Guide
How to sell to state and local government
How cities, counties, states and school districts buy, and how to win the first contract.
Every state and local bid, down to the smallest town
State and local work is posted on thousands of separate sites: state portals, county purchasing pages, city websites and the water district that only posts a PDF. Capveon reads all of them, and the meetings and budgets that come before each bid.
Harlow Water AuthorityHigh fit- US agencies catalogued
- 175,858
- open US bids, counted 4 Nov 2026
- 43,584
- public meetings read a month
- 85,000+
Thousands of sites. One search.
Your bid service stops at the big portals
185,000+ agencies catalogued, small towns and districts included.
You hear when the bid posts
You hear when the council funds it, months earlier.
Different rules for every agency
Each bid's requirements listed, with the page, before you open it.
Every level of government
- FederalDepartments and agencies
- State and provincialAll 50 states, 13 provinces and territories
- CountiesRoads, courts, health
- Cities and townsDown to the smallest
- SchoolsDistricts, colleges, universities
- Special districtsWater, transit, ports, airports
Every agency's bids, read every day
State portals, county purchasing pages, city and town websites, school districts, utilities and authorities, read every day. Describe the work in a sentence and get every bid that fits.
175,858US agencies, from state departments to water districts
Meter vault repairsHarlow Water Authority, its own website
Due 12 DecSidewalk and curb replacementLakemont County, Ohio, county portal
Due 8 JanBasin 4 rebuildPort Avery, Ohio, city website
Due 21 Jan
Street lighting repairsTownship of Maple Bend, Ontario
Due 3 FebHear about it at the council meeting
Capveon reads council and board meetings, capital plans and budgets for every agency, and shows you the projects and purchases that fit, months before they are bid.
85,000+public meetings read a month
Port Avery, OhioNo bid yetEvery agency's rules, read for you
Each agency writes its bids its own way. Capveon reads every package and answers your questions the same way on all of them: bond, insurance, registration, pre-bid, due date.
- The same questions answered on every bid
- Each answer cites its page
- Every addendum read
Bid bond5% of the bid
p. 7Vendor registrationOn the county portal, before bidding
p. 2Pre-bid meeting18 Nov, mandatory
p. 2InsuranceGeneral liability, limits stated
p. 14See your top 10 bids, free
Tell us what you sell and where. We send the ten best open bids and why each one fits.
How Capveon compares
Side by side with the tools state and local sellers most often use today.
Works with the rest of Capveon
Every product reads from the same record of each public buyer.
Resources for state and local sellers
Guide
How to bid on city and county contracts
Where cities and counties post bids, how to get on their vendor lists and what happens at the bid opening.
Free tool
Your territory, next 12 months
Name your states or provinces and what you sell. We send what's planned there, with sources.
Questions, answered
Something else? Talk to us
How do I find state and local government bids?
State and local agencies post on state portals, county and city purchasing pages and their own websites. Capveon reads all of them for the US and Canada and puts the bids that fit what you sell in one search.
Why do bid services miss local bids?
Many small agencies post bids only on their own website or in a newspaper notice, not on a shared portal. Capveon catalogues 185,000+ agencies and reads their own sites.
How early can I hear about a local project?
Often months ahead. Projects appear in capital plans, budgets and council or board votes before they are bid, and Capveon reads those records.
See every bid in your states
Name your states and what you sell. We'll show you the open bids and the meetings that point to the next ones.