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The RFP process allows more flexibility than the sealed bid process in the evaluation process. The evaluation committee first evaluates proposals for compliance to the specifications and requirements in the RFP and creates a list of those firms whose proposals meet mandatory requirements.
Bidding Thresholds Increase (Effective January 1, 2025) Purchases and contracts below $12,900 require no formal bidding or written/telephonic quotations. Purchases and contracts between $12,900 and $23,800 require three written/telephonic quotations. Purchases and contracts over $23,800 require formal bidding.
Sites such as GovernmentContracts, BidSync, BidNet Direct and The RFP Database collect RFP and bid postings from various sources (just like our newly developed bid-finding tool, Bid Banana!). All of these sites list RFPs for public searching.
Bidding rules are essentially bid-improvement rules: participants are bound by their bids and can only revise them by improving them.
Effective January 1, 2025, the bidding thresholds for Pennsylvania municipalities are: Purchases and contracts below $12,900 require no formal bidding or written/telephonic quotations. Purchases and contracts between $12,900 and $23,800 require three written/telephonic quotations.
Beginning January 1, 2024, the bidding thresholds for municipal authorities will be as follows: Purchases and contracts below $12,600 require no formal bidding or written/telephonic quotations. Purchases and contracts between $12,600 and $23,200 require three written/telephonic quotations.