Isabella County Joins MITN Purchasing Group

Mt Pleasant, MI (Marketwired) - Isabella County announced its joining of the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network (MITN) Purchasing Group, a BidNet e-procurement system that gives vendors instant access to Bids, RFPs, Quotes and Amendments.

Powered by BidNet's national e-procurement solution, MITN connects 1,559 departments from 145 local government agencies and provides a bid notification system for vendors looking to do business with local governments. Isabella County is joining the MITN Purchasing Group, providing its vendors with convenient access to bid information for Isabella County and all other participating government agencies on the system. In addition to the MITN Purchasing Group, BidNet's e-procurement solution manages purchasing groups and bid systems throughout the country providing over 1,000 organizations a purchasing and vendor management solution.

The Basic Service is free for vendors. Isabella County will also continue to list bids, proposals and/or quotes on our website in addition to MITN.

Isabella County invites all local vendors to access its upcoming solicitations by joining the Empire State Purchasing Group. Vendor benefits of registering on www.MITN.info include:

• Solicitation alerts customized to the vendors' products or services provided
• Reliable and timely delivery of notifications, addendums and documents
• Advanced notification of Term-Contracts
• E-Bid and E-Quote Submission
• Immediate and on-demand access to local government opportunities

About Isabella County:
Isabella County is located in north central Michigan with a population of seventy thousand three hundred eleven (70,311) and an annual average of two hundred eighty-five (285) persons on payroll. Isabella County is comprised of sixteen (16) townships, three (3) villages, and two (2) cities. The County is largely rural with the distinction of a varied economy. Central Michigan University is located in the largest municipality, City of Mount Pleasant, and is home to over twenty-seven thousand (27,000) students. Services provided by the County include the normal array of services, including, but not limited to: County Clerk, County Treasurer, County Register of Deeds, County Drain Office, County Prosecutor, Trial Court, (Circuit, Probate, Family and District), Sheriff's Office, Road Patrol, Jail, Equalization, Zoning, Planning, Building Inspection, Parks and Recreation, Central Dispatch and Commission on Aging. The County also owns and operates a Material Recovery Facility. The total Fiscal Year 2015 budget is $18.9 million.

About BidNet's e-Procurement Solution:
BidNet's e-procurement solution, SourceSuite and its numerous bid systems, provide more than 1,000 government agencies and over 9,000 departments across the country supplier management, document distribution and audit and control tools. More information is available at http://www.SourceSuite.com.