An agency’s home page is where the agency posts any messages or news that it wants you to see.
From this page you can:
- Access links to updated letting files as they are posted.
- Download the AASHTOWare Project Bids™ Bid component using the Download bidding software link.
- Request a Bid Express Small Business Network® account if your agency is sponsoring accounts.
What’s New
The What's New section lists the last 50 activities that happened in regards to the lettings. These activities are posted when the agency performs specific actions. To see earlier activities, click More at the end of the page.
Activities that appear on the What's New page when the agency performs the action:
- New Letting Created
- New Proposal Added
- Amendment Loaded
- Plan Holder and Eligible Bidder List
- Postponement of a proposal
- Withdrawal of a proposal
- Proposal reposted
- Publishing of a proposal alert
- Deletion of a proposal
- Upload plan sheet
- Bid Tabs upload
To request a sponsored account from your agency:
- Click Request DOT SBN Sponsorship in the Also Available section of the agency home page to start the request process. The Bid Express service takes you to the Bid Express SBN/DBE Account Request form.
- Verify your company information on the form and select the agency you are requesting the account from.
- If you are a certified disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), select the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise check box. If not, leave it blank.
- Click Request Account.
Note| If your account subscription is not up to date, you will be directed to the billing page to update your account information. Once you update your account info, return to the home page and begin your request again.
You will receive an email message once your request is sent to the agency.
Agency Approval or Denial
You will get an email telling you whether your request was approved or denied. The agency might provide a reason if your request was denied, and you can request another account by following the same instructions as before.
Logging In
Once your Bid Express Small Business Network account is approved, click the link in the approval email to log in. The Settings page will be filled in with the information you entered in the account request form, and you will be automatically subscribed to Small Business Network notifications.
You are now ready to start using the Bid Express Small Business Network through the Small Business Network tab.