Data
The public record, read 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 we read, and how often
A federal portal changes by the hour; a city council meets every other week. Each source is read on its own schedule, and a source that fails never holds up the others.
| 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 file, read three times a day | — |
| 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, for how much, from SAM.gov's award notices; linked back to the RFP by its solicitation number. | Daily | — |
| State and city spending | Checkbooks, contract registers, purchase orders and bid tabulations, published by the governments themselves. | Daily | — |
Last read —. Not covered yet: Alabama, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Ohio put their boards behind CAPTCHAs or bot checks, which we don't get around; Wyoming scrambles its list; Utah posts only on a private marketplace.
Every opportunity, sorted by what it is
Read from each portal's own label, never guessed from the title.
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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
We read the governments' own sites and data. Private bid marketplaces are never a source.
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, never an estimate.
Kept as published
The pages and files we read are archived as they were served, so a field can be traced back to where it came from.
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