Concept · Government
← All workIllinois Procurement Gateway
Vendor registration that explains itself.
The Gateway is where businesses register to sell to the State of Illinois. The concept puts certification, training and outreach ahead of the login. This concept was part of our proposal.
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- Illinois Procurement Gateway · State vendor portal
- Where
- State of Illinois
- Our part
- Concept from our proposal
- Their site
- ipg.illinois.gov
The brief
What they asked for.
The public request our proposal answered, summarised from the public record linked below.
New Illinois Procurement Gateway: develop and host the vendor registration system
- Issued
- February 2023
They asked for
- A new IPG vendor registration system, developed and hosted
- Replace the original Gateway before its hosting contract ended in October 2023
- Move to a new address, ipg.illinois.gov, with vendor data migrated
The concept
What we designed.
Login, but second
The hero says what the Gateway is for before it asks anyone to sign in.
BEP certification and training
Three cards for certification, system training and how the system works.
Outreach
Plain-language notices such as checking for delinquent debt before you register.
The procurement map
The chief procurement officers, pathway to procurement and external links laid out as one diagram.
About Illinois Procurement Gateway
- An online portal the State uses to gather business information from vendors.cpo.illinois.gov (source, opens in a new tab)
- Administered by four chief procurement officers.cpo.illinois.gov (source, opens in a new tab)
- 9,109 IPG applications received in fiscal year 2022.cpo-general.illinois.gov (source, opens in a new tab)
A design concept from a proposal we submitted. Shown as presented; it is not the organisation's live website.