Contracting and Purchasing Services

• RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs
  Current Requests for Proposals, Requests for Qualifications, Invitations to Bid
• Equal Benefits Requirements
  Certain City contractors are required to provide benefits to their employees with domestic partners equivalent to those provided to employees with spouses.
• Vendor and Contractor Registration
  Assists departments in soliciting businesses interested in working for the City.
• Small and MWBE Business Development
  Business development opportunities for small businesses.

Construction Contracting

• Overview
  An introduction to Construction Contracting.
• Construction Bid Opportunities
  Current advertisements for contracting bids.
• eBid
  Online distribution of construction bidding documents for public works projects
• Small Construction Projects Roster Program
  The City uses this roster of contractors to solicit bids for many of its smaller (under $200,000) construction projects.

Consultant Contracting

• Overview
  An introduction to Consultant Contracting.
• Consultant Roster Program
  Features numerous categories of consultant services routinely utilized by City departments.

Purchasing

• Overview
  A summary of the City of Seattle's purchasing processes.
• Purchasing Services Bid Advertisements
  Current bids solicited for goods and services.
• Vendor Contract Search
• Sustainable Purchasing
  The City’s commitment to buying goods, materials, services, and capital improvements in a manner that reflects Seattle's core values of fiscal responsibility, social equity, community and environmental stewardship.

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