Procurement Portal Registration Guides
Most US government agencies post procurement opportunities on one of a small number of cloud platforms. Vendors typically need to register on each platform separately. Here are step-by-step registration guides for the 8 major procurement platforms.
SAM.gov
FederalAll federal civilian and defense agencies — SAM.gov is the consolidated federal vendor and opportunity portal.
Read registration guide →Bonfire
Multi-Tenant146+ government organizations including cities, counties, school districts, hospitals, and state agencies across the US and Canada.
Read registration guide →PlanetBids
Multi-Tenant178+ portals across California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and other Western US states. Heavy California municipal and special-district usa…
Read registration guide →Jaggaer (SciQuest)
Multi-Tenant38+ state government and higher education customers. Notable users include the State of Montana, State of Oklahoma, State of Utah, Pennsylva…
Read registration guide →Periscope S2G
Multi-TenantState of Illinois (BidBuy), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Indiana (IDOA), and many other state and local agencies. Sometimes still …
Read registration guide →BidNet Direct
Multi-TenantHundreds of state and local agencies across the US, particularly concentrated in Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, and the Mid-Atlantic. Also s…
Read registration guide →DemandStar
Multi-TenantHundreds of US local government agencies. Many cities and counties post opportunities here as part of their procurement notification process…
Read registration guide →Public Purchase
Multi-Tenant25+ government agencies primarily concentrated in Western and Central US states. Heavy usage by special districts and small municipalities.
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