WALNUT CREEK, CA-manageStar, a local Web-based company that promises to link commercial property managers with their vendors in a virtual marketplace, has inked a deal with Washington, DC-based Building Owners and Managers Association. The agreement will make the BOMA Web site a portal through which its 17,000 members to place requests for proposals in more than 1,000 service areas, as well as manage the bids that come back.

Commercial property managers log on to manageStar.com through BOMA, create and post a RFP using a library of forms developed by the web-based company. The service then automatically notifies qualified providers that an RFP matching their skills is posted. Or the manager has the option of sending the RFP to a select group. Once the service provider reviews the RFP, a bid is submitted and manageStar notifies all parties when the property manager selects a winner.

Property owners and managers pay annual minimum fee of $99 and service providers who win the contract shell out a flat fee based on the size of the project. To date, the Walnut Creek-based manageStar has more than 70,000 Bay Area vendors offering more than 1,200 services.

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