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Posted at 12:51 p.m., Monday, July 30, 2007

State cuts vendor online registration fee 20 percent

Advertiser Staff

The state of Hawaii has reduced registration fees 20 percent for the more than 1,600 vendors and over 530 procurement officers that do business online with the state using Hawaii Compliance Express.

The service (http://vendors.ehawaii.gov) links three state agencies and one federal agency to simplify compliance procedures for vendors that want to contract with all state and county agencies. It condenses visits to those agencies multiple times each year into one quick online session.

Under the fee reduction, vendors seeking to demonstrate compliance with the state of Hawaii can register or renew with Hawaii Compliance Express for an annual cost of $12. The previous fee was $15.

The state also announced the service's selection for an award from an association of state procurement officers, its second award since launching in 2005.