Purchasing

Thank you for your interest in doing business with the City of Racine 

The Purchasing Department is the division of the City of Racine that's responsible for acquiring the goods and services required to operate.

In order to bid on city projects, make sales to the city, or conduct other business with the City of Racine, vendors/contractors must go through the City of Racine Purchasing Office. 

Click here to provide your information & to be added to our contact list and to receive requests for:

• Estimates
• Quotes
• Proposals
• Bid Solicitations

The City of Racine uses DemandStar for the notification and distribution of all formal bid solicitation documents. 
We ask that all vendors register with DemandStar so that your company is notified of our formal solicitations.

To register your company, please go to:

DemandStar Registration

DemandStar Registration Instructions  &  Searching for Bids on DemandStar Instructions

Create your free DemandStar account. On the registration form, enter the required information and be sure to select the City of Racine as your Free Agency Registration.  

DemandStar is an independent entity and is not an agent or representative of the City. Communications to DemandStar do not constitute communications to the City. The City is not responsible for errors and omissions occurring in the transmission or download of any documents from this website. Vendors who obtain solicitations from a source other than DemandStar are cautioned that the information may be incomplete. 

All solicitations shall be read in their entirety. All proposals must be submitted by the established date in the solicitation. Proposals received after the established date will not be accepted.

If you do not find the information you are looking for on DemandStar, please email public records at publicrecords@cityofracine.org 

Solicitations

For the listing of our current solicitations, please visit:

Procurement Opportunities with City of Racine Purchasing - DemandStar

Surplus Supplies & Equipment

To view the City’s current auction(s) for surplus supplies and equipment, click on the website(s) listed below:

Wisconsin Surplus

Gov Deals

Racine Works Program

For more information about Racine Works Program, please visit:

RWP

Previous Bid Solicitations

Prior to posting solicitations to DemandStar, we posted all our bids and bid results to the following link:

Purchasing Department Bids

Public Works Bids

For a list of all current bids for the City of Racine, Street and Building related projects.