Who would use this system?

• Individuals and businesses wanting to become a vendor or supplier for Marion County

• Established vendors who need to update their information to remain competitive

• Vendors who want to obtain copies of Bids and Request For Proposals (RFPs)

• Vendors who want to know the status of Bids and RFPs

• Vendors who want to find current Marion County Purchasing Division agenda items for the Board of County Commissioners

• Vendors who need detailed information about Marion County's Purchasing Codeand Procedures

What type of information is available on the system?

Legal advertisements, mail order request forms, bid/RFP addendum, bid tabulation sheets and vendor pick up lists are available along with the following:

• Current Procurement Listings

• Formal Contracts and Construction Bids

• Straight Bids

• Annual Bids

• Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

• Professional Service Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

• Current Award Recommendations and Current Board Agenda Items

How To Use The DemandStar System

Using the DemandStar system is easy. Simply follow the prompts using your touch tone phone. If you are uncertain which document you need or want, simply order the list of documents currently available on the system. For documents too lengthy to fax, a mail order request form can be faxed to you. Simply complete this form and fax it back to DemandStar. The documents you ordered will be mailed to you within twenty-four hours.

Document Numbering

Where xxx is the bid or RFP number, documents are numbered as follows:

• xxx1 - Legal advertisement.

• xxx2 - Published "short list" for the project.

• xxx3 - Mail Order Request Form for Bid/RFP/PS package.

• xxx4 - Bid Tabulation sheet for that particular project.

• xxx5 - List of all vendors who have received the bid package.

• xxx61 - 1st addendum to this bid.

• xxx62 - 2nd addendum to this bid.

• xxx7 - Award recommendations.

For example, to find out who has received bid packages for BID #98-301-CO, simply request document number 3015.

Other Commonly Requested Document Numbers

• 100 - Current Procurements List

• 101 - Historical Listing of Bids with DemandStar

Should you need further assistance with the fax system, please call Information On Demand, Inc. at (407) 975-0000.