Case Study: City of Newport News, VA achieves greater solicitation efficiency with OpenGov

Newport News, VA Meets Demand of Redevelopment Initiatives with Increased Solicitation Efficiency

The City of Newport News, VA needed to speed up procurement to support major redevelopment efforts, including the Transforming Marshall-Ridley initiative and other aging-infrastructure projects. Its procurement team was burdened by paper-based, email-heavy, and manual bid processes that made solicitation development, version control, and bid tabulation slow and labor-intensive.

OpenGov Procurement helped the City modernize solicitation and supplier engagement with an electronic bidding and contract management solution. The result was 100% of bids submitted electronically, faster solicitation development, easier vendor search using NIGP codes, and real-time version control that saved time for higher-value work; the City also built a supplier network of more than 5,000 vendors and improved transparency for stakeholders.

City of Newport News, VA

Gary Sightler

Purchasing Agent