Barnstable County Streamlines Cooperative Purchasing for 15 Towns with Bonfire Strategic Sourcing Software
August 12 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Regional government for Cape Cod, MA achieves better
collaboration and decision-making with digital procurement
Bonfire Interactive Ltd. (“Bonfire”), a business unit of GTY
Technology Holdings Inc. and a leader in eProcurement and strategic
sourcing solutions, today announced that Barnstable County has
improved cooperative purchasing within 15 towns in the region since
adopting the Bonfire eProcurement Solution.
Barnstable County is the regional government of Cape Cod, MA,
serving a population of over 212,000 people. With a one-person team
responsible for managing procurement for internal and county-wide
cooperative bids, Barnstable’s traditional paper-based approach
impeded strategic sourcing and collaborative decision-making.
“Barnstable’s collective success depends on coordinated efforts
across more than a dozen towns,” said Omar Salaymeh, CEO at
Bonfire. “They needed a digital platform that would streamline the
entire procurement process, drive innovative purchasing solutions,
and connect everyone involved, including internal clients,
stakeholders, and existing and prospective suppliers. The county
has realized impressive results in both efficiency and procurement
during a turbulent year, and has created an environment for success
in the future.”
After implementing Bonfire in 2020, Barnstable immediately
expanded their procurement capacity without increasing headcount.
The county has seen increased vendor submissions, made more
competitive bids, boosted direct cost savings, and improved
collaboration, all while reducing the time it takes to get projects
off the ground.
In just over a year, Barnstable’s digital procurement process
through Bonfire has helped the 15 towns in its jurisdiction deliver
more cost-effective solutions and realize a vision of greater
strategic collaboration.
“In 2020, as we focused on opportunities to minimize costs and
reallocate budget, strategic tools like Bonfire allowed us to
collaborate and put our resources together,” said Jennifer Frates,
Chief Procurement Officer at Barnstable County. “As we emerge from
the pandemic, we’re now able to make data-driven decisions and
cooperatively source — delivering best value outcomes for the
citizens of Barnstable County into the future.”
During the coronavirus pandemic, Barnstable used Bonfire to
quickly complete urgent projects, including sourcing equipment for
COVID-19 testing sites and working with consultants to understand
the business impact of public health restrictions on the local
economy.
Learn more about how Barnstable County’s digital transformation
is taking cooperative purchasing to the next level by watching the
video here.
About Barnstable County Regional Government of Cape
Cod
Barnstable County is one of the last functioning counties in
Massachusetts, with departments serving the 15 towns of Cape Cod
and supporting a response to regional issues that transcend
municipal governments’ existing boundaries. Barnstable County
government consists of a legislative branch (Barnstable County
Assembly of Delegates) and an executive branch (Barnstable County
Commissioners). Learn more at www.barnstablecounty.org.
About Bonfire Interactive Inc.
Bonfire Interactive Inc. (“Bonfire”) is a business unit of GTY
Technology Holdings Inc. and a leader in strategic sourcing and
procurement software. Bonfire brings procurement online, ensuring
100% compliance, reducing cycle times, and improving transparency.
Through the power of tools optimized for collaboration and in-app
access to RFP insights and templates (surfaced from Bonfire’s
library of 40,000+ projects), Bonfire unlocks procurement’s
potential to drive greater agency impact, achieve better outcomes,
and engage colleagues along the way. Bonfire’s proven history of
customer-driven innovation is trusted by hundreds of public
procurement teams across North America.
About GTY Technology Holdings Inc.
GTY Technology Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GTYH) (“GTY”)) brings
leading government technology companies together to achieve a new
standard in citizen engagement and resource management. Through its
six business units, GTY offers an intuitive cloud-based suite of
solutions for state and local governments spanning functions in
procurement, payments, grant management, budgeting, and permitting:
Bonfire provides strategic sourcing and procurement software to
enable confident and compliant spend; CityBase provides government
payment solutions to connect constituents with utilities and
government agencies; eCivis offers a grant management system to
maximize grant revenues and track performance; Open Counter
provides government payment software to guide applicants through
complex permitting and licensing procedures; Questica offers budget
preparation and management software to deliver on financial and
non-financial strategic objectives; Sherpa provides public sector
budgeting software and consulting services.
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