Read “Doing Business with the City of Gainesville, Florida” (under construction)
Living Wage: The full text of the current living wage rate along with City Ordinance 020663 is available in the documents section for download. Ordinance 020663 is the original version, and Ordinance 030168 was drafted to correct a scrivener's error in the original version.
Local Preference: The full text of the City ordinance 001261 pertaining to the Local Preference is available in the documents section for download along with Ordinance 050896 (amending Ordinance 001261)
Get on the list of vendors:
DemandStar - used for formal e-bidding by Procurement (effective immediately, we ONLY accept electronic bid responses uploaded to DemandStar). Hard paper copy responses are no longer accepted by Procurement! ***NOTE: The City of Gainesville has paid the DemandStar fee, so as of March 6, 2020, vendors can now download solicitations and upload responses for free! However, registration is still required.***
GovQuote - used for obtaining quotes below the formal bid threshold (requires registration but there is no cost to bidders to either download the quote or upload quote response)
Use Vendor Guide (available in the documents section for download) to contact City Departments/Divisions
If you have questions contact the Procurement Division at 352-334-5021
Procurement Policy is available in the documents section for download
THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE PAYS ONLY BY VISA OR EFT. To receive EFT payments from the City of Gainesville the Vendor Application must be completed and returned to the City department you are doing business with for processing. Vendor Applications are to be completed only if you are expecting a payment from the City of Gainesville.