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Your city already hires companies like yours.

Cities, schools and utilities pay for HVAC, mowing, cleaning and roofing all year. Capveon finds the bids near you.

Not quite you?

What local government buys from companies like yours.

Agencies hire small firms for the same work you do for everyone else, often on contracts that run for a year or more.

Example titles, made up to show the kind of work agencies post. They are not real bids.

  • HVAC

    School districts, counties, housing authorities

    • Annual HVAC preventive maintenance, 14 elementary schools
    • Rooftop unit replacement, public works building
    • On-call boiler and chiller repair, two-year term

  • Pressure washing

    Cities, transit agencies, parks departments

    • Quarterly sidewalk and plaza pressure washing, downtown
    • Bus shelter cleaning and graffiti removal
    • Parking garage power washing, three levels

  • Janitorial

    Counties, libraries, courts

    • Janitorial services, county courthouse and annex
    • Nightly cleaning, five branch libraries
    • Floor stripping and waxing, middle school, summer break

  • Landscaping

    Cities, school districts, water utilities

    • Right-of-way mowing, 42 sites, April through October
    • Grounds maintenance, water treatment plant
    • Athletic field turf care, high school

  • Roofing

    School districts, housing authorities, state facilities

    • Roof replacement, fire station 3
    • On-call roof repairs, 18 housing authority properties
    • Gutter and downspout replacement, community center

  • Paving

    Cities, counties, airports

    • Citywide asphalt patching and crack sealing
    • Parking lot resurfacing and striping, county park
    • Curb ramp replacement, 30 intersections

  • Electrical

    Cities, transit agencies, universities

    • LED lighting retrofit, police headquarters
    • Generator inspection and service, water pump stations
    • Electrical service upgrade, maintenance garage

  • IT services

    School districts, small cities, libraries

    • Managed IT services and help desk, city hall
    • Wireless network upgrade, two middle schools
    • Security camera installation, public works yard

The work is local. The bids are hard to find.

  • The big bid sites show a few jobs, and most of them are three states away.
  • The county posts its mowing contract on its own website. You hear about it after someone else wins it.
  • The bid runs sixty pages and asks for a bid bond, an insurance certificate and a site visit. Nobody tells you what any of that means.
  • You run jobs all day. You don't have time to check twenty websites at night.
From the board meeting to the filled review, with example data.

Every bid near you, in one list.

Tell Capveon what you do and how far you'll drive. It checks every city, county, school district, housing authority and utility around you and brings back the bids that fit, with a line on why each one fits.

How Discover works

What each bid needs, before you open it.

Reviews reads the whole bid and answers the questions you'd ask. Is there a bid bond? How much insurance? Do I need to register? Is the site visit required? When is it due? Each answer shows the page it came from.

How Reviews works

Your response, drafted for you.

Ask writes a first draft from the bid and what you tell it about your company: the cover letter, the scope and your references. You read it, fix what needs fixing and send it.

How Ask works

New bids every morning.

Save your search once. New bids that fit show up in your email each morning, and the ones that close drop off.

How Automations works

From the state down to the school district.

Capveon checks state portals, county purchasing pages and school district bid lists, and the small agencies that only post on their own website. The counts below are from the date shown.

Coverage by state and level of government

175,858
US agencies catalogued
9,364
Canadian agencies catalogued
43,584
Open US solicitations

Capveon records, counted November 4, 2026.

Every level of government, checked on its own website. The list shows example data.

Your first bid, explained.

Four things come up in almost every bid package. Here’s what each one means, and three guides for the rest.

Bid bond
A surety company's promise that you'll sign the contract at the price you bid. It's usually a small percentage of the bid, and you get it through a surety or your insurance agent. Many small jobs don't ask for one.
Insurance
The bid lists the coverage and limits you need, often general liability, auto and workers' compensation. Your agent sends a certificate that names the agency.
Registration
Federal bids need your company in SAM.gov. Most local bids only ask you to sign up on the agency's vendor portal, and some ask for nothing at all.
Pre-bid meeting
A walk-through or call before bids are due, where you see the site and ask questions. If the bid says it's mandatory and you miss it, you can't bid.
Each answer comes from the bid documents, with its citation. Example data.
Welding a trunnion pin pedestal for the Folsom Dam spillway gates, Oregon Iron Works, Clackamas, Oregon
GuideNovember 7, 20265 min readCan a small business get government contracts?Yes, and most of the work is closer than you think. How much goes to small businesses, which agencies to start with, what to register for and how to win the first one.
Mississippi River Commission public meeting aboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi, New Orleans, 2023
GuideNovember 7, 20265 min readHow to bid on city and county contractsWhere cities and counties post their bids, how to get on their vendor lists, the difference between a quote and a sealed bid, and what happens at the bid opening.
Concrete trucks lined up for the Oroville Dam emergency spillway repair, 2017
GuideNovember 7, 20264 min readWhat is a bid bond? What it costs and how to get oneA bid bond promises you will sign the contract at the price you bid. How much agencies ask for, what it costs, how to get your first one and what to do if a surety says no.

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Questions

Do I need to register before I can bid?

For federal work, yes. You register your company in SAM.gov, which is free. Most city, county and school bids don't ask for that. Some ask you to sign up on their own vendor page, which takes a few minutes, and the bid tells you. Capveon shows you which applies to each bid.

Can a three-person company win government work?

Yes. Most local bids are for work a small crew does every day: mowing, cleaning, repairs and service contracts. Many agencies set work aside for small and local businesses, and many sealed bids go to the lowest bidder who meets the requirements.

What is a bid bond?

A promise from a surety company that you'll sign the contract at the price you bid. It's usually a small percentage of your bid, and you get it through a surety or your insurance agent. Many small jobs don't ask for one. Capveon tells you whether a bid does and how much.

How do I know which bids fit me?

You describe your work and your area once. Capveon checks each bid against that and tells you why it fits. Reviews then checks what you care about, like the bond, the insurance limits and the site visit, before you open the package.

Do I have to talk to sales?

No. Start the trial online and pick a plan. If you'd like help setting up your search, write to hello@capveon.ai.

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