How to do Business with the City of McKinney

As a local government, McKinney encourages competition among potential vendors to obtain quality goods and services at the best prices available to maximize tax dollars invested by the residents and businesses of McKinney.

By resolution, the City of McKinney supports local vendor participation in bidding for contracts with the City. All bid packets include the The Consideration of Location of Bidder's Principal Place of Business form. The form must be completed and submitted with your bid package if you wish to be considered a local vendor.

The City of McKinney Purchasing Department is pleased to announce our new online bidding system.* This marketplace initiative is part of our quest to improve procurement processes and interaction with our vendors. One successful method of reducing costs is transitioning traditional paper business processes to electronic processes facilitated via the internet. Vendors pay NO FEES for utilizing our new online bidding system.

All vendors, whether a current business partner or a new company, who are interested in receiving notification of bid opportunities from the City of McKinney are encouraged to register for bids and proposals using the City of McKinney Electronic Procurement System (EPS). This website will also display current bid opportunities, awarded bid information, and FAQs. Our online marketplace for eProcurement will greatly reduce the cost of supplies and distribution while increasing speed and accuracy of the public bid process.

Registration by vendors is encouraged to ensure access to current and upcoming opportunities.

Please direct questions to the City of McKinney Purchasing Department at 972-547-7580 or email to ebid@mckinneytexas.org.

*The City of McKinney will continue using Demandstar concurrently for one year for current Demandstar users.

HB 914 – DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS Effective January 1, 2006, Chapter 176 of the Texas Local Government Code requires that any vendor or person considering doing business with a local government entity disclose in the Questionnaire Form CIQ, the vendor or person’s affiliation or business relationship that may cause a conflict of interest with the City of McKinney. By law, this questionnaire must be filed with the City Secretary, City of McKinney, PO Box 517, McKinney, Texas 75070, not later than the seventh business day after the date the person becomes aware of facts that require the statement to be filed. See Section 176.006, Local Government Code. A person commits a Class C misdemeanor offense if the person violates Section 176.006, Local Government Code. By submitting a response to a quote, bid or other request, vendors declare compliance with the requirements of Chapter 176 of the Texas Local Government Code.

If you have any questions, please call the Purchasing Department at 972-547-7580. For more information about doing business with the City of McKinney, refer to the following reference document:

• Vendor Guide