Doing Business with PBA
Knoxville, TN 37902
Knoxville, TN 37901
PBA Procurement
How to Do Business with PBA
The Public Building Authority of the County of Knox and the City of Knoxville, Tennessee (PBA) works with vendors that provide products and services for our organization. PBA handles a variety of services for our clients which include: maintenance, security, custodial, grounds, life safety, parking, property development and telecommunications. PBA adheres to purchasing best practices and standards to help ensure that each company receives the opportunity to offer services and that each solicitation is fairly evaluated for the benefit of our organization, clients and community. PBA provides valuable resources on this page to assist vendors in understanding procurement requirements for our solicitations.
PBA may make purchases below $10k on the open market. Three quotes will be collected for purchases between $10k - $24,999. Purchases above $25k must be made through competitive solicitation.
Solicitations
PBA maintains an online list of suppliers and service providers interested in doing business with PBA. Vendors will be included in bidders’ lists based on the commodity codes selected during vendor registration.
PBA will attempt to notify vendors of solicitations when they are advertised using the automated system; notices will be sent to the email address on file in the vendor record. PBA also posts notices for all competitive solicitation opportunities in the Knoxville New Sentinel and on PBA’s website. Each vendor is encouraged to check PBA’s website regularly for current information on solicitations and awards.
Responses to solicitations should be delivered according to the instructions in each individual solicitation. Please see the link below for a list of current solicitations.
Vendor Registration
Vendors interested in participating in solicitations should complete the vendor registration process on Beacon Bid. Vendors may update their vendor record any time there is a change to any information (e.g. contact name, phone number, address). Vendors will be included in bidders' lists based on the commodity codes selected during vendor registration.
Vendors will be required to provide additional documentation before a purchase order is issued or a contract is executed.
