Bidcurement

🚧 How do you still award projects using paper? 🚧

Paper-Based Procurement is Costly & Time-Consuming.

📌 Manual procurement processes increase costs by 20-30% due to inefficiencies, errors, and administrative overhead. (Source: NIGP)

📌 A paper-based purchase order can cost up to $500 per transaction, while digital procurement reduces this to as little as $50. (Source: NASPO)

💡 The solution? No paper.

With video and AI, planning, designing, and procuring projects becomes simpler, faster, and more convenient for everyone involved.

✅ Saves millions of dollars
✅ Saves thousands of hours
✅ Saves millions of trees 🌱

It’s time for procurement to step into the future. Who’s with us? 🚀

Our CEO Chad Smeltzer, recently had a podcast conversation on The Infrastructure Network with Jolene Coulter, Director of Purchasing and Jessica Price MWBE Purchasing Coordinator for the City of Aurora, highlighted how thoughtful procurement shapes communities. From facilitating inclusive opportunities for minority-owned businesses to ensuring every dollar benefits the public, her team balances transparency, accountability, and innovation in every project.

Did you know? Cities like Aurora are leading the way with responsible bidding practices, including apprenticeship programs that ensure quality and skill development. According to NASPO, such initiatives significantly boost project outcomes and workforce sustainability.

Go to The Infrastructure Network follow and the podcast launches on Tuesday.

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🛑 When oversight fails, trust and safety collapse. Bribery and fraud in civil engineering inspections aren’t just ethical violations—they put lives at risk and erode public trust. ASCE highlights how resource gaps, weak oversight, and lack of accountability fuel these failures.

🏗️ Transparent systems and stronger regulations are not optional—they're essential.

🔗 Read the full article: https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/11/bribery-and-fraud-lead-to-a-collapse-of-principles