Salt Bidding
CapCOG bids Salt and Deicer each fall for our Members and Associate Members. By bidding larger quantities, municipalities benefit from volume purchasing; therefore saving money. Additionally, municipalities save time and resources not having to advertise, bid, compile, and execute contracts.
The contract Period is November 1 to October 31 of the following year.
Click Here for most recent salt bid results.
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Ordering Forms and Instructions are available below:
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2025-26 Municipal Ordering Numbers for Morton Salt
2025-26 Morton Salt Ordering Instructions
2025-26 Morton Salt Email Order Form
2025-26 Cryotech Potassium Acetate Ordering Instructions
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How Does The Process Work?
CapCOG bids for salt/deicer for our municipal and associate members. By bidding larger volumes save each municipality gets the best price possible. Additionally, municipalities save he time and resources that would be needed to initiate bids on their own.
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What Do You Bid?
We currently bid salt/potassium acetate/and magnesium chloride.
​How Do Members Participate?
CapCOG sends bid packages to members in September each year. To participate, members submit their estimated quantities on the form provided. Submitting an estimated amount does not obligate a member to purchase that amount.
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What Happens Next?
CapCOG...
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compiles the total amounts for all members participating into a summary sheet
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prepares bid packages to send to vendors. Vendors typically have three weeks to respond to bid.
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advertises bids and posts them on the CapCOG website
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holds a public bid opening
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tabulates the bid results
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notifies vendors and secures executed Notice of Award and Performance Bonds
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notifies CapCOG members of winning bids
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As with all CapCOG programs participation is voluntary.
Salt Bidding is open to all Municipal Members and included with their Annual membership.
Associate Members may choose Salt Bidding as their complimentary program when they become an Associate Member or they may add it for an additional cost.