State of Idaho resident vendors now have access to Sicommnet’s premier buying and selling e-commerce solution at no cost.

Enrollment in Sicommnet’s e-procurement system is free for Idaho businesses. (Click here to enroll your business.)

• Idaho businesses can now participate in the purchasing process with public agencies such as State agencies, cities, counties, and school districts via the internet.

• There is no cost to enroll in the program and receive solicitations from agencies.

• Enrollment allows a business to create an individual profile describing the products or services provided by the business.

• Public agencies use the profiles created by businesses to select vendors for solicitations.

• Solicitations and responses are transmitted via email.

Sicommnet’s award winning e-procurement system levels the playing field for Idaho businesses of all sizes.

New business opportunities, covering a huge array of products and services are being posted on the internet at large by thousands of state and local government agencies. However, until now, only the largest of companies have the resources to build and maintain search and retrieval systems required to track down those opportunities.

Sicommnet, e-procurement supplier to the State of Idaho, in partnership with Buy Idaho now provides the ability for businesses of all sizes to receive solicitations from public agencies without the need for costly search and retrieval systems. Since the system is accessed via the internet and the process is managed automatically by Sicommnet if a business has internet access it has the ability to participate in the program. All the functions of Sicommnet’s BASEC^TM are immediately available on-line, via secure internet technology, with no specialized hardware, software, or integration expense.

Sicommnet’s revolutionary BASEC^TM e-procurement system makes doing business with Idaho vendors a win-win for agencies and businesses alike.

• BASEC^TM a completely internet-based interactive competitive bidding system provides state and local government agencies an automated process that simplifies purchasing for the agencies and their vendors .

• The system significantly reduces the cost of doing business for public agencies and their vendors. For instance, BASEC^TM eliminates up to 40% of the direct labor involved in the procurement process.

• BASEC^TM meets or exceeds the special legal requirements for competitive procurement faced by all state and local government agencies.

• By converting the purchasing process to a paperless environment it eliminates the mechanical aspects of the purchasing process, and reduces the traditional opportunities for procurement fraud.

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