Get your company set up
After you join, you complete a short checklist. Each step below links to the official source.
The checklist, in order
Read it before you apply or keep it open while you fill in your checklist.
Creating an account needs no document. To be approved, you need a verified W-9, business license and general liability certificate.
- W-9
- Business registration
- General liability
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1. Company and contact
Your company name and a person a community can reach. Use the name your insurance and your W-9 carry, so every document matches.
2. EIN
VendoRFP never asks you to type your EIN. It lives only on the W-9 you upload.
3. Business registration
Pick your state to find its filing office. You upload your registration or license once it’s done.
- If you are creating an LLC, partnership or corporation, register it with your state before you apply for an EIN. IRS, as of
4. Business type
5. Insurance
Joining needs no document. General liability is required before you can propose on an RFP. Workers’ comp, commercial auto and professional liability are asked for only where a community sets them.
- A certificate of insurance is a document that provides information about insurance policies. ACORD, as of
General liability
Required to propose
It has to be on file and current before you can propose. Joining needs no document.
General liability explainedWorkers’ compensation
Only where a community asks*
Workers’ compensation explainedCommercial auto
Only where a community asks*
Commercial auto explainedProfessional liability
Only where a community asks*
Professional liability explained
* Not needed to join. A community can require it on an RFP it posts.
6. Your W-9
Guides by type of work
Each guide covers one kind of work and how it fits this checklist.
Sources
- Employer identification number Internal Revenue Service. As of .
- Get an employer identification number Internal Revenue Service. As of .
- Business structures Internal Revenue Service. As of .
- What is a Certificate of Insurance? (ACORD FAQ) ACORD. As of .
- About Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification Internal Revenue Service. As of .
- Form W-9 (Rev. March 2024) Internal Revenue Service. As of .
Official pages change. Each line shows the day we last read it.