Submission with Solicitation Builder

Learn how to navigate the City of Detroit procurement portal to locate specific public opportunities, download project documentation, submit your bids or grant funding applications.

Brendan Mantey
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Bonfirehub

Selecting Your Opportunity

Navigate to [https://detroit.bonfirehub.com](https://detroit.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities)

Click View Opportunity.

Review the "Project Details"

Click "Download All Files." This is an important step to ensure you complete and submit all required documentation.

Starting Your Submission

To submit your bid or application, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Prepare Your Submission."

You can choose to Preview Submission to see what all the requirements before you submit.

Clicking Prepare Your Submission will launch the Submission Builder, which guides you through the submission and upload process. Below, you’ll see a visual overview of Submission Builder. On the left, you’ll see each part (all Sections and Groups) of the Submission. Click on a Section to navigate to it, or simply start with the first Section. Documents associated with a Section are attached (ie. Attachments (Documentation) shown below) to that Section.

Note that any Required slots are marked with a red asterisk and have a \* Required label. To upload files to an upload slot, first identify what type and quantity of files are permitted. In the below example, the Technical Proposal is Required (indicated by the red asterisk), accepts PDF files only, and accepts multiple files.

Drag and drop your Submission file in, or click browse files to select your file. If you’ve uploaded a file in error, delete it from your Submission by clicking the Trash icon.

Once you’ve uploaded your documents/files and are ready to proceed, click Continue to move to the next Section. Completed Sections are marked with a green checkbox.

Completing Your Submission

Once you have uploaded or completed all required slots, you’ll be able to proceed to Review. If you are ready to complete your Submission, check the box by I understand that I can’t change any of the submission details or documents once the project closes, then click Submit & Finalize My Application.

Once you’ve clicked Submit & Finalize My Application, the page will refresh to show your Submission confirmation. You can choose to Resend Email if you want another copy of your emailed Submission Receipt, start an alternate submission (if available), or Download Submission for a copy of your Submission Package.

Revising Your Submission

NOTE: Submissions can only be revised prior to the project’s deadline. Once the project has closed, no changes can be made to your submission.

If changes are made to the project prior to the project’s close date, or if you’ve identified that you want to make changes to your submission files prior to the project’s close date, you can revise your submission to include new or edited data or documents. If you’d just completed your Submission, you can click the Unsubmit Application button to undo your Submission, and proceed with additional changes. Once completed, you can resubmit your Submission. If you have navigated away from your Submission and want to return to it to make changes, start by navigating back to the portal where you created your submission. Log in, click Submissions (located by Portal towards the top left), then Completed. This will display a list of all submissions you have completed on this portal. Identify the submission you’d like to revise, then click the View button at the end of the row. This will bring up a preview of your Submission in Submission Builder.

Click Unsubmit Application to return your Submission to an editable state.

Once you have completed making your edits, click Submit & Finalize My Application to resubmit your Submission

NOTE: You must complete any edits prior to the project’s Close date and time. Submissions which have not been finalized at the time of the project close will not be accepted.