City Utilizes Expertise of BidBridge to Purchase Fire Apparatus

Thursday, October 29, 2009

City Utilizes Expertise of BidBridge to Purchase Fire Apparatus

A medium sized city partnered with BidBridge to purchase a fire apparatus.  Four suppliers competed for the business.

The bid lasted one hour, two minutes.  72 bids were placed among the four suppliers, yielding 34 time extensions and 27 first-place-turn-overs.  First and second place bidders were separated by a mere 0.06%, indicating true market value for the fire apparatus had been achieved.

During the bid event, the BidBridge operations coordinators monitored the bid closely to ensure integrity of the bid.

The approximate savings on the fire apparatus was 18%.