City and county portals · Cities, counties, and special districts
Register on a city or county PlanetBids portal
PlanetBids is software that many cities, counties, and special districts use to post bids and collect vendor profiles.
What PlanetBids is
PlanetBids is a private company.
City and county portals are separate
Registering with one city does not register you with the county, and it does not register you on Cal eProcure or SAM.gov.
What these portals are for
Local agencies post informal quotes and formal bids, share planholder lists, and store vendor contacts.
Prepare once, then reuse the packet
The facts below show up on almost every local profile.
- Legal name, DBA, and addresses
- Tax identifier
- Commodity or license categories you can actually perform
- A monitored email inbox
- Insurance certificates, when a bid asks for them
- Licenses required for the trade in that jurisdiction
- A short capability statement and a few references
How local registration fits with state and federal
These are separate systems.
- SAM.gov is the federal vendor registration. It is free.
- Cal eProcure is the California state portal.
- A city or county PlanetBids site is local to that agency.
- WBENC and similar certifiers run their own applications and charge their own fees.
How SupplierStart can help
The free starter checklist puts the core business facts in one place before you create a stack of local profiles.
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