Welcome to Smith County's Online Vendor Registration System!

Vendors that would like to receive bid opportunities from Smith County are encouraged to register utilizing the link below. Vendors are responsible to keep contact information current in this system so as to facilitate notifications from Smith County

Smith County's needs for goods and services cover all nature and descriptions of items and services. Smith County hopes this web page will aid you in the process of doing business with Smith County.

Begin Vendor Registration and View Current Bids

(Please note you must first register as a vendor before being eligible to download current bids.)

How to Do Business

We hope this information will help your organization become acquainted with Smith County, our policies and procedures on how to do business.  

Bidding is the process by which competitive pricing is obtained. Bids can be via telephone, facsimile machine, informal written quotations, or formal sealed bids. The determination of which procedure is utilized for each request under $50,000 is made by the buying staff in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Purchasing Director and approved by the Smith County Commissioners Court. All expenditures in excess of $50,000 must be handles by the formal sealed bid process in accordance with the State of Texas, County Purchasing Act. See Texas Local Government Code 262 and Smith County Purchasing Policies and Procedures. 

Smith County Advertises bids in the local newspaper and on the County's website.

Formal sealed bids are opened in the Purchasing Conference Room unless otherwise stated in the bid specifications. Vendors are encouraged to attend all bid openings. 

Contracts resulting from the formal sealed bid process are awarded only by the Smith County Commissioners Court during their regularly scheduled meetings.