2026 US Government Procurement Transparency Report
The definitive snapshot of what's actually being procured across US government right now — pulled live from 327,043 tracked bids across 612 public agencies, worth $112.5B in aggregate.
Key takeaways
- The federal-state split is not what you'd expect. Only 8 of the 327,043 tracked bids are federal contract opportunities on SAM.gov — 0.0%. The other 100.0% comes from state agencies, county and city governments, school districts, hospitals, public universities, and utilities. Vendors focused only on federal work are ignoring the majority of the market.
- The 15 largest states account for 7% of all US procurement volume. California alone posts 3,535 bids — more than the smallest 25 states combined. Regional strategy matters: entering the top 5 states unlocks a larger opportunity pool than entering 40 smaller ones.
- Construction is the single largest procurement category by count (4,233 bids), followed by professional services, facilities & maintenance, and IT. Together these four categories represent nearly half of all classifiable procurement activity.
- Cross-portal aggregators dominate volume publishing. BidNet Direct alone syndicates 18,675 bids across its regional networks. SAM.gov is next at 6,894. Direct-agency portals (Cal eProcure, Texas ESBD, etc.) sit below the aggregators — meaning vendors who only check individual state portals miss most of the market.
- Only 0.5% of bids disclose an estimated dollar value up front. Vendors have to research past-award histories (via USASpending or agency records) to size opportunities. This is a structural transparency gap the government has not solved.
Where the demand is — by state
Ranked by tracked open + closed bids in 2026. State code links go to the live per-state hub with current open opportunities.
| Rank | State | Tracked bids | Share of US total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | 3,535 | 1.1% |
| #2 | Louisiana | 3,358 | 1.0% |
| #3 | California | 2,862 | 0.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | 2,520 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | 2,348 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Mississippi | 1,841 | 0.6% |
| #7 | District of Columbia | 1,451 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Maryland | 1,242 | 0.4% |
| #9 | Texas | 1,205 | 0.4% |
| #10 | Arizona | 397 | 0.1% |
| #11 | Massachusetts | 394 | 0.1% |
| #12 | Virginia | 329 | 0.1% |
| #13 | South Carolina | 304 | 0.1% |
| #14 | Florida | 232 | 0.1% |
| #15 | Hawaii | 220 | 0.1% |
What's being procured — by industry
Industry classification is derived from bid descriptions using an LLM enrichment pass. Some bids fit multiple industries; each is counted once against the primary category.
| Rank | Industry | Tracked bids | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Construction | 4,233 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Professional Services | 2,280 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Information Technology | 1,982 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Facilities & Maintenance | 1,647 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Healthcare | 1,289 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Supplies & Equipment | 1,250 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Transportation | 544 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Environmental | 537 | 0.2% |
| #9 | Public Safety | 523 | 0.2% |
| #10 | Utilities | 438 | 0.1% |
| #11 | Food Services | 359 | 0.1% |
| #12 | Education | 343 | 0.1% |
| #13 | Manufacturing | 187 | 0.1% |
| #14 | Agriculture | 175 | 0.1% |
| #15 | Real Estate | 68 | 0.0% |
Top government buyers by volume
Agencies and syndicated networks with 100+ tracked bids in 2026. Note that aggregators (BidNet Direct, TED, CanadaBuys) publish across many underlying agencies — their high counts reflect syndication, not a single procurement office.
| Rank | Agency | Type | Tracked bids |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | BidNet Direct (Aggregator) | other | 18,675 |
| #2 | EU Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) | other | 6,894 |
| #3 | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | other | 2,635 |
| #4 | North Carolina Electronic Vendor Portal | state | 2,471 |
| #5 | Louisiana LaPAC | state | 1,948 |
| #6 | Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration (MAGIC) | state | 1,621 |
| #7 | NYC City Record Online | city | 1,583 |
| #8 | Louisiana Office of State Procurement (LaPAC) | state | 1,222 |
| #9 | Washington DC Procurement Forecast | state | 1,089 |
| #10 | Government of Canada (CanadaBuys) | federal | 1,066 |
| #11 | Federal Government (Grants.gov) | federal | 1,013 |
| #12 | Montgomery County MD Contracts | county | 1,000 |
| #13 | Nova Scotia Awarded Tenders | state | 998 |
| #14 | Washington L&I Public Works Intents | state | 995 |
| #15 | City of Chicago Contracts | city | 987 |
| #16 | California Cal eProcure | state | 970 |
| #17 | NY State University Construction Fund | state | 698 |
| #18 | New York State Contract Reporter | state | 642 |
| #19 | NY Local Development Corp Procurement | state | 618 |
| #20 | Montgomery County, MD Proposed Awardees | county | 613 |
Methodology
Data reflects live ProcureTap aggregation as of October 24, 2026. Bids are collected from 290+ public procurement sources on a six-hour refresh cadence, including SAM.gov, Grants.gov, USASpending, all 50 state procurement portals, and major platforms (Bonfire, PlanetBids, Jaggaer, Periscope, DemandStar, BidNet Direct, Public Purchase, COMMBUYS, Ivalua, CivicPlus, Proactis, Workday). International sources (EU TED, CanadaBuys, UK Contracts Finder, AusTender, UNDP, World Bank) are surfaced under state code "INTL" and excluded from US state rankings above.
Industry classification is derived from bid descriptions using an LLM enrichment pipeline; ~65% of bids are classified. Estimated contract value is extracted where the source posting includes a dollar figure — this is the 0.5% of bids that disclosed a value up front.
Aggregate value figures include disclosed estimated minimums and maximums summed across all bids. Actual awarded amounts may differ.
License and attribution
Data in this report is public-record government procurement information aggregated by ProcureTap. Redistribution is free with attribution. Recommended citation: ProcureTap, "2026 US Government Procurement Transparency Report," accessed October 24, 2026, https://procuretap.com/reports/2026-transparency.
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