Maricopa County Materials Management - How to Access Bids and Contracts

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Accessing Bids & Contracts

View/Print a Bid or Contract

General information
All active links on these pages are in this dark blue type.
All Materials Management solicitations and contracts are available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. See column three of this page.
Bids and solicitations in Microsoft Word and Excel formats are also supplied compressed into .zip files to allow completion using compatible word processing and spreadsheet software. See column two on this page for instructions on accessing and using .zip files

Opening .pdf files
To view PDF files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader or another PDF utility. To see solicitations, click the "PDF" link to view the selected document. Print it using the Adobe print command (not the browser print command). All county contracts on are viewable in PDF format.
Some documents or sections of documents may not be available on line. It will be noted if that is the case.
For Bids Only -- Zip Files

Downloading .zip files

The MS Word and Excel format files that make up a bid are compressed into this single .zip file.
Click on the corresponding ".ZIP" icon in the far right hand column of the bid page and follow the instructions to download the file to your hard drive.
Opening .zip files

A compression (.zip) utility program is required in order to prepare bid files for use ee the column to your right for one such utility).
Your zip file will normally contain two or more documents: The text of the solicitation will be in Microsoft Word format. The pricing page will be in Microsoft Excel format.
Follow the directions on your zip program to extract the bid files .
Once you have extracted the files, save them to your hard drive.
Read and complete them using your compatible word processing and spreadsheet software.
Useful Utilities
Adobe Acrobat Reader

If you need the Acrobat Reader it is available free by clicking here .

Win Zip

To download a trial version of the Win Zip file compression utility from the company web site, click here.

If all else fails
If you are not able to access copies of the bid, proposal or contract you desire on line, you may request them via email, or by calling the Materials Management Department (602-506-3967).