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- Michael Self
- Info Tech, Inc.
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- Overview of Internet bidding
- Current status within the DOT community
- Internet bidding
- Advantages for contractors
- What contractors are saying
- Live demo
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- 1992 - Info Tech developed AASHTO’s Trns•port Expedite
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to manage submitted bid data
- 1996 - BidX.com subsidiary created Bid Express® to
connect agencies with bidders via the Internet
- 1999 - Georgia DOT began accepting digitally signed bids in lieu of
paper via Bid Express
- Now - 15 state DOTs accepting Internet bids via
Bid Express; 11 more working toward implementation; additiona=
l 12
agencies evaluating Internet bidding
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- AASHTO’s Trns•port software product used for preparing a=
nd
submitting electronic bid files
- Microsoft Windows based
- Lets you enter item prices, merge addenda (without starting over), e=
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DBE commitments, verify bid bonds, digitally sign and submit bids
- Performs all arithmetic and checks for
completeness of bid
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- An Info Tech owned service for exchanging highway construction proje=
ct
information via the Internet
- Used by transportation agencies to post bidding information for
contractors, and receive electronic bids from bidders
- Also serves subcontractors and suppliers
- Uses RSA (PKI) technology (Private & Public Key pairs)
- BidX.com manages the Digital Signature certificates
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Sample DOT Results
- Over $29 billion in contracts handled by BidX in 2004
- Internet Bidding in Iowa during 2004
- 90% of bid items submitted via the Internet
- 2435 bids for a total of $245 million successfully submitted using
Expedite and Bid Express
- Over 340 Iowa contractors subscribe to Bid Express
- Save 1.5 processing days per bid letting using BidX
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- Use Bid Express to obtain agency bid documents and addenda
- Use Expedite to prepare the bid
- Use Expedite & Bid Express to validate bid bond
- One-way bidding
- Print and sign bid
- Submit in traditional way, adding data diskette
- Two-way bidding
- Digitally sign and submit bid over the Internet using
Expedite to connect to Bid Express
- Digital signatures and encryption verify identity
and safeguard bids
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- Access to bidding resources from home office
- Time savings and error checking in bid preparation
- Data import and export for existing systems
- Streamlining of entire bidding process
- Access to customer support help desk
- Savings in time and expenses by eliminating requirement to travel to=
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letting location (two-way bidding)
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- A Windows PC with an internet connection via a network or a modem
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Web browser
- Trns•port Expedite Bid software (free)
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- Expedite Bid Software: Free
- Basic BidX subscription fee: $30/month
- Internet Bidding Support Fee: $10/month per agency contractor bids i=
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- Customer Support Help Desk: Free
- Digital ID Set Up Fee: $75 (one digital ID is required per bidder for
each state he/she bids in)
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- Bid Tab Analysis
- $25 per month for unlimited access to historical bid data, enhanced
searches and analytic=
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results for all agencies using Bid Express
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- Live Demo of
- Electronic Bidding
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- Michael Self, Manager Direct Sales
phone: (352) 381-4400
e-mail: Michael.Self@infotechfl.com
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