Martin County Information for Vendor's Procurement Process

Martin County, in partnership with Onvia, Inc., processes its procurement transactions through the Onvia DemandStar electronic procurement system. Onvia DemandStar will enable Martin County to better connect with vendors and improve the overall efficiency of its purchasing operation.

Onvia DemandStar will provide vendors with access to important procurement information.

Services that will be available to you include:

• Notification of bid, proposal, and quote solicitations
• Access to project detail information
• Access to key documents via electronic download
• Access to Planholders Lists
• Access to contract award information
• Ability to submit bid and quote responses online

You may register for Onvia DemandStar services, online, at Demandstar Registration. If you would like to register for your free notification service of purchase solicitations issued by Martin County through Onvia DemandStar, once you are logged onto the Web page, select the "Onvia DemandStar FREE AGENCY" option. On the form that opens, furnish the pertinent information for your business, be sure to enter "Martin County" in the Agency Name field. Current business opportunities with Martin County can be viewed on the following Web page: Demand Star Suppier.

If you have questions, or need technical assistance with the Web site, call Onvia Supplier Services at 1-800-711-1712.

Public Record Notification

Under Florida law, your Registration information may be released to others via a public record request.

Bid Notification Change

To reduce mailing costs, provide updates for business status required by Federal/State grants, and provide more interactivity between the supplier and the bid notification registration system, the County uses Onvia for bid notifications and document distribution*.

To register for receiving future bid notifications from Martin County, visit the Purchasing Registration Page. For questions, call 1-800-711-1712, 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time Zone.

If you register solely for Martin County, there is no cost for bid notification and document packages that are electronically downloaded. For those that have previously registered with Martin County, we discontinued direct notification of our bid solicitations effective, August 1, 2007. As of this date, vendors no longer receive postcard bid notifications from Martin County.

Vendors that desire to be placed on the vendor list of Martin County, please, visit the Onvia DemandStar Registration Web page at www.demandstar.com/register.rsp. Once you are logged onto the page, select the "Onvia DemandStar FREE AGENCY" option. On the form that opens, enter the pertinent information for your business, be sure to enter "Martin County" in the Agency Name field. If you have questions, or need technical assistance with the Web site, call Onvia Supplier Services at 1-800-711-1712.

Onvia DemandStar is currently used by multiple public purchasing entities in South Florida. If interested in receiving bid notifications from government agencies other than Martin County, there is a cost for this service that you can discuss with Onvia. However, this is not required to receive bid notifications solely for Martin County.

*Does not include delivered plans/specs in hard copy format.