Bids & RFPs Formal Documents

The Strategic Purchasing Division makes available online and at no charge to the public a complete listing of all formal bid documents and proposals. However, you will not be able to download any Bid or RFP documents until you register. If you wish to register for a web site account to view and download Bid or RFP documents and to place online bids, please take a moment to enter and submit the mandatory Online Bid Registration Form. Make sure your cookies on your system are enabled and the privacy settings on your browser is set to low to avoid the re-registration process every time you need to download bids or RFPs. To obtain a bid or RFP Specifications, Terms & Conditions and other related attachments and documents, just click on the Bid Description listed below and follow instructions. You will be asked to complete and submit a mandatory online bid registration form.

To view a document online, just click on the document link. To save the document for later viewing, right-click on the document link and select the "Save Target As..." option.

You may revisit this page as often as you need to view the Pre-Bid and Pre-Proposal Conference Schedules or to download any Solicitation Forms & Attachments.

Here are the definitions of the different letters that exist in every bid number for your convenience:

  • C - Construction Bid under $500,000
  • E - Exempt and Sole Source Procurement
  • H - High Technology Bid
  • I - Informal Procurement under $50,000
  • L - Legal Services Bid
  • N - Formal Onetime Bid
  • Q - Request for Qualification (RFQ) or Information (RFI)
  • S - Commodity Based Supply Bid
  • T - Request for Proposal (RFP)
  • RA - displayed at the end of the bid number means Reverse Auction
  • All other letters reflect special bids requested by City Departments


98,816 Vendors have viewed City solicitations since September 1, 2002 to date!

Sealed Bids
BID NO.BID DESCRIPTIONDEPARTMENTDATE DUETIME LEFTBUYER EMAILNumber of Hits
S23062 Auto, GM Car and Truck OEM Replacment Parts and Repair Services Various
1/8/2009
valerie.player-kaufman @cityofhouston.net 19
L23033 Automotive, Heavy Duty Front End Truck Repair Services Various
1/29/2009
roy.breaux @cityofhouston.net 8
S23015 Electrical Lighting Parts and Fixtures for Various Departments Various
1/22/2009
veronica.douglas @cityofhouston.net 27
S22939 Electrical Switchgear and Motor Controls for Various Departments Various
1/15/2009
heather.shepherd @cityofhouston.net 59
L22970 Engineering Drawing and Microfilm Conversion Services Various
1/22/2009
eric.alexander @cityofhouston.net 39
N23131 Grounds Maintenance Equipment Various
1/22/2009
larry.benka @cityofhouston.net 14
L23057 Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) Services for Various Departments Building Services, Convention, Fire, Health, HEC, Library, Parks, Planning, Police, Public Works, Solid Waste
1/29/2009
richard.morris @cityofhouston.net 45
C23095 HVAC Installation at Fire Statrion #44 Building Services
1/8/2009
arturo.lopez @cityofhouston.net 34
C23104 Purchase and Installation of Netting for the Department of Parks & Recreation Parks
1/15/2009
arturo.lopez @cityofhouston.net 22
N23109 Road Spike System Police
1/8/2009
roy.breaux @cityofhouston.net 17
N23108 Sale of Used Helicopters for the Houston Police Department Police
1/8/2009
martin.king @cityofhouston.net 36
S23053 Signposts & Associated Hardware for Public Works & Engineering Public Works
1/15/2009
john.dearmon @cityofhouston.net 18
L23016 Television Production Services Mayor
1/8/2009
douglas.moore2 @cityofhouston.net 42
L23082 Tree Removal Services Parks
1/8/2009
arturo.lopez @cityofhouston.net 76


Informal Procurement
BID NO.BID DESCRIPTIONDEPARTMENTDATE DUETIME LEFTBUYER EMAILNumber of Hits
I00217 Shear hydraulic metal. Mayor
1/12/2009
angela.dunn @cityofhouston.net 5


Request for Proposals (RFPs)
BID NO.BID DESCRIPTIONDEPARTMENTDATE DUETIME LEFTBUYER EMAILNumber of Hits
T23097 Parking Management System Building Services
1/9/2009
murdock.smith @cityofhouston.net 78
T23107 PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES F&A
1/9/2009
joyce.hays @cityofhouston.net 33