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Walk a sealed bid in the City of Westbridge.

Westbridge is a fictional city. The demo is a working preview of AwardBeam filled with fictional municipal data, open to anyone the way a resident, reporter or contractor would see it. No account needed.
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City of Westbridge, Ohio

Fictional municipality

The city, its staff and its vendors
Fictional
Bids, awards and contract amounts
Fictional
Screens, wording and rules
The working product
Public portal
Open, no sign-in
Staff screens
Shown in a walkthrough

The City of Westbridge shown on this site is a fictional municipality used for demonstration.

Public portal

Follow one bid from notice to public record.

Each link opens a page of the working demo in a new tab. Nothing asks you to sign in. Point at a link to preview the page here.
  1. The portal window cycles through 8 pages of the demonstration City of Westbridge.
  2. Portal home: City of Westbridge, AwardBeam demonstration, a search box and four figures: Contract value, FY 2026 $12.1M, Public contracts 20, Competitive solicitations 90%, Average bidders 4.3.
  3. Opportunities: PARKS-26-071 Riverfront Trail Expansion, Open; PW-26-118 Downtown Street Resurfacing Program, Open; IT-26-092 Municipal Cybersecurity Managed Services, Open; FIRE-26-057 SCBA Equipment Replacement, Intent to Award; PD-26-063 Police Body-Worn Camera Program, Under Evaluation.
  4. Award FAC-26-104 Fire Station HVAC Modernization: awarded to Horizon Mechanical, winning bid $1,382,450, government estimate $1,600,000, 6 bids received, evaluation total 94 of 100.
  5. Contract C-26-0041 Bridge Deck Rehabilitation - Market Street: original value $3,820,000, current value $3,947,500, Change Order 1 Unexpected electrical relocation $85,000, Change Order 2 Additional asbestos abatement $42,500.
  6. Spending by Department: Public Works $5.6M, Information Technology $3.7M, Facilities Management $2.8M, Water & Utilities $2.3M, Parks & Recreation $1.6M, Transportation $1.6M, Fire & Rescue $325K, Police $310K.
  7. How Many Bids Contracts Receive: 1 bid 2, 2-3 bids 6, 4-6 bids 10, 7+ bids 2. Competitive $17,955,400, noncompetitive $280,000.
  8. Vendors with public city contracts: Northstar Civil Construction $3.9M, local; Meridian IT Solutions $3.2M; Clearwater Pump & Well $1.7M; Horizon Mechanical $1.4M, local; Sterling Janitorial Services $1.2M, local.
  9. Public Records: FAC-26-104 Fire Station HVAC Modernization, Awarded; PW-26-049 Bridge Deck Rehabilitation - Market Street, Awarded; WATER-25-166 Fire Hydrant Replacement Program, Awarded; UTIL-26-086 Water Treatment Pump Replacement, Closed, each with a Download packet button.

Demonstration data. The City of Westbridge is a fictional municipality.

  1. Open the public portalDemoThe front door residents, reporters and contractors use: search, headline figures and recent awards. (opens the demo in a new tab)
  2. OpportunitiesPosted solicitations with their status. Each opens to a plain-English What the City Needs card: contract size, what you will need and timing. (opens the demo in a new tab)
  3. Award FAC-26-104Fire Station HVAC ModernizationWho won, every bid in the tabulation, the panel's scores by criterion and the record of the bid opening. (opens the demo in a new tab)
  4. Contract C-26-0041Bridge Deck Rehabilitation, Market StreetThe original value, each executed change order with its reason, and the current value. (opens the demo in a new tab)
  5. SpendingSpending by department, category and month, and the top vendors by award value. Every chart has a table version. (opens the demo in a new tab)
  6. CompetitionHow many bids contracts receive, competition by department, and how awarded values compare with estimates, with the caveat printed beside it. (opens the demo in a new tab)
  7. VendorsEvery company holding a public city contract, with total awarded value, contract count and average bidders. (opens the demo in a new tab)
  8. RecordsOne records packet per published solicitation. Sealed bids stay out of it, and the packet says so. (opens the demo in a new tab)

Staff features

Staff screens need a private account.

Sealed receipts, recording the opening, evaluation, Vendor Scout and the audit log sit behind private staff accounts and an authenticator code, as they would in your agency. We show them to you in a walkthrough.
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Demonstration accounts are provisioned privately. No demo password is published on this site.

  1. Staff walkthrough. An authenticator code is entered and confirmed: 4 8 2 9 1 3.
  2. Sealed receipts: Before the deadline, staff see how many bids arrived and when. No names, no amounts. Shown in the walkthrough.
  3. Recording the opening: An officer records the opening once, after the deadline, with witnesses and notes. Shown in the walkthrough.
  4. Evaluation: Evaluators record a conflict of interest declaration before they can open proposals. Shown in the walkthrough.
  5. Vendor Scout: Staff review each company it finds, and nothing is sent until they press send. Shown in the walkthrough.
  6. The audit log: Every recorded action, in order. The database refuses edits and deletes. Shown in the walkthrough.

Demonstration data. The City of Westbridge is a fictional municipality.