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From YouTube: Doing Business with the City of Minneapolis
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Are you a business interested in selling to the City of Minneapolis? Discover business opportunities through the City’s Procurement Office. Find out more information: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/finance/procurement/index.htm
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The
city
of
Minneapolis
has
an
office
dedicated
to
purchasing
goods
and
services.
This
office
is
called
procurement,
goods
and
services.
That
procurement
is
responsible
for
purchasing,
for
the
city
include
professional
services,
fire
equipment,
demolition
and
construction
services,
horticulture
towing,
food
and
beverages,
furniture,
office
machines
and
supplies,
and
janitorial
services,
just
to
name
a
few.
If
you're
a
business
interested
in
selling
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
there
are
three
ways
you
can
learn
about
available
opportunities.
First,
you
can
subscribe
for
bid
notifications
on
our
website.
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Here
you
may
know
that
there
are
two
kinds
of
bids:
formal
and
informal.
A
formal
bid
is
over
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
requires
a
formal
bid
process
which
can
be
found
on
our
website.
An
informal
bid
is
over
one
thousand
dollars,
but
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
requires
at
least
two
competitive
quotes.
Anything
under
$1,000
does
not
require
a
bid.
The
city
also
has
professional
services
contracts
for
agreements
to
provide
professional
or
management
consulting
services
such
as
administration,
translation,
designing
feasibility
studies
or
legal
or
technical
advice.
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The
procurement
process
has
six
steps,
planning,
preparation,
search,
evaluation
decision
delivery
and
payment
during
planning
items
that
will
need
to
be
procured
must
be
included
and
approved
in
the
budget
of
the
organization
in
preparation.
Detailed
decisions
are
made
about
the
product
that
will
be
procured
and
the
procurement
method,
including
the
conditions
of
the
contract
that
will
apply.
All
of
these
details
are
included
in
the
bid
document,
which
has
to
provide
bidders
with
all
the
information
they
need
to
calculate
an
appropriate
bid
price.
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The
search
step
varies
according
to
the
size
and
type
of
procurement,
for
small,
simple
procurement
search
may
involve
simply
inviting
one
or
more
suppliers
to
coal
prices
for
competitive
procurement
search
includes
advertising
and
distribution
of
bid
documents.
This
may
be
done
in
one
stage
open
bidding
with
a
firm
permitted
to
submit
a
bid,
or
there
may
be
a
two-stage
process.
The
pre-qualified
firms
are
then
invited
to
prepare
and
submit
detailed
bids.
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Sometimes
the
government
or
agency
may
have
a
permanent
list
of
pre-qualified
contractors
or
suppliers
specialized
in
a
particular
activity,
for
instance,
consulting
services
or
construction
work
and
the
firms
on
the
appropriate
list
are
invited
to
submit
bids
evaluation
is
undertaken
to
determine
which
of
the
bids
represents.
The
best
value
for
money
for
the
buyer.
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Factors
that
can
be
taken
into
account
during
evaluation
include
the
bid
price,
the
quality
of
the
work,
goods
or
services
offered
by
the
bitter,
the
timing,
that
is
when
the
goods
will
be
delivered
or
when
the
work
or
services
will
be
complete.
Quality
of
after
sales
service,
for
example,
guarantees
and
service
offered
for
goods
other
factors
that
may
affect
the
cost
to
the
buyer,
for
example,
the
timing
of
payments
to
the
contractor
and
other
factors
that
the
buyer
may
want
to
consider.
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For
example,
preferences
for
local
firms
bit
evaluation
can
be
undertaken
by
any
technically
qualified
staff
or
advisors.
The
final
decision
to
award
the
contract
is
usually
taken
by
the
senior
officer
of
the
buyer
institution,
who
will
be
accountable
for
any
error.
In
some
cases
the
decision
may
be
made
or
approved
by
a
legislative
body
such
as
a
council.
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Notification
of
award
of
the
contract
to
the
winning
bidder
automatically
creates
an
enforceable
contract
between
the
buyer
and
the
bitter
that
is
the
bitter,
does
not
have
the
choice
to
withdraw
his
or
her
bid
at
this
stage
once
the
contract
is
signed,
the
contractor
or
supplier
is
responsible
to
deliver
the
work,
goods
or
services
in
accordance
with
the
contract.
Now
that
you
know
more
about
our
procurement
process,
we
encourage
you
to
sign
up
as
a
bitter
today.
The
procurement
office
is
always
looking
for
new
and
diverse
suppliers
to
do
business
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis.