Welcome to City of Huntington Beach Online Bidding System Powered by BidsOnline

Thank you very much for your interest in doing business with City of Huntington Beach. We are committed to providing an equal opportunity for all business enterprises to participate in our purchasing and contracting activities.

The City of Huntington Beach purchases and contracts for a wide variety of supplies, services, equipment, and expert assistance to provide our community a full range of municipal services, and programs

To begin the process, please visit the Contracting/Purchasing Opportunities section, where you can register as a bidder online, search for bid requests, order and download documents, bid electronically (where applicable), and much more! If you would like to look at or print the list of commodity codes currently used at the City of Huntington Beach, click here to view current list of codes.

Both formal and informal solicitations may be processed through our online system. All responses are due at or before the time shown on each solicitation. Late responses cannot be accepted. It is the bidder's/proposer's responsibility to ensure that the most complete and current version of the solicitation, including addenda, has been downloaded.

Please note: Contractors/Vendors are solely responsible for maintaining up to date and accurate information. Vendors may edit their profile at anytime.

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City Council Votes to increase Local Vendor Preference

At its May 2^nd meeting, The City Council voted to introduce an ordinance to amend the Municipal Code to reflect raising the Local Vendor Preference threshold for commodities and professional Services from 1% to 5%. They also voted to develop an agreement with the Huntington Beach Auto Dealers for a one-year pilot program that would provide an Annual Beach Parking Pass for all cars sold in Huntington Beach.

The purpose of the Council action is to stimulate the local Huntington Beach economy and help stimulate business in the City. The action is part of the City's 10-Point Plan for Local Business. The Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors reviewed the ordinance and was supportive of the action taken by Council. The PowerPoint presented to the City Council is attached below.

Attachment: Local Vendor Preference May 2, 2011.pdf

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