Data
The public record, updated three times a day.
Open solicitations from the governments' own sites, every federal notice and award since 2015, council agendas, agency forecasts and published spending. Counted live below.
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Open opportunities
States, DC and federal
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Federal notices kept
Every SAM.gov contract notice since fiscal 2015, awards included
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Federal awards
Who won and the awarded amount, as published
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Spending records
Payments, contracts and purchase orders from state and city open-data portals
What's covered, and how often it updates
Everything in BidCast, how often it updates, and how much of it there is right now.
| Source | What it is | How often | Right now |
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| State procurement boards | Each state's official bid board: RFPs, bids, quotes, RFIs and notices, with their addenda and closings. | Three times a day | — |
| Federal (SAM.gov) | Every contract notice: solicitations, sources sought, special notices, presolicitations and awards. | Daily | — |
| Cooperative contracts | Solicitations that create contracts other agencies can buy from: Sourcewell, BuyBoard, Choice Partners, and co-ops posted on state boards. | Three times a day | — |
| Council and board agendas | City and county legislative items that fund, approve or plan a purchase. | Three times a day | — |
| Federal procurement forecasts | What agencies plan to buy before they solicit it (GSA Acquisition Gateway, DHS). | Daily | — |
| Grants for governments | Federal grants state and local governments can apply for, forecast and open (Grants.gov). | Daily | — |
| Federal awards | Who won and for how much, shown on the RFP it came from. | Daily | — |
| State and city spending | Checkbooks, contract registers, purchase orders and bid tabulations, published by the governments themselves. | Daily | — |
Every opportunity, sorted by what it is
Filter your matches to the kind you want.
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RFIs and early notices
Sources sought, requests for information, presolicitations: answer one and you help shape the RFP.
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Small purchases
Quick quotes, simplified and informal bids below the formal threshold.
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Co-op contracts
Solicitations whose contract other agencies can then buy from without bidding.
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Federal set-asides
Reserved for small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB or WOSB, and matched to your certifications.
Government sources only
Every opportunity comes from a government's own site or data, and links to the official posting.
Nothing filled in
When a record doesn't say something, neither do we: a missing due date stays missing, and an amount is what was awarded.
The full history
Every change to a posting is kept: addenda, new due dates, cancellations and closings.
See what matches what you sell.