Purchasing

Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) is excited about the changes we are making to streamline our electronic procurement process and has partnered with Euna Procurement, to create a new procurement portal that will allow you to receive notifications of bid and RFP opportunities. 

Click here to access the MCOE Procurement Portal

All contractors and vendors are required to register, at no cost, to access the Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) Procurement Portal for all bid and proposal opportunities. Submissions must be made electronically through the MCOE Procurement Portal, hosted on the Euna Procurement website at https://montereycoe.bonfirehub.com/portal.

Trouble accessing Euna Procurement Portal? Contact Euna Support at: https://montereycoe.bonfirehub.com/portal/support

To view MCOE's list of contractors for 2026 MCOE CUPCCAA Contractors List

Click here to access the online MCOE CUPCCAA Registration Form

The Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) has adopted the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA) Procedures under Public Contract Code §22000 et seq.  In accordance with the State of California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Commission, MCOE is inviting all interested licensed contractors to submit their company for inclusion on the MCOE Informal Bidding Contractors List.

Per California Public Contract Code 22032, any Public Works Project that is estimated to be between $75,000 and $220,000 is subject to the Informal Bidding Procedures set forth by the state of California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission.  All trade categories are subject to Informal Bidding Procedures. Contractors that are interested in being on the MCOE's Informal Bidding Contractor List for projects of this size are required to have a current license and DIR Registration Number and are subject to verification by the Contractors' State License Board and Department of Industrial Relations.

All new vendors must complete a vendor packet in order to provide goods or services. A current IRS W-9 Form must be provided to MCOE each year. 

Link to Vendor Packet

Email completed forms to mcoepurchasing@montereycoe.org

• A purchase order from Monterey County Office of Education must be received by a vendor in order to begin work, ship goods, or provide services to MCOE. Verbal contracts, agreements or other promises are not valid agreements and will not be accepted.
• Any changes require a formal change order to the original purchase order and no work/services/goods should be provided until the change order is received by the vendor. MCOE is subject to sales tax on tangible goods.
• The current sales tax rate for the City of Salinas should be included on quotes and invoices (Current rate – 9.25% sales tax).
• Vendors must provide packing slips in all shipments that include the corresponding purchase order listed clearly on the packing slip. Shipments without purchase order numbers may be refused.
• Shipments must be made to address on purchase order. Goods shipped to alternative locations will be refused. 

Click here to access the MCOE Procurement Portal

An Intake Form must be completed:

• For the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, or services exceeding $114,800, the annually adjusted bid threshold established by the California Department of Education.
• For all public work projects (facility) over $25,000.