Procurement Bids in Wisconsin

There are 68 open procurement opportunities in Wisconsin from 8 state, county, city, school, hospital, and university agencies as of November 10, 2026. 16 of them close within the next seven days.

The top agencies posting bids in Wisconsin right now are Wisconsin VendorNet, Federal Government. Each maintains its own vendor portal and posting schedule.

Register on Wisconsin VendorNet (https://vendornet.wi.gov/) for state-level opportunities. Register with VendorNet to receive notifications and submit bids on Wisconsin state contracts. For federal contracts, register on SAM.gov (free; assigns a UEI). For local agencies, registration is on the platform they use — Bonfire, PlanetBids, BidNet Direct, DemandStar — typically one registration per platform covers all agencies using it.

The most-active industries in Wisconsin government procurement right now are Construction, Supplies & Equipment, Utilities. Browse each by industry to see current opportunities filtered to Wisconsin.

Wisconsin operates the following preference and set-aside programs: Wisconsin Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Wisconsin Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (DVB). Each has its own certification process; check the state procurement office for eligibility details.

Wisconsin procurement is governed by Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 16 Subchapter IV (State Procurement). This includes bid solicitation, contract award, and vendor protest procedures. The state procurement office publishes implementing regulations and manuals.

Save a search on ProcureTap filtered to Wisconsin to receive email alerts when new bids match your criteria. You can also subscribe to the state's official portal notifications. Larger agencies (state DOT, department of general services) publish quarterly forecasts of upcoming solicitations.

Every six hours. ProcureTap re-scrapes the Wisconsin state procurement portal plus every county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system in the state on a six-hour cadence, so new postings appear here within hours of being published.

Wisconsin generally does not restrict bidding to in-state vendors, but many agencies offer local-preference points or ties-broken-in-favor-of-local scoring, and some contracts under specific dollar thresholds may be limited to registered Wisconsin vendors or certified Wisconsin small businesses. Read each solicitation's evaluation criteria carefully.

Register on VendorNet (vendornet.wi.gov) — the state's procurement platform for executive-agency solicitations over $50,000. Wisconsin MBE, WBE, and DVB certification is through the DOA Minority Business Development office at doa.wi.gov. WisDOT construction bidders need additional Contractor Prequalification. Milwaukee, Madison, and county governments require separate registrations.

The Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program targets 5% of state contract dollars for certified minority-owned firms. Wisconsin also offers WBE (Woman-Owned) and DVB (Disabled Veteran-Owned) certifications. Certification is through the DOA Minority Business Development office. Prime contractors on state contracts must submit utilization plans showing certified sub involvement.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation publishes lettings through the WisDOT bidding system. Bidders must complete WisDOT Contractor Prequalification before bidding construction. Bids are sealed unit-price on a bill of quantities. Federal-aid projects carry Davis-Bacon wages, Buy America iron/steel (49 CFR 661), and DBE subcontracting goals typically 8-12%.

No — Wisconsin repealed its Little Davis-Bacon prevailing wage laws in 2015 (state-funded) and 2017 (local-funded). State- and local-funded public works do not carry a Wisconsin prevailing wage schedule. Federal Davis-Bacon still applies to federal-aid highway, transit, and infrastructure work.

The Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant (Racine County) was acquired by Microsoft in 2024 for a new $3.3B data center campus. The transition triggered adjacent state and local procurement — power distribution through WeEnergies, water infrastructure, roads (I-94 expansion), and workforce training through Gateway Technical College. Expect sustained procurement through data-center construction (2026-2029).

ProcureTap re-scrapes VendorNet, WisDOT bidding, Milwaukee, Madison, Milwaukee County, Dane County, UW System campuses, and every Wisconsin county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system on a 6-hour cadence.