Bureau of Contracts

Vendors

Bureau of Contracts

Vendor Responsibility Review Process

By law, State contracting entities may only award contracts to responsible vendors. A responsible vendor must have the:

  • integrity to justify the award of public dollars; and
  • the capacity to perform the requirements of the contract fully.

Who determines responsibility

It is the State contracting entity’s duty to evaluate the responsibility of the vendor before awarding the contract. This is an important part of the procurement process as it:

Not-for-Profit Construction Questionnaire

File your questionnaire online – it’s fast and easy

Don’t spend extra time printing, filling out, and mailing a paper form. Use our free online service to file or update your questionnaire form right away.

For-Profit Non-Construction Questionnaire

File your questionnaire online – it’s fast and easy

Don’t spend extra time printing, filling out, and mailing a paper form. Use our free online service to file or update your questionnaire form right away.

Create Users and Assign Roles

To help manage the account, you can grant access and delegate authority to other staff in your organization.

(Your User ID and password is intended strictly for individual use. Never allow other users to log into the account with your User ID and password.)

Creating users

If you enrolled the business or State contracting entity, you will be prompted to add users the first time you log in. As the first-time user, by default you are designated as the Primary Authorizer, who can:

File Your Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire

Complete or update your Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire online. Filing online is the easiest and fastest way to inform State contracting entities of your business’s qualifications.

Benefits of filing online

  • Complete only one questionnaire for all future bids.
  • Update your questionnaire at any time.
  • View the status of your contract review.
  • Delegate user roles to employees.

Our secure online service includes all four types of questionnaires.

Enroll in the VendRep System

To begin filing or reviewing a Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire, you must enroll your business or State contracting entity in the Office of the State Comptroller’s Online Services.

Vendors

Before you begin, be sure you have the: