Cost Reduction Analysts

Electronic Procurement

Cost Reduction Analysts, Inc. is an authorized agent for the national electronic procurement company, BidBridge, LLC. BidBridge presents a resource comprised of web-based procurement tools backed by purchasing expertise that currently enables public and private organizations and businesses to recognize maximum efficiency in the exchange of goods and services. More specifically, BidBridge delivers a real-time, secure, sealed, electronic bidding process with a reverse auction feature. The BidBridge platform offers a vendor neutral conduit and an increased supplier universe that promotes competition to get to true market value.

Purchasing professionals engage our extensive services, insight and simple to use platform as a tool to achieve instantly recognizable benefits that include:

Strategic sourcing of qualified suppliers
Increased transparency
Audit trail
Instant bid tabulation and reporting
A dynamic bid environment under sealed cover
Lower costs through increased competition

Quite simply, our goal is to work as an extension of your current process and deliver you the rewards of superior sourcing results and the inherent advantages of an electronic process enabling your company or organization to achieve true market value for your purchases. Click here for more information about the benefits of BidBridge.

Of particular interest, with BidBridge a buyer incurs no direct costs to use the BidBridge platform and services. The supplier to which an award is made pays a small transaction fee. There is no hardware or software to install. The buyer pre-approves all participating suppliers and vendors. Importantly, the buyer retains complete control over the process and can decide to award purchase contracts based on best value or lowest price.

BidBridge has been used successfully by states, counties, cities, universities, public schools, private businesses and organizations nationwide. In fact, events have been run for over 300 purchasing organizations. The types of purchases are many and have included heavy equipment, police and fire vehicles, cars, vans and trucks, road salt, fuel, paper, computer equipment, digital cameras, buses, waste removal services, landscaping services, snow removal services, electronics, construction projects, infrastructure materials and much more. Click here to see upcoming BidBridge events.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF BIDBRIDGE, PLEASE CONTACT SHERRI LEDNER AT sherri.ledner@bidbridge.net or 301-948-0606.