Case Study: The City of Hartford achieves faster vendor certification and procurement efficiency with PlanetBids

Streamlining Vendor Certification Hartford's Path to Efficiency

The City of Hartford faced the challenge of manually managing its vendor certification process, a paper-intensive system crucial for meeting its ambitious Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity goals. To automate and streamline this process, the city partnered with vendor PlanetBids and implemented its eProcurement solutions, including specialized Vendor Management and Business Certification/Prequalification Management services.

PlanetBids provided a system that automated vendor applications, document uploads, and communications, reducing the determination time to 30 days. This solution saved time and paper, expanded the vendor pool, and provided a seamless audit trail. As a result, the City of Hartford exceeded its diversity and residency participation goals and efficiently managed vendors for major high-profile projects like the Dunkin' Donuts Park construction.

The City of Hartford