Per Statute IC 5-22-22-4.5, The Indiana Office of Technology approves government agencies' usage of Online Auction Sites. The requests must be made by a representative of a government agency and not a vendor or a representative from an Auction Site. The following sites are pre-approved and can be used without additional requests:
- eBay
- http://www.publicsurplus.com/
- http://www.govdeals.com/
- sedo.com
- PropertyRoom.com
- http://www.proxibid.com/
- http://www.ironplanet.com/
- AuctionTime.com
- http://www.housby.com/
- http://www.bidspotter.com/
- https://ozarkmountainrailcar.com/
- https://www.bigiron.com/
- https://municibid.com/
- https://marknetalliance.com
To request review and approval of a site not yet posted, please submit responses to the following criteria to INGovManagement@iot.in.gov once you work with the site owner to answer the questions:
- Is the requested site a logical place for the sale of the type of personal property the requesting agency intends to sell and is property for sale likely to be found by a potential buyers on that site? (If not, the intent of the General Assembly to promote access and competition is unlikely to be served; so, the site must be an auction site.)
- What are the ratings of the website via third party business review companies such as the Better Business Bureau?
- Is there any published information that would prevent/ make this not a reputable site?
- If the site allows credit card transactions, is the site PCI compliant?
- Is there any reason at a user would not recommend this site to another person?
Note: Only requests from Government Agencies will be considered. IOT does not accept requests from the online auction sites wishing to be approved.