Doing Business with the Housing Authority:
VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT
IMPORTANT NOTICE – CHANGE TO ELECTRONIC BIDDING SYSTEM
Dear Registered Vendor,
The Housing Authority of the County of Stanislaus (Housing Authority) is proud to announce that we will now be using Public Purchase, a web-based e-Procurement service. In order to begin or continue to receive bid notifications as a current vendor you must register with this new system. This process will only take a few minutes. The two-step registration process/instructions are detailed below in the “Instructions” section.
The conversion to the new Public Purchase e-procurement system began on June 1, 2017. Please register as soon as possible so that you have uninterrupted access to our bids and to the notification of our bids.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Register with Public Purchase:
Use the link below to begin the registration process. It can take up to 24 hours for your account to become active. You will receive an email from notices@publicpurchase.com letting you know your account is activated. Be sure and add this email address to your contacts to avoid the bid notification emails being sent to your junk folder.
https://www.publicpurchase.com/gems/register/vendor/register
If you are already registered with Public Purchase, please proceed directly to step 2.
- Register with the Housing Authority:
Once you have received your activation email from Public Purchase, log into www.publicpurchase.com and accept the terms and conditions of use. - Click on the “Tools” tab, then click on the “Agencies” tab.
- This will take you to the agency search page. In the agency name box, type in the name of the agency. Leave the “New Agency Since” box blank. Make sure Registration Status indicates “ALL”. Click on “Search” this will bring up the agency and to the far right of it you will see “View” and “Register” click on the “Register” link to complete the vendor registration with the agency.
It is important that this second part of the registration is complete or you will not receive notifications of upcoming quote opportunities from the Housing Authority. It is your responsibility to keep the information up-to-date, particularly the contacts and email addresses.
Why the switch?
Using this service will make the quoting process easier for us and our suppliers. The Public Purchase e-Procurement System was designed exclusively for use by Government Agencies and their Vendors.
Benefits to Us:
This eProcurement system is compliant with all Federal and State regulations, which determine the required procedures for Government Agency purchasing practices. This service will also create an up-to-date vendor database, which will be hosted on Public Purchase’s servers and will allow suppliers to easily update and change their information as needed.
What Benefits You?
This e-Procurement system will create a single location in which to view open Requests for Quotation and award information for previous RFQ’s issued through the Public Purchase website. This system will also provide you with automatic notification and transmittal of bid solicitations to vendors. In addition, Public Purchase gives you access to bid opportunities with other government entities. All of this is provided at no charge to you.
If you need any assistance with this process, please contact Public Purchase at:
Or use their Live Chat during business hours. It can be found in the upper left corner of the website.
Thank you for participating in the Housing Authority’s new registration process.