If you frequently post similar types of projects, you can Create Project Templates to save time on the initial setup of future projects. Project Templates are without any distinctive project content, such as dates, assigned reviewers, submissions or reporting. 

The Procureware platform will be phased out Fall of 2024. Agencies must extract desired data before that time. The following guide walks you through the process.

This step-by-step guide provides instruction on how to award your project to one or more vendors/bidders for single and multi-contract projects.

This document provides Users with step-by-step comprehensive instructions on creating a new Single Contract project.

This document provides Users with step-by-step instructions on reviewing your new project set up in the Bonfire-powered system.

During your project solicitation, you may need to issue an addenda for vendors/bidders. This guide walks you through the addenda process.

Once your bid has closed, this step-by-step guide walks you through the bid unsealing “Releasing” and how to review and display the results.

Step-by-step instructions on responding to Vendor Questions through Messages and creating a Public Notice response to questions asked.

This document is intended to facilitate revisions to the “Instructions to Bidders,” EJCDC Document C200, 2018 Edition.

This document is intended to facilitate revisions to the “Instructions to Bidders,” AIA Document A701- 2018 Edition.

This document facilitates the inclusion of “Instructions to Bidders,” within the bidding documents for those agencies not using industry-standard documents.

Creating a base project using the new PennBid platform can be done in just a few minutes. Follow along with this step-by-step tutorial to get started!

Public Files are placed on the portal and available for anyone to download. If you are looking to upload a Public File while also notifying vendors, you can do both at the same time by issuing a Public Notice.

One of the most critical aspects of setting up and running a project in PennBid is specifying which documents and information you want the vendor to submit to you. This is managed in the Requested Information section.

The Questionnaires feature in PennBid allows for a structured way to receive vendor responses for a large number of criteria while displaying the Vendor’s responses side-by-side.

Bid Tables allow a Buyer to quickly solicit and evaluate projects with multiple bid items. The module also allows the ability to organize items into Baskets, analyze price spread among Vendors, and quickly generate order lists.

Multi-Category Decision (MCD) projects, previously called multi-prime bids, allow you to run bids that require multiple decisions to be made based on the Vendors’ submissions.

When requested, the PennBid Program completes required DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprises) notifications for many engineering firms and public agencies and provides a final report that can be sent to the funding agency.