BC Bid: supplier guide

About BC Bid

• The Province of British Columbia publishes a step-by-step supplier guide for the BC Bid platform, with video tutorials, screenshots and PDF guides on registration, account management and responding to an opportunity.^[1]
• Suppliers from outside British Columbia are invited to register too.^[2]

How to register

1. Decide who will hold the Supplier Admin role before anyone registers: the first person from your organization to register is assigned it automatically.^[2]
2. Get a Business BCeID. You need one, and must agree to the BC Bid terms and conditions, before setting up a BC Bid account. A person authorized to act as administrator registers for it on the BCeID website.^[2]
3. Review the commodity codes: BC Bid uses the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), though not every code, and the codes it uses are searchable in the application.^[2]
4. Go to the BC Bid public portal to create the account. The Supplier Admin then adds other users, who each sign in with a Business BCeID linked to the organization.^[2]

Before you bid

• The Supplier Admin is responsible for subscription management and for adding users; the role can be transferred to another user of the account later.^[2]

Help and support

• BC Bid help desk: 1-250-387-7301, bcbid@gov.bc.ca. Business BCeID questions go to the BCeID Help Desk.^[1]