Doing Business with Denver Water
–Contractors and Vendors–

The Charter Authority of the City and County of Denver empowers the Denver Board of Water Commissioners to contract for services and to purchase and sell real or personal property required in the water works operation.

General Terms

While many Denver Water purchases or contracts are initiated by the section that will use the items or services, the purchases are carried out by the Purchasing Section. Denver Water requires competitive bidding and approval of the Board on items or services valued at $100,000.00 or more. For items or services under $100,000.00, competitive quotes may be obtained in writing or by telephone.

The Purchasing Section maintains a list of suppliers who desire to do business with Denver Water and those suppliers are solicited when Denver Water is looking for proposals for items or services.

You may also visit the Purchasing Office, which is open from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm weekdays. The Purchasing Office will make every effort to accommodate your needs. Making an appointment in advance is the best way to assure prompt and full consideration to your presentation or proposal.

Bidder's Responsibility

Every Denver Water Proposal contains Bidders' Instructions and the Bidder is responsible for adhering to instructions. For example, a bid opening date and time will be specified. If a bid is received after that time, it will not be considered.

Denver Water's goal is to treat every supplier with absolute fairness and setting the same conditions for all and adhering to them. Denver Water can only consider bids that follow instructions contained in the Proposal.

Small and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

Denver Water affirms its responsibility to prevent discrimination in the use of public funds by ensuring small and otherwise disadvantaged business enterprises receive a fair share of construction, purchasing and professional service contracts authorized by the Board, have an equal opportunity to compete for Denver Water contracts and subcontracts.

Information about contracting opportunities may be obtained by calling Laurie Billeter at 303-628-6771.

If you would like to be placed on a specific bid list, please print and fill out the Supplier form (PDF*), and fax it to

Denver Water
Purchasing Section Fax
303-628-6775.

* Note: These documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.