Vendor Opportunities

The Saint Louis Zoo regularly advertises requests for proposals for products and services.

Whenever feasible and appropriate, the Zoo will also post listings of bid opportunities on the Web. We have two areas of bid opportunies - general, which includes goods and services for the day to day operations of the Zoo, and facilities, which inlude improvements to the Zoo's physical grounds.

Bid Policies

The Saint Louis Zoo enjoys the support of the community through the Metropolitan Zoological Park & Museum District. For this reason, the Zoo makes every effort to return that support by contracting with qualified businesses within the District (comprised of St. Louis and St. Louis County) whenever possible.

Specific bid requirements vary, but to get a sense of the general requirements, you may download a Zoo Project Manual. While these documents should not be used in place of specific bid documents, they should answer most general questions about our process and bid requirements. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact the appropriate staff above.

• Zoo Bid Project Manual (word document)
• Zoo Bid Project Manual (PDF)

The sample bid documents include the relevant information, but the state of Missouri also keeps an updated version of St Louis City's annual wage order (3.4MB PDF) on the Division of Labor and Industrial Relations home page.