FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Send an e-mail to bki@bki.cc with a request for a Bid Center account. The request should list the e-mail for the master account holder and all other e-mails you would like to have notified whenever a project is posted or modified.
The Brown & Kysar Bid Center Administrator will then create your account. The computer will
automatically generate a temporary password, allowing you to log on and change the temporary password to one of your liking.
No. You will have one master e-mail address and password to use for logging in. However, you can have any number of e-mail addresses that are notified whenever a project is posted.
No one can see your password, including the Bid Center Administrator. If you forget your password, select the “Forgot Password?” link and follow the instructions.
Simply send an e-mail to bki@bki.cc with the proper updated contact information and the Bid Center Administrator will update the information.
Send an e-mail to bki@bki.cc and the Bid Center Administrator will let you know.
You will be notified via e-mail when a project is posted for your company. Therefore, you should never need to monitor the Bid Center.
When posting projects, the Bid Center Administrator selects applicable companies who can perform the requested duties. For example, a client may have several pre-approved contractors. Only those pre-approved contractors will see the project. Material suppliers and non-pre-approved contractors will not see them.
No. You will only see the bid requests you are approved to see by the Bid Center Administrator.
Anything a small to mid-sized public utility may purchase, ranging from trucks to transmission poles.
You will only see projects authorized by the Bid Center Administrator. Generally, a project for contractors will only be posted for contractors; in this case, it is up to the contractor to contact material suppliers. A project for material, such as a power transformer, will be posted only to the applicable power transformer suppliers.
The pre-qualified list is intended for contractors on labor projects. Its intent is to screen contractors down to a list of companies who are qualified to perform high-voltage work.
Municipal and PUD utilities in Oregon and Washington can only allow pre-qualified contractors to bid on work per state law. In addition, borrowers of RUS funds are also required to use pre-qualified contractors
only. Each utility must screen contractors and maintain a pre-qualified contractor list.
Brown & Kysar, Inc. maintains a list of pre-qualified contractors. To simplify the pre-qualification process, many utilities simply adopt BKI’s list. This requirement is generally not applicable for material suppliers.
Send an e-mail to bki@bki.cc with a request to become pre-qualified.
Any small or mid-sized public utility in the Pacific NW.
