Our buyers and suppliers form one half of the procurement cycle. In order for RFxPremier to offer the best value, highest quality contracts to buyers, suppliers need to understand how the process works just as much as our buyers do. By clicking on one of the options above, you’ll get a snapshot of how easy the purchasing process can be with RFxPremier!
RFxPremier offers a variety of portfolios that meet your needs, whether your organization needs day-to-day goods or services or needs to make a large-scale procurement that will impact your entire organization and the clients you serve. Find a portfolio and a supplier that meets your business needs quickly and easily.
Organizations have three simple ways to make a purchase from an RFxPremier awarded supplier. Using our groundbreaking eMarketplace, issuing a PO directly to the supplier, or executing a Participating Addendum (PA). RFxPremier’s purchasing options gives your organization the ability and flexibility to make a compliant purchase quickly.
Working directly with an RFxPremier supplier, order the goods and services that your organization needs. RFxPremier offers exemplary white-glove customer service to assist you throughout the process, if needed.
Terms:
Entity-Led: The Entity-Led process is when a solicitation is issued by a procurement entity (e.g., a city, or a university). These are competitively issued, typically a request for proposals (RFP) or an invitation for bids (IFB). Awarded suppliers must meet the evaluation criteria in the solicitation.
Partner Opportunity: A Partner Opportunity is a contract that a procurement entity competitively awarded as a result of an RFP or IFB and has been amended to include RFxPremier cooperative language.
RFxPremier-Led: Contracts from the RFxPremier-led process are a result of a competitively issued solicitation that has been issued by RFxPremier. This process follows the best practices in public procurement for solicitation and contracting efforts.
RFxP-Direct: These contracts are issued through a negotiation process. While a competitively issued solicitation is not issued, RFxPremier negotiates terms and conditions, price, and scope to ensure end-users have strong contract options when applicable (e.g., when code allows, for small purchases, or with quotes).
Lead Entity: The lead entity issues the solicitation on behalf of RFxPremier and ultimately executes the contracts with awarded suppliers.
Evaluation Team Member: These individuals evaluate responses submitted by suppliers against the evaluation criteria. These are typically individuals from eligible entities (e.g., cities, universities, school districts, special districts, non-profits), and subject matter experts.
Partner Contract Suggestion: This is a process in which a contract holder (either the supplier or lead entity) contacts RFxPremier and recommends the contract as a potential cooperative contract. RFxPremier reviews the solicitation documents and contract before working with the contract holders to amend the contract to make it available through RFxPremier.
RFxPremier makes the purchasing process easy and consistent. Keeping transparency, competition, and best value criteria as a center of all of our solicitations, you can take the next step confidently.
