Digital Procurement Makes Big Gains During Pandemic With DemandStar and other tech providers reporting big recent growth, the future shines brightly for digital procurement services at the state and local levels. But look out for Amazon — maybe. July 15, 2021 • When everything is eventually tallied up, digital procurement could end up as a big pandemic winner. One of the latest examples comes from Seattle-based DemandStar. The e-bidding procurement platform for state and local governments recently said that it had gained 200 new clients in the first half of this year, which already equals the number of agencies the company added in all of 2020.