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Barrie, ON, October 1, 2012 - In a concerted effort to increase purchasing efficiencies, and to ensure compliance with the Agreement on Internal Trade, its members' by-laws and internal policies, the Georgian Bay Area Public Purchasing Co-operative (GBAPPC) has partnered with Biddingo.com, Canada's leading electronic tendering solutions provider to assist suppliers with quick and easy access to doing business with the group. David Allan, Chair, GBAPPC Co-operative Purchasing initiated this partnership with Biddingo.com to assist the Co-op in providing suppliers with a timely and cost saving mechanism to accessing the GBAPPC's procurement opportunities.

Vendors must now complete GBAPPC’s online vendor application at www.Biddingo.com/GBAPPC, to be invited to bid on its procurement opportunities. Existing and any new suppliers interested in doing business with the GBAPPC can now access its formal competitive bid opportunities, bid documents, document takers lists, and bid results exclusively through Biddingo.com.
“We’re enthusiastic about GBAPPC joining the other public sector co-operatives like York Purchasing Cooperative (YPC) that have selected Biddingo.com as their preferred electronic tendering solution. We look forward to the opportunity of other cooperative purchasing groups following in the footsteps of the GBAPPC and YPC. This initiative will reinforce the value of our service by providing our suppliers with one-stop access to bid opportunities from the GBAPPC and its members, and more than 1,000 other public sector organizations (PSOs) across Canada,” says Michael Song, Assistant General Manager of Biddingo.com.

Mr. Song further notes “Biddingo.com’s electronic tendering solution allows PSOs to meet procurement mandates, and connects them to more than 100,000 local and national suppliers. This widespread exposure results in the best competition in pricing and quality for these buyers, which translates into efficient spending of our tax dollars.”

The Georgian Bay Area Public Purchasing Co-operative includes 21 public sector organization’s varying from municipalities to public service sector agencies such as Simcoe Community Group which all provide a full range of public services.

Biddingo.com is Canada’s leading electronic tendering solutions provider that specializes in bid broadcasting, electronic bid document distribution, online vendor applications and online pre-qualifications. More than 1,000 Municipal, Academic, School Board, Healthcare, Housing, Construction, and Crown organizations have selected Biddingo.com as their preferred solution to connect with suppliers. More than 100,000 small, medium and large sized enterprises rely on Biddingo.com’s bid matching services to locate bid opportunities from these buyers.

For more information about the services offered by Biddingo, please visit www.Biddingo.com or contact Customer Care at: Telephone: 416-756-0955 Fax: 416-756-9294 Email: info@biddingo.com

For more information about the Georgian Bay Area Public Purchasing Co-operative, please visit www.gbappc.ca or contact the GBAPPC at: Email: info@gbappc.ca

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