Contract Renewal Overview & Vendor Information Portal (VIP)

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4 Vendor Information Portal (VIP) – Fall 2009 What’s New? –Automated registration for State solicitation tools via new interfaces that enroll the vendor in the Vendor Bid System (VBS), MFMP Sourcing, and eQuote from one place. The new interface will help increase registration in the future to further competition for all State business. Today, only 7,000 of the over 100,000 MFMP registered vendors are signed up within VBS. –Simplified transaction fee reporting form (PUR 3776): includes features such as auto-calculated fields for transaction fee reporting and improved guidance when entering report information. Time reduce from 45 min. to 10 min. on average. –A printer friendly template will be available providing a consistent look and feel when printing information entered into the application. –New system architecture and technology improves overall system performance, availability, scalability, and maintainability. This includes enhanced capabilities to interface and communicate with other State systems, such as the Office of Supplier Diversity system.

5 Vendor Information Portal (VIP) What’s Better? –Updated user interface with a more personalized view. The vendor interface will be more user-friendly with streamlined navigation. Vendors will have one-stop access to their registration information, current transaction fee reporting requirements, and agency-provided performance ratings. –Improved navigation and informational tools such as simplified registration instructions and ‘Quick links’ that will allow customers to jump to specific areas of the portal. –Improved registration process via a ‘registration wizard.’ Vendors will also save time as there are fewer clicks and screens required as part of the registration and account maintenance processes. –Improved commodity code search capability will assist vendors in quickly locating commodity codes applicable to their business.

6 Vendor Information Portal  New look and feel for the application A New Face for the Vendor System

7 Vendor Information Portal  Vendor landing page information Information Views and Navigation

8 Vendor Information Portal  Vendor navigation in system Information Views and Navigation

9 Vendor Information Portal  New commodity code search Commodity Code Search

10 Vendor Information Portal  New fee reporting form PUR 3776 Simplified Fee Reporting

11 Vendor Information Portal Any questions, comments or ideas? Questions and Answers