The Jan/Feb '05 issue of Government Engineering features an article on Bid Express. This articlespeaks of two case studies (Wisconsin DOT and Iowa DOT) and contains more information about Bid Express BidX and Expedite.

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BID EXPRESS BILLING POLICY CHANGE NOTICE

Press Release - September 21, 2004

In an effort to improve Bid Express and give our customers greater flexibility to modify their accounts and add new services, Bid Express is partnering with VeriSign, Inc., a global company that handles over 30% of all e-commerce transactions in North America. Through the inclusion of VeriSign's payment services, Bid Express is able to offer secure and immediate credit card transactions over the Internet.

Since Bid Express now offers optional services that customers can add and remove from their basic account, it has become necessary to change our billing policy to monthly billing only.

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SUB QUOTE FEATURE RELEASED

Press Release - July 8, 2004

As part of a continuous effort to update and improve Bid Express, there is a new feature now available to subscribers: Sub Quotes. Keep reading to learn more!

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OKLAHOMA DOT HOLDS FIRST OFFICIAL BID LETTING USING BID EXPRESS ®

Press Release - May 2004

Beginning with the April 22, 2004 bid letting, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) began accepting bids via the Internet using Bid Express®, an on-line bidding service.

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Free Annual Subscription Winner Announced

Press Release - September 2003

Gainesville, Fla. Congratulations to Glenn H. Johnson of Montana-based Roscoe Steel for being selected as the winner of a free annual subscription to Bid Express. Mr. Johnson, who has subscribed to Bid Express since February of 2001, entered the drawing by participating in the Bid Express user survey held over the summer.

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MAINE DOT TO HOLD FIRST OFFICIAL BID LETTING USING BID EXPRESS

Press Release - July 2003

Augusta, Maine and Gainesville, Fla. . Beginning with the July 2, 2003 bid letting, the Maine Department of Transportation will accept bids via the Internet using Bid Express®, an on-line bidding service.

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VERMONT AOT TO HOLD FIRST OFFICIAL BID LETTING USING BID EXPRESS

Press Release - May 2003

Montpelier, Vt. and Gainesville, Fla. . Beginning with the June 6, 2003 bid letting, the Vermont Agency of Transportation will accept bids via the Internet using Bid Express®, an on-line bidding service.

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ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BEGINS OFFICIAL PRODUCTION USE OF BID EXPRESS

Press Release - March 2003

Phoenix, Az. and Gainesville, Fla. - Beginning with the March 28, 2003 bid letting, the Arizona Department of Transportation will accept bids via the Internet using Bid Express™, an on-line bidding service.

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NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BEGINS OFFICIAL PRODUCTION USE OF BID EXPRESS

Press Release - December 2002

Beginning with the December 2002 letting, the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department (NMSHTD) will offer its contracting community the use of the Bid Express web site as an option to their traditional letting submittals (i.e. mailing, FAXing and electronic submittals).

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ONLINE DOT BIDDING GAINING FAVOR AND FANS

by Tom Jackson, Equipment World, November, 2002

October 2000: Equipment World reported on the new world of online bidding for highway contractors and a system created by Info Tech, a company out of Gainesville, Florida. In the late 1990s the company launched Bid Express, a website where contractors could research bid lettings, download specs and information and submit bids online.

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CONTRACTING GOES ONLINE: ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS STREAMLINE BIDDING AND LETTING

press release – January, 2002

The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration recently released an informational flyer entitled "Contracting Goes Online: Electronic Systems Streamline Bidding and Letting." The flyer explains the benefits of online bidding and uses Trns•port Expedite™ and Bid Express™ as examples of the latest technology available.

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WISCONSIN DOT HOLDS FIRST OFFICIAL BID LETTING USING BID EXPRESS™

press release – August 26, 2002

Madison, Wis. and Gainesville, Fla. - The August bid letting at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation marked the first time bids were accepted via the Internet using Bid Express™, an on-line bidding service. Of the 99 bids submitted for the letting, 46% were submitted on-line representing more than $100 million in bids received.

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Contractors Warm to Internet Bidding; State Agencies See Results

March 2002

More and more state transportation agencies around the US are taking the leap over to Internet bidding and these organizations and the contractors that bid in their states are experiencing the associated benefits.

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More States Prepare for Electronic Bidding

printed in Trns•port News, Fall 2001

This past September, the Georgia Department of Transportation completed its second full year of two way Internet electronic bidding with Expedite and Bid Express. Iowa, Michigan and North Carolina have all joined the ranks in the past year.

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Electronic Bidding: Six Steps to Implementation

printed in Trns•port News, Spring 2001

While electronic bidding saves a state transportation agency many hours in data processing and prevents costly bidding errors, there are many states that are not taking advantage of it. This article responds to common concerns and questions that states may have about implementing electronic bidding. Let’s begin with a definition:

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States Turn Onto Web for Highway Bidding

by Tom Sawyer, Engineering News Record, February 24, 2001

Late one night last year, a Kentucky specialty contractor bidding a $2-million guardrail job in Georgia learned that one of its suppliers had dropped a key price. The bids were scheduled to be opened in just a few hours in Atlanta, and the contractor had to act fast. The company president didn’t sweat it. He went on the Internet, recalled his bid, changed it and won the work.

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E-Bidding, E-Bonding Services Team Up to Save Contractors, DOTs Time and Money

Surety 2000 Corp., a surety bonding e-commerce clearinghouse company, and Bidx.com Inc., an electronic bidding company, recently announced an agreement that will integrate electronic bid submission and bid bonding for the highway construction industry, increasing efficiency, accuracy and security in the bid letting process. This relationship is the first of its kind in the nation.

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Georgia DOT Completes One Full Year of Two-Way Online Bidding, Electronic Bidding Continues to Make Headway in DOTS

Contractors in Georgia have had a lot of extra time and money on their hands this year. They haven’t had to go to Atlanta for lettings once a month. They haven’t had to pay huge bills for hotel rooms and meals. They haven’t had to use dozens of reams of paper for submitting bids. All of these time and cost savings can be attributed to one thing: electronic bidding through Expedite® and Bid Express™.

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Two-Way Internet Electronic Bidding Update

printed in Trns•port News, Spring 2000

Two-way electronic bidding is on the rise as more and more states implement AASHTO’s Trns•port Expedite™ and Info Tech’s Bid Express™ service into their systems. The electronic bidding system is a significant milestone in improving the bid letting process and making it easier and less costly for both contractors and the DOT.

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Georgia DOT Implements Two-Way Electronic Bidding

printed in Trns•port News, Winter 1999

Beginning in September 1999, the Georgia DOT (GADOT) began accepting bids for construction proposals over the Internet using AASHTO’s Trns•port Expedite™ software and Info Tech’s Bid Express™ service. On November 19, 1999 the GADOT had their third production letting for Internet bid submission.

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The Internet Becomes a Bidding Tool

printed in MRBA Interchange, a publication of the Michigan Road Builders Association, Fall 1999

There’s a lot to be said for doing things the old fashioned way. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has decided that bidding on highway construction jobs is not one of them.

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MDOT and Road Builders Preparing to Jump into the 21st Century with E-Bidding

printed in MRBA Interchange, a publication of the Michigan Road Builders Association, Fall 1999

While the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the construction industry have been discussing electronic bidding for several years, it was not until recently that technological advances and acceptance of the private sector would allow it to become a reality.

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Secure Online Bidding: Teaching the Old ‘DOS’ Some New Tricks

printed in On The Road™, the Official Magazine of the Georgia Highway Contractors Association, Summer/Fall 1999

It wasn’t long ago that submitting bids to the Department of Transportation on Letting Day typically involved an overnight stay in Atlanta, with tedious handwritten unit prices and extensions. This ineffective exercise in arithmetic and penmanship has gone the way of the dodo, thanks to the forward thinking of the GDOT and the electronic age.

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