State agencies, institutions and universities utilize the Interactive Purchasing System (IPS) to post purchasing and contracting opportunities with respective agencies. In addition, many of the community colleges, public schools and local units of government use IPS to post bids.

Once a vendor registers with Vendor Link and identifies their commodities, goods and/or services, they may sign up to receive an electronic bid notification when an agency posts a bid in that category. Vendors may search for bids by department and category. In addition to bid opportunities posted via Vendor Link. Vendors are encouraged to register in the E-procurement and E-quote systems for increased contract and bid opportunities.