H2bid Provides Water and Wastewater Utilities with Free Electronic Bidding Software

DETROIT - Nov. 19, 2013 - PRLog -- H2bid, Inc. (www.h2bid.com), the global leader in smart procurement solutions for water and wastewater utilities, has announced that its electronic bidding (e-bidding) software is now available free of charge.

H2bid’s e-bidding software as a service (SaaS) is offered over the cloud and does not require any licensing fees.  Water and wastewater utilities can use the e-bidding software for any type of bid (or tender) including formal bids, informal quotes, sealed bids, RFPs, RFQs, construction bids, equipment bids, chemical bids, and reverse auctions.  In addition, the software allows buyers to post, amend, withdraw, request best and final offers, and award bids.  Buyers can also upload and manage their own vendor lists, and send email notifications of new bids.

"The water and wastewater utility industry is looking for ways to save money, become more efficient, and be more environmentally friendly,” said Glenn D. Oliver, H2bid’s President and CEO.  “Many utilities and municipalities are interested in migrating to electronic (paperless) bidding, but they cannot afford to spend a million dollars building and maintaining the software.  We are pleased to be able to help by offering our best-in-class e-bidding software at no charge to the utilities or their vendors - the service is totally free.”  H2bid’s e-bidding software can be customized for any utility or integrated into any enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.   H2bid’s e-bidding software is also unique because it is designed to enhance local economic development.

As added benefits, water/wastewater utilities that use H2bid’s e-bidding software get access to the largest database of water/wastewater vendors and the largest database of water/wastewater bid specifications.  There is no software to download.  Also, there is no limit to the number of users.  Demonstrations can be provided upon request.

About H2bid, Inc.
H2bid (www.h2bid.com) is a global e-procurement community connecting water/wastewater utilities and vendors.   H2bid’s e-procurement community contains the largest database of vendors, bids, bid specifications, and other bid-related information.  H2bid also provides e-bidding and other e-procurement services to water and wastewater utilities.