities and bid ads
 
blue badge check
blue badge check
Maintain all of your individual agency profiles within one place
 
blue badge check
blue badge check
Save bid opportunities of interest to your watchlist
 
blue badge check
blue badge check
Expose your business to buyers and other vendors/contractors
 
blue badge check
blue badge check
Group registration for your entire team
 
 
blue badge check
Group discounts
 
 
blue badge check

Basic FREE

small blue chevron arrow down icon
  • Access and bid on opportunities on individual PlanetBids public-facing portals.
  • View requirements and submit bids entirely online, at no cost
  • Access to Vendor Support

Growth $429/YR Best for teams under 5

small blue chevron arrow down icon
  • Access and bid on opportunities on individual PlanetBids public-facing portals.
  • View requirements and submit bids entirely online, at no cost
  • Access to Vendor Support
  • Account & user access to Vendorline logo
  • Search through hundreds of bid opportunities and bid ads
  • Maintain all of your individual agency profiles within one place
  • Save bid opportunities of interest to your watchlist
  • Expose your business to buyers and other vendors/contractors

Enterprise CUSTOM Best for teams of 5 or more

small blue chevron arrow down icon
  • Access and bid on opportunities on individual PlanetBids public-facing portals.
  • View requirements and submit bids entirely online, at no cost
  • Access to Vendor Support
  • Account & user access to Vendorline logo
  • Search through hundreds of bid opportunities and bid ads
  • Maintain all of your individual agency profiles within one place
  • Save bid opportunities of interest to your watchlist
  • Expose your business to buyers and other vendors/contractors
  • Group registration for your entire team
  • Group discounts

FUEL YOUR ROCKETSHIP

Get to Work Faster

1

Register

2

Start winning bids

3

Grow your business

blue wave

FAQs

How does the PlanetBids vendor portal work?

small blue chevron arrow down icon

PlanetBids is a web-enabled procurement and electronic bidding system, implemented by agencies to provide better service and convenience to their vendors. In order for the system to work effectively, you must register with the agency online. As a registered and approved vendor in the system, you will be automatically notified of Bid Alerts that match the categories you have entered in your vendor profile. You may, at any time, search for the latest contracting opportunities available, request and download documents, and bid electronically (if applicable) on all open requests up until bid closing. Best of all, this service is offered to vendors for free!

How do I find bids and receive bid notifications?

small blue chevron arrow down icon

There are two different ways that you can search and receive bid notifications from PlanetBids.

Free: You may search for bids by going directly to the Vendor Portal of that Agency, select Bid Opportunities and either scroll through the list or use the search criteria fields at the top. Once you find a bid you are interested in, you can find out more details and participate by double clicking on the bid.

To participate, you will need to register directly with the Agency. Based on the categories that you select during registration, you will automatically receive an email notification when a bid is issued that matches your selection(s).

Fee Based: Register with VendorLine. VendorLine is a service that will notify you of new bids based on Categories, Keywords, and States selected. On a nightly basis, the system will cross reference your notification criteria against the Project Title, Invitation Number, Categories, and Description of every new bid issued by all Agencies using PlanetBids. If there is a match, you will receive a notification first thing in the morning. For more information on VendorLine, please go to www.vendorline.com.

How do I become a registered vendor?

small blue chevron arrow down icon

If you would like to become a registered vendor, please select "New Vendor Registration" from the Agency’s main vendor portal and complete any mandatory items within each tab. All mandatory fields are denoted by a red asterisk.

Depending upon the Agency, you may have additional tabs to complete. Please read each question on the additional tab(s) and select yes or no. You may select no and come back later to change it to yes. Selecting yes, will generate an additional list of questions you will need to complete.
When you are done completing the vendor registration form, select "Register" at the bottom right corner of the page to submit your profile. Registration is immediate; you do not need to wait for the confirmation email to log in or begin using the system.

How do I become a registered vendor?

small blue chevron arrow down icon

Depending on how the Agency has set up the bid, there are several ways to become a prospective bidder. From within the bid go to one of the following locations (not all locations may be applicable to the bid):

  • RSVP for the Pre Bid Meeting (Bid Information tab)
  • Download documents with an * next to them or select Download Now (Documents/Attachments tab)
  • Select Ask Question (Q & A tab)
  • Go to the Line Items tab (if there are no documents, this tab will force you to become a Prospective Bidder before you can view the items)
  • Click on "Place eBid"