SEALED BIDDING
Publish the solicitation, hold every price under seal until opening, and post an award summary residents can read.
Demo uses fictional City of Westbridge data. Not a live city deployment.
The clerk's problem
The spreadsheet was doing three jobs.
A small city still has to invite bids, keep them sealed, and show the public who won. AwardBeam is that path in one file.
- 01A sealed period that stays sealed until opening.
- 02A public trail after award that a resident can read.
- 03A handoff the next officer can follow without the email thread.
- 04A record that does not invent a metric to look busy.
Who reads the file
Three readers. One award file.
- 01OfficerPublish the solicitation, open the seal on time, and keep the evaluation in one file.
- 02VendorSubmit under seal, then read the award without calling the clerk for the outcome.
- 03ResidentSee who won, what the city released, and the rationale the jurisdiction chose to post.