See your quote requests without logging in

You need three quotes for 40 cubic yards of playground mulch. You email the request, and a few days later you want to see whether any suppliers have answered. First, though, you have to find a password you set months ago, or wait for a reset email.

For people who buy for their agency a few times a year, that’s often where checking on a quote stops. So we took that step out.

What’s new

When you email a quote request to quotes@civicmarketplace.com, our team confirms your request and replies with a personal link. Click it and your quote request opens, no login needed. As suppliers respond, their quotes show up there.

How it works

1. Email us what you need. A few plain sentences is enough: what you’re buying, how many and when you need it.
2. Our team confirms your request and emails you back. Look for “Your quote is ready” with a View quote button.
3. Click View quote. Your quote request opens, and supplier quotes show up there as they arrive.

Good to know

• Copy your colleagues. Anyone you CC who has a Civic Marketplace account gets their own link.
• Your link is just for you. It works once and expires after 3 days, so please don’t forward it.
• Link expired? Open it anyway and click Email me a new link.
• No account yet? You can still email us. The first time, you’ll set a password once. After that, every request you email us comes back with a link.
• Started a request on the platform? The link is only for requests emailed to quotes@civicmarketplace.com. Requests you create on Civic Marketplace work the same as before. Sign in to see them.

Why email us in the first place?

Most agencies don’t have a big purchasing team. Getting three quotes usually means calling around, digging for a contract that fits and chasing vendors who never call back.

When you email us, our team finds a compliant way to buy what you need, through a cooperative contract that’s already been competitively solicited or through local and regional suppliers, and collects the quotes for you. We reach out to suppliers and follow up so you don’t have to, and every purchase comes with documents you can file and defend.