Vendor  Workshop - How To Do Business With The Town of Palm Beach 

Town of Palm Beach and its e-Bidding platform Bonfire, hosted a vendor summit, presenting information on how to do business with the Town. The goal of this event was to present how to register as a vendor with Town, and how to submit your bid/proposal online. This workshop was held online, through Zoom on February 7, 2023 at 11:00am. 

You may view a recording of this workshop using the following hyperlink: Vendor Summit 2023

Presenter: Miranda Brubacher, Client Success Specialist from Bonfire. 

Present: Town of Palm Beach Procurement and Contracts Management Team.

Vendor Registration

The Town of Palm Beach utilizes a 100% electronic solicitation platform and contract management software. All solicitations, including Bids (ITB), Requests for Proposals (RFP), Requests for Qualifications (RFQ), and Requests for Information (RFI) will be released electronically through the online platform powered by Bonfire. Responses by bidders or proposers must be submitted electronically through the same online platform. 

Town of Palm Beach is excited about the changes we are making to streamline our electronic bid process and we look forward to continuing our good relationship with you and appreciate your interest.

Town of Palm Beach has partnered with Bonfire Interactive to create a new procurement portal that will allow you to receive notifications of business opportunities and submit bids and proposals to Town digitally.

Bonfire Registration

Registration is easy and free.  Vendors are required to register with BONFIRE platform. 

Please be sure to select INSERT DESIRED NIGP COMMODITY CODES associated with your type of business or organization. Our solicitations will be set up using those codes and will be matched to vendors and contractors with the same codes.

For additional assistance with getting started, please contact Bonfire by emailing the Bonfire helpdesk or by phone at 1 (800) 354-8010. 

IRS Form W-9

The W-9 form is required for all new registrations and all changes to existing vendor registrations. In order to fulfill IRS requirements, we need to have a W-9 form for each company with whom we do business. Please download/print this form and submit it to the Town.

IRS Form W-9

Tax Exemption Certificate

The Town of Palm Beach is exempt from the payment of Florida sales and use tax.

Certificate of Tax Exempt