Online Auction Service

The Pinellas County government authority located in Clearwater, Florida is seeking a vendor to provide a comprehensive, web-based online auction service for the sale of miscellaneous surplus equipment. The agency needs to reduce its on-hand surplus inventory and associated carrying costs while increasing its market presence, bidder base, and final bid prices. The desired solution must ease online auction administration, including the posting and marketing of auctions, receiving payments, blocking bidders, and invoicing. The scope of work covers the sale of surplus items such as computers, monitors, printers, tools, construction equipment, and furniture. The system must accept descriptive asset information with unlimited photos, support different auction phases based on dates and times, and allow the agency to set minimum starting prices, bid increments, and reserves. Additionally, the platform must accommodate multiple line items per lot, single assets per listing, multiple lots per auction up to one hundred fifty line items, the addition of a seven percent sales tax to winning bids, and the listing of specific public viewing and pickup times. Bidders must possess applicable experience performing online auctioning services specifically with municipal and governmental agencies. The successful proposer must maintain and support the solution, including inventory control and all aspects of asset disposal pertaining to the online auction process. Eligible bidders must be located onshore within the United States, and the performance of the work will occur both offsite and onsite. The contract period will run for one year. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals to define the cost. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 26, 2026.