When a vendor first visits the Arizona Purchasing website, they should go to the Prospective Vendor Application. This is where they can enter their contact and business information, select up to five (5) industry categories (bid commodities) that communicate to the buyers their business, select the counties in Arizona where they want to offer their products / services, and choose to receive or not receive automated bid notifications via email based on their selected industry categories and selected counties. Once submitting the vendor application, they can login to view solicitations and awarded bids. Vendor contact information is only shared with AZP Subscribers.

The Vendor’s Corner allows vendors to make changes to their account, modify selected industry categories and opt-in or out of receiving automated bid notifications via email. They have full control of their contact and industry information.

Logging into the solicitations page lets vendors view and download active RFP, bids, requests for proposal and solicitations. Sometimes a solicitation / RFP can be more than just one document. It can include a specification spreadsheet and perhaps one or more addendums. All of these documents can be downloaded from the solicitations page. If a particular requests for proposal / bid falls within one of the industry categories selected by the vendor, the vendor is emailed upon posting of the bid, and emailed when any addendums are uploaded to Arizona Purchasing. Vendors can easily place a "No Bid" by following a link in the initial automated bid notification email they received upon posting of the RFP / bid. Learn about the importance of placing a "No Bid" by going here: No Bid Overview.

The awarded bids page lists all of the closed and awarded projects, bids, requests for proposal and solicitations. It shows the project’s name and number, as well as the vendor awarded the resulting contract. Experience has taught us that this type of follow up information is very helpful so vendors can keep up with their markets.

The keys to success of Arizona Purchasing is the ease of use of the site for both buyers and vendors, the ability for AZP Subscribers to instantly notify vendors of RFP / bid postings, and the centralized resource of the online RFP ( request for proposal ) and bid access for government contracts, bids, solicitation, procurement contracts, government procurement, government bids, government RFP and purchasing open bids school district in Yuma, AZ.