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VENDOR REGISTRATION
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If you are interested in doing business with the City of Santa Monica and being placed on the
City's Vendor List for goods and services, the first step is to register online as a vendor.
Registered vendors are able to maintain their profile online 24/7, receive email bid alert
notifications as well as other communications from the City of Santa Monica. Please click on the
link below and complete the online vendor registration. Registered vendors will receive email
notifications of bid/contract opportunities based on the product/service categories they
selected.
TO REGISTER
1) Go to http://www.smgov.net
Click on the “Doing Business” tab on the left side menu Click on the “Doing Business with Santa Monica” option from the drop down menu Click on the “Online Vendor Registration” link
- OR -
2) Click the following link to go directly to the vendor portal site:
https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=15167
Select "New Vendor Registration" from the main vendor portal.
Click on “New
Vendor
Registration”
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COMPLETE INFORMATION ON EACH TAB
COMPANY INFO
Note: Fields marked with “*” (red asterisk) are mandatory.
Company and contact information should be kept up to date at all times.
Company Info tab:
Select a user name and
password (user
name/passwords must be
between 6-10 characters).
Complete company
information.
Enter contact information
(verify email address is
entered correctly).
In addition to a primary
email, an alternate email may
be added. Alternate emails
are secondary emails that
get copied on vendor
registration confirmation,
user name and password
requests, vendor profile edits
and new bid alert email
messages.
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ADDITIONAL ADDRESSES
CLASSIFICATIONS/LICENSES
OTHER BUSINESS INFO
Additional Addresses tab:
If your company has multiple
addresses you may enter them here.
Classifications/Licenses tab:
Select the classifications that are applicable to the business owner.
Select all contractor licenses that apply. License number and expiration date are mandatory if a license type is selected.
Other Business Info tab:
Additional information
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CATEGORY/DESCRIPTION
If you would like to look at or print the list of commodity codes currently used by the
City of Santa Monica, click here to view current list of codes. You can select up to 20
categories, so be sure to keep those up to date.
Click on “Register” at the bottom of the page when you have completed the
registration form.
Category/Description tab:
Business Description: Optional area for you to
describe additional information about your company to the Agency. Bid notices are not generated by information submitted in the description box.
Categories: Bid alert notifications are sent based on the categories selected. To select the categories applicable to your business:
Click "Add" button.
Select categories. You can search for a category in numeric or alphabetical order, sort by clicking on the column header or you can type in a key word or code in the box above to narrow search results.
Double click on the category you wish to add or click once to select and then click “Add”.
Click “Done” once you are done
selecting categories.
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FORGOT YOUR USERNAME OR PASSWORD TO LOG IN?
Go to the vendor portal homepage
https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=15167
Click on "Log In" on the bottom right side of the screen, then click on "Forgot".
Enter your email address and select "Send Email". An email will be sent with your
user name and password.
If you still require assistance, you may contact PlanetBids support either online
http://home.planetbids.com/tech-support or by phone at (818) 992-1771.
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