To Doing Business with

Montgomery College

Office of Procurement

• Montgomery College has earned a reputation as one of the best community colleges in the nation for its quality and scope of academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences, businesses, and technologies.
• The College enrolls more students in credit programs than any other community college in the state.
• The College offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs for students seeking an associate's degree, transfer to a four-year university, entrance into the marketplace, or an upgrading of career skills
• The average age of students is 28.7 years old; women make up 56.9% of the student body; and minority students comprise 54.9% of the student population.

www.montgomerycollege.edu/departments/procure

The Montgomery College Office of Procurement conducts business openly, fairly, and competitively. The College advertises all bids at www.montgomerycollege.edu/departments/procure, where bids are downloadable (except for certain construction/facilities bids that may post only a notice). In addition, bids valued at $25,000 and over are:

• Advertised in the Montgomery College County edition of the Gazette and other newspaper
• Posted online in the Montgomery County RAPID System at: www.montgomerycountymd.gov
• Posted online at the state's eMaryland Marketplace at www.emarylandmarketplace.com

Partnering through Procurement

Montgomery College is an open-access, two-year public institution of higher education and is the oldest community college in Maryland, serving both Montgomery County and the region for more than 50 years. With campuses in Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring, Maryland, the College offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs. To support these programs, the Office of Procurement acquires the goods, services, equipment, and construction needed to meet institutional goals and objectives.

About the Office of Procurement

A unit within the Office of Business Services, Procurement is responsible for acquiring all goods, services, equipment, and construction for the College.

Montgomery College is governed by all applicable laws, regulations, and policies of the Board of Trustees. The College operates on a fiscal year basis, from July 1 to June 30. The College's FY2008 operating budget was $238.2 million, and the Office of Procurement processed more than $35 million in requests for goods, services, equipment, and construction.

B3: Business, Buying, and Bids

What Is Our Business?

• Montgomery College offers endless possibilities for students, the business community, and the general public by offering postsecondary academic programs, career training, and lifelong learning opportunities.
• The College enrolls more than 42,000 students annually, in credit and noncredit continuing education courses.
• The College continues to increase the diversity and number of its suppliers to ensure that all segments of the business community have the opportunity to participate in the procurement process.
• The College continually seeks ways to enhance its procurement process for vendors and welcomes feedback.

What Do We Buy?

• The Procurement Office is a centralized function meeting the diverse procurement needs of the College, rangingfrom office supplies, office and laboratory equipment, furniture, information technology hardware and software, to the construction and renovation of buildings.
• Purchasing agents are assigned specific categories of responsibilitie; a listing of their commodity and services assignment is available online.

What Bid Opportunities Exist?

Current bid opportunities are available online at
www.montgomerycollege.edu/departments/procure

• Current requests for bids and proposals
• Current and previous fiscal years' bid tabulations

Vendor Participation

The College recognizes the value of maintaining a broad supplier base and list of potential bidders to meet the needs of the College community and welcomes vendor participation for this purpose.

To participate in the procurement process at Montgomery College, please visit the following site Central Vendor Registration System (CVRS). The CVRS is a one-stop registration system for companies that are interested in providing goods and services to one or more of these four county agencies. The CVRS allows potential vendors to create and maintain their registration at no financial cost, ensuring county agencies always have up-to-date vendor information.

Vendors with an existing working relationship with one or more of the agencies prior to January 14, 2009, may receive a postcard or e-mail providing details for updating their current registration information. Vendors that do not receive a personalized notice should visit http://www.mcipcc.net to register.

Departments may directly order supplies for small dollar items from vendors using a College purchasing card or a Small Purchase Record (only a verbal SPR number is given to the vendor). Except for these two purchasing methods, vendors must receive a valid Purchase Order executed by Procurement staff before filling an order.

Montgomery College

www.montgomerycollege.edu/departments/procure

Office of Procurement
900 Hungerford Drive, Suite 110
Rockville, Maryland 20850

240-567-5292 / T

240-567-6397 / F