The Vendor is required to provide online marketplace solution that offers a more dynamic pricing structure to ensure the county and participating public agencies are continually receiving the best value.
- Sales and marketing personnel that directly promote the agency Suppliers to Participating Public Agencies through public agency meetings, webinars, direct mail, email, online and print advertising, social media, articles, and exhibiting and presenting at national and local trade shows.
- Services include:
• Category 1: Office Supplies: Binders and accessories, filing and storage, calendars and planners, desk accessories and organization, pens, pencils, and markers, business forms and record keeping, labels, mail, shipping and envelopes, tape, presentation boards, staplers, paper (copy, notebooks, pads, etc., scissors, ink, toner cartridges, and all other office supplies
• Category 2: Education Based Accessories, Display, Products and Related Supplies: Items related to products and supplies used in an education-based setting which may include but is not limited to: art supplies, craft products, books, lesson plans and curriculum, school equipment, white boards, blackboards, teaching material, and other related products.
• Category 3: Home Kitchen, Food and Grocery: Food, beverages, snack foods, cooking and baking products and equipment, bath, bedding, kitchen and dining, storage and organization and other related products, cleaning products (to include green and dye-free), carpet care products and supplies, restroom care products and supplies, waste receptacles and liners, industrial tools and supplies (such as carts, dusters, brushes, spray bottles, squeegees, and gloves), rags, wipes and related supplies.
• Category 4: Information Technology-Peripheral Devices and Related Products: Product based supplies and solutions that involve information technology peripheral devices which may include but is not limited to: mouse, cameras, video cameras, microphone, speakers, keyboard, multifunction printers, scanners, plotters, and other related items. Items in this category should not connect to a user’s network.
• Category 5: Higher Education Scientific Equipment and Lab Supplies: General lab supplies, consumables and supplies, glassware and plastic ware, laboratory instruments, microscopes, scales and balances, liquid handling, chromatography, lab chemicals, spectrophotometers, filtration, safety and lab furniture and other related products and accessories.
• Category 6: Clothing: Outerwear, athletic wear, innerwear, belts, shoes, and other related products.
• Category 7: Miscellaneous/Other: Offerors are encouraged to provide products/services/solutions categories that are purchased by public agencies.
• Is designed as a B2C (Business to Consumer) platform to connect one or more sellers to multiple buyers
• An established and demonstrated methodology for showing prices are generally below retail prices
• Offers the ability to make payments through the platform or to a centralized account receivable function via credit card functionality
• Offers a wide variety of products in multiple commodity groups with the awarded categories
- Platforms include:
• Out of the box analytics/reporting dashboard and capabilities that are part of the platform
• Multi-User Accounts and Groups
• Customizable workflow and governance capabilities in the platform to allow:
○ All administrators to restrict products or commodities depending on organizational internal policies and procedures
○ Full revision history of changes made and who made the workflow
○ Spend controls
• Other capabilities
○ Secure login
○ Online catalog of items
○ Access to online order history
○ Mobile enabled site
○ Payment methods (Purchase Order (PO) or credit card)
○ Standard reporting
○ Freight selection
○ Online sample request form
○ Product images (high resolution) associated with each item
- Contract Period/Term: 5 years
-  Pre-Bid Meeting Date: June 05, 2025
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: June 17, 2025