Tapping into contracts just a keystroke away -Globe and Mail

Tapping into contracts just a keystroke away
Users can search by category and register to bid on website listing requests for tenders from across Canada

IAN HARVEY
Special to The Globe and Mail
October 17, 2007

Five years ago, Barry Payne sat down in his basement at 5 a.m. and peered wearily at his computer, driven by a dream and an idea to be in business for himself.

For six weeks or more it had been the same routine: Up before dawn and log on to the MERX Canadian Public Tenders online website, which carries information about requests for tenders from Canadian and U.S. governments and companies.

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