Reverse Auction

Georgia Code 50-5-67 establishes the authority for the Department of Administrative Services to conduct Reverse Auctions. The bidding process shall not be used to procure construction services or for any contract for goods or services valued at less than $100,000. All reverse auction solicitations will be posted on the Georgia Procurement Registry in accordance with the State’s advertising requirements.

The use of reverse auctions, controlled by the buyer, allows a single buyer to communicate with many different suppliers at the same time. All reverse auctions will have a specific start and end time. Our system requires suppliers to acknowledge their intent to participate in a particular auction by pre-qualifying before the event. Suppliers are then issued a pass code which will allow them to log-in to the scheduled reverse auctions. During the event, all suppliers will be able to view the current ‘lowest bid’ and continue to submit lowers bids until to the auction end time. At the end of the event, the lowest bid will be posted and the award made, pending verifications.

It is highly recommended that suppliers become registered vendors with the State of Georgia. This will allow suppliers to receive electronic notifications of appropriate solicitation opportunities which include reverse auctions.

Vendor Registration System (Current)
At this Website, vendors can register to do business with the state of Georgia and maintain your company's user information. Agencies can search for registered vendors in their geographic area. (Web site)