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 public bid you could win, in one list
Capveon reads federal, state and local sources in 14 countries every day, down to the town that only posts on its own website, and shows you the bids that fit what you sell.
Clarifier No. 2 replacementLakemont County, Ohio
High fit
Lift station upgradeRegion of Halvern, Ontario
High fit
Sludge dewatering frameworkAshby Borough Council
Review214new bids in your territory this week
- agencies read across the US and Canada
- 185,000+
- open US bids, counted 4 Nov 2026
- 43,584
- countries with national tenders
- 14
Stop checking portals. Start with the bids that fit.
Nothing posted is missed
Federal portals, state systems, county and city websites, school districts and water authorities, read every day.
Only what you can win
Tell Capveon what you sell and where. It ranks each bid against your products, licences and territory.
One list for the whole team
Everyone sees the same bids, who owns each one and what happens next. No forwarded emails.
Coverage down to the smallest town
Most bid services stop at the big portals. Capveon also reads the agencies that only post on their own websites, where there is less competition.
175,858US agencies, from federal departments to water districts
Village of Corwin FallsPosts on its own website
3 open bidsHarlow Water AuthorityPosts on its own website
5 open bidsLakemont CountyCounty purchasing portal
12 open bidsState of OhioState procurement system
418 open bidsRanked for what you sell
Each bid is scored against your products, certifications and territory, with the reason in one line, so the first thing you read is the one worth reading.
- Matches on the spec as well as the title
- Knows your licences, bonding and set-asides
- Tells you why, with the page
Lakemont County, OhioHigh fitAlerts where your team already works
New bids, addenda and date changes arrive in email, Slack or Teams, and go to Salesforce or HubSpot when you decide to chase one.
- Every addendum read, and the change flagged
- New matches every day, by email or Slack
- Sent to your CRM when you chase one
Addendum 2 postedDate changed
Clarifier No. 2 replacementWorks with the rest of Capveon
Every product reads from the same record of each public buyer.
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Where do Capveon's government bids come from?
From federal systems, state procurement portals, the portals cities and counties run, and the bid pages agencies keep on their own websites, in the US and Canada. Outside North America, from each country's national tender system. Capveon reads 25,000+ new bid opportunities a month.
Does Capveon find bids from small towns and districts?
Yes. Capveon catalogues 185,000+ agencies in the US and Canada, including towns, townships, school districts, utilities and special districts, and reads the bid pages on their own websites, which most bid services never see.
Do I need NAICS codes or keyword lists?
No. Describe what you sell in a sentence. Capveon reads each bid against it and says why it fits.
Does Capveon track addenda?
Yes. When an addendum changes the due date, the scope or the specification, the bid updates and anyone pursuing it is told what changed.
Can I read tenders in other languages?
Yes. Tenders keep the language they were published in. Save a document in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Ukrainian or several other languages to your team's files and Capveon translates it into English. The translation is kept beside the original, so it is searched and cited like any other file.
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