The step-by-step instructions for submitting bids can be found here.
The vendor is solely responsible for ensuring timely submission of their electronic solicitation response. Failure to allow adequate time prior to the solicitation end date to complete and submit a response to a solicitation, particularly in the event technical support assistance is required, places the vendor and their response at risk of not being accepted on time.
If a vendor does not have electronic accessibility to submit an electronic bid response, the vendor must contact the bid’s buyer of record at least five (5) days prior to the due date of the bid to determine if an alternate process is available to accept the vendor’s bid. However, at this time under the current circumstances, electronic bid submission is the only certain way to be able to submit your bid response.
NOTICE
The passage of House Bill 2400 during the 101st General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2022), creates “The Personal Privacy Protection Act,”section 105.1500, RSMo. The effective date of the Act is August 28, 2022. The Act makes all “personal information” of a 501(c) in the possession of a public agency a closed record under chapter 610 RSMo. In order to avoid violation of the new law, effective August 28, 2022, bid and contract records available in the Division of Purchasing’s Awarded Bid and Contract Document Search and posted on the MissouriBUYS Contract Board will be removed from public access.
- Awarded Bid and Contract Document Search: Any new procurements awarded or cancelled on or after August 28, 2022 will first be reviewed and redacted as needed for compliance with section 105.1500 RSMo and then will be made publicly available on the Awarded Bid and Contract Document Search site. As older records are reviewed in response to open records requests received, those records will also be made available on the Awarded Bid and Contract Document Search after the necessary review and/or redaction work has been completed.
- MissouriBUYS Contract Board: Effective August 28, 2022, public access to the contract documents as well as the specific contact information for contractors will be removed from the MissouriBUYS Contract Board unless the law changes. All other features of the site will remain the same.
- Open Records Requests: If needed bid or contract documents are not found on the Awarded Bid and Contract Document Search website or if the website is unavailable, please direct any open records request for specific contracts or awarded or cancelled bids to purchmail@oa.mo.gov. Such requests should include “OPEN RECORDS REQUEST” in the subject line and include the following information:
- Bid/contract number,
- Specific documents being requested, and
- Requestor’s company name and contact information (email and phone).
The requestor will be notified when the necessary review and applicable redactions for compliance with section 105.1500 RSMo have been completed and the documents have been uploaded to the Awarded Bid and Contract Document Search website. Please Note: Due to the anticipated volume of requests resulting from these measures taken to ensure compliance with section 105.1500 RSMo, requestor may experience an extensive wait time for document availability.