What is the relationship between Unicom Systems Inc., bidsUSA and bidsCanada?

bidsUSA and bidsCanada are not companies but are services offered by Unicom Systems Inc. Unicom Systems Inc. owns and operates both the bidsUSA and bidsCanada services.

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bidsUSA and bidsCanada are search engine and e-mail notification services that are owned and operated by Unicom Systems Inc. bidsUSA and bidsCanada are used daily by thousands of businesses to find information on tenders, requests for proposal (RFP), requests for quotation (RFQ) and other bid solicitations for the supply of goods and services. bidsCanada was launched in March, 2000 and bidsUSA was launched in November 2010. The value proposition of the services:

• For buyers in American and Canadian public sector organizations, Fortune 500 companies and other large corporations: effectively reach thousands of qualified suppliers to ensure best value in the procurement of goods and services.
• For suppliers: increase sales while saving the time, money and effort required to manually monitor dozens of websites for opportunities.

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You can post your bid solicitations to bidsUSA or bidsCanada free of charge if:

• you are a buyer in an American or Canadian public sector organization, Fortune 500 company or other large corporation.
• you work for a third party company that posts bid solicitations on behalf of American or Canadian public sector organizations, Fortune 500 companies or other large corporations.

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There is no cost. American and Canadian public sector organizations, Fortune 500 companies and other large corporations can post tenders, requests for proposal (RFP), requests for quotation (RFQ) and other bid solicitations to bidsUSA or bidsCanada free of charge.

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Simply set up a free Unicom Systems account. Once your account is activated, which usually occurs within 24 hours, you will be sent instructions and user credentials via e-mail and can begin posting to bidsUSA or bidsCanada immediately.

For more information see the Unicom Systems User's Manual for posting and managing bid solicitations.

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Yes, you can upload and include attachments with the bid solicitations posted to bidsUSA or bidsCanada. Each attachment must be in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and be no more than 5 MB in size. You are limited to a total of 100 MB per organization.

For more information see the Unicom Systems User's Manual for posting and managing bid solicitations.

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Yes, Unicom Systems provides the code to display bid solicitations posted to bidsUSA or bidsCanada on your organization's own website. It is incredibly simple, just five lines of HTML code to copy and paste on your own website. The entire process should take your webmaster less than a few minutes to implement.

Please note that Unicom Systems uses the organization website address indicated in a user's account settings to group bid solicitations for an organization. In order to properly group and display bid solicitations on your own website, you must ensure that all users from your organization who post bid solicitations use the same website address in their Unicom Systems account settings.

For more information see the Unicom Systems User's Manual for posting and managing bid solicitations.

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For more information see the Unicom Systems User's Manual for posting and managing bid solicitations.

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Yes. The short and easy to read manual covers the following:

• General overview.
• Technical requirements.
• Setting up and updating accounts.
• Posting and updating bid solicitations on bidsUSA or bidsCanada.
• Using United Nations Standard Products and Services Codes (UNSPSC) effectively.
• Adding and managing attachments.
• Integrating bid solicitations on your own website.

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