Finding government
procurement opportunities is easier than
ever! Here are several tips to help you use
our search.
The search function allows users to search
our database of new and archived government
contracts, government bids, government
auctions, RFPs (RFP, request for proposal),
RFQs (RFQ, Request for Quotations, Request for Qualification), RFIs (RFI,
request for information), government
projects, government surplus, and other
government contracting and bidding
opportunities published by all levels of
government agencies in the US, including
federal government, state government, county
government, city government, municipal
government, local government, community
government, town agencies, and other
government agency buyers such as college,
university, school district, hospital,
airports, correctional facility, water
district, public utility, police and fire
departments, and government authorities.
If you do not find your answers here and
need additional assistance with search,
please send an e-mail us at [email protected].
One of our experience research and customer
service staff will assist you.
Simple Search
This simple search is designed to let you
run keyword searches to find the matches in
the Bid Contract database. To find
information on a specific government lead,
type a keyword, part of a word, or a phrase
into the “Search Government Contracts and
Bids?or “search?field and click on the
“search?or “go?button (or alternatively,
use the return key).
You will see a page featuring matches
government contracts and bids from all 50
states in the United States. The search
results may include archived government
contracts and bids. All matching government
leads are presented in order of release
date, with the most recent item listed
first.
Advanced Search
The advanced search offers a number of
options for making your searches more
precise and getting more relevant or useful
results. You will have access to this
feature once you become an active
subscriber. With advanced search, you can
search for items that:
- contain ALL
the search terms you type in, and/or
- contain exact
words or phrases you type in, and/or
- contain at
least one of the words or phrases you
type in, and/or
- do not contain
any or all of the words you type in.
Search Term Selection
Choosing the right search keywords is the
key to finding the relevant government bids
and contracts. Our search engine is not case
sensitive. Therefore, all letters,
regardless of upper or lower cases, will be
understood the same way and return identical
result. The search engine does not
distinguish word order, which means a
combination of multiple words in a phrase
will give the same search result regardless
of their orders. If you want to look for
items with exact phrase, simply put
quotation marks around your search terms,
such as “construction service? Keep in mind
that the more restrictions you set on your
search, the fewer will be returned.
When searching for government bids and
contracts that match your business interest,
it is important that you use specific search
terms to describe what you are looking for.
There is no need to include “and?between
terms. If you use multiple words and
phrases, separate them with a comma (??
such as environmental, toxic waste,
construction, defense, IT, airport,
security, professional service, professional
services, contract law.
Avoid using keywords that are too general,
as they tend to return a large number of
irrelevant results. The following are a list
of search words that might be too general
which will give all items with the words
related to government contracts regardless
of the industry they are in: award, awards,
awarded, b2g exchanges, b2g market, bid
advertise, business opportunities, business
opportunity, business to government market,
business to govt, e-government, city
government, commerce department, county
government, e-gov, egov electronic
government, egovernment, egovt, federal
acquisition, federal business opportunities,
federal government, federal government
acquisition, federal government procurement,
federal procurement, government, government
agencies, government agency, government bid,
government bids, government buyer,
government contract, government contracting
process, government contracts, government
job, government notice, government notices,
government procure, government procurement,
government project, government purchase,
government purchaser, government purchasing,
government RFP, government RFPs, government
RFQ, government RFQs, government seller,
government supplier, government vendors,
government work, gov't., local government,
procurement programs, purchasing department,
Request for Information, Request for Quotations,
response to Request for Proposal, RFI, RFP,
RFQ, sales lead, sealed bid, sealed bids,,
Sell to government, small business, state
government, United States government,
woman-owned business.
In addition, avoid using the names of the
state or cities, such as : (AL) Alabama,
(AK) Alaska, (AZ) Arizona, (AR) Arkansas,
(CA) California, (CO) Colorado, (CT)
Connecticut, (DE) Delaware, (FL) Florida,
(GA) Georgia, (HI) Hawaii, (ID) Idaho, (IL)
Illinois, (IN) Indiana, (IA) Iowa, (KS)
Kansas, (KY) Kentucky, (LA) Louisiana, (ME)
Maine, (MD) Maryland, (MA) Massachusetts,
(MI) Michigan, (MN) Minnesota, (MS)
Mississippi, (MO) Missouri, (MT) Montana,
(NE) Nebraska, (NV) Nevada, (NH) New
Hampshire, (NJ) New Jersey, (NM) New Mexico,
(NY) New York, (NC) North Carolina, (ND)
North Dakota, (OH) Ohio, (OK) Oklahoma, (OR)
Oregon, (PA) Pennsylvania, (RI) Rhode
Island, (SC) South Carolina, (SD) South
Dakota, (SW) Sweden, (TN) Tennessee, (TX)
Texas, (UT) Utah, (VT) Vermont, (VA)
Virginia, (WA) Washington, (DC) Washington
D.C., (WV) West Virginia, (WI) Wisconsin,
(WY) Wyoming, District of Columbia (DC),
Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta, Baltimore,
Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, New York,
Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines,
Detroit, El Paso, Fresno, Greensboro,
Hartford, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis,
Jackson, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las
Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville,
Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Nashville, New Orleans, New York City,
Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Oklahoma City,
Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix,
Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Richmond,
Rochester, Sacramento, Salem, Salt Lake
City, San Diego, San Francisco, Scranton,
Seattle, Springfield, St. Louis, Syracuse,
Tampa, Trenton, Tucson, Washington, Wichita. |
