Purchasing

  • Greetings
     
    Thank you for visiting the Pinellas County School Board Purchasing Department Web site! Our goal is to provide our customers with a user-friendly and easily accessible source of information. We are committed to continually improving and expanding our website and bringing you more of the information you seek in the near future. If you have comments or suggestions to help us make improvements, I would appreciate hearing from you. Just drop me an e-mail at: benjaminst@pcsb.org
     
    Joe Benjamin, CPPO, CPPB, NIGP-CPP
    Director of Purchasing
    (727) 588-6143

    Mission Statement

     
    "The mission of the Purchasing Department is to purchase products and services that best contribute to improving student achievement."
     
    The Pinellas County School District Purchasing Department has adopted the National Institute of Public Purchasing's Code of Ethics, per district policy 6342. 

    OpenGov Supplier Registration

    Dear Valued Vendors! Pinellas County schools has transitioned to a new eProcurement solution (OpenGov) for publishing solicitations and receiving vendor responses. Register your account early to begin receiving email notifications for the type’s Bid/RFP opportunities. Registration is 100% free for vendors!

    Pinellas County School has partnered with OpenGov and is excited to announce our transition from a paper-based bid solicitation process to a fully automated, web-based electronic bidding and vendor management system. Listed under the Current Solicitations link, are the bids and proposals currently being solicited and the corresponding closing dates for each. Our new e-Procurement Portal will allow interested parties to do the following:

    • Register to bid and receive notifications of future opportunities in the e-Procurement Portal by selecting Subscribe to create an account.

    • Follow updates to existing solicitations by finding the solicitation and clicking the Follow button. This will allow all interested parties to receive amendments and addenda automatically.

    • Submit questions and receive answers for open solicitations.

    • Guide vendors through the process of responding electronically to RFPs, bids, etc. to ensure submissions have been accurately completed.

    • Ultimately, be your one location for all bid opportunities issued by the type.

    To get started, click here to sign up. You’ll receive an email to activate your account. For more information about how to register, please see our help file here.

    THERE IS NO COST FOR VENDORS TO REGISTER WITH OpenGov.

    HOW TO GUIDE: CREATING MULTIPLE VENDOR PROFILES/ORGANIZATIONS TO SUBMIT MULTIPLE RESPONSES ON A SINGLE SOLICITATION

     

     
    GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS
     

    DIRECTIONS TO OUR OFFICE
    Largo Administration Building

    DISCLAIMER STATEMENT/NOTICE
    This information is being provided as a service to our customers and to the community. Due to its dynamic nature, we cannot guarantee the information contained herein is current or complete at all times. Every effort has been made to assure its accuracy at the time it was posted.