Government Contracting

Federal Contractors Gateway
Access the procurement, contracting, and grants information of all Executive Branch and major independent agencies. From your About.com Guide.

State Purchasing/Procurement Information
Includes links to the Purchasing/Procurement/Contracting information web sites of all 50 states and D.C.

BidNet - Bid Alert System
They collect bid information from more than 4,000 state and local agencies nationwide and make it easy to find

BidRadar - Get Bid Notices by Email
Sends you business opportunities via email every weekday -- FREE. Choose from over 100 categories to match your business. They will soon be adding State government coverage.

Contracting Opportunities With the GSA
A great place to start. This document explains how the GSA buys goods and services, who they buy for, and who they buy from.

Deborah Kluge - Proposalwriter.com
As a private consultant, Ms. Kluge offers vast experience in writing winning grant proposals. Her web site offers a great collection of grant and proposal writing information as well.

Defense Finance and Accounting Service
E-Commerce services for contractors: Web Invoicing, Wide Area Workflow, Electronic Document Access, Electronic Document Management Electronic Data Interchange and Electronic Funds Transfer.

DOD's Electronic Commerce Navigator
If you sell to the government, buy for the government, or just have an interest in how the Department of Defense is doing in the Electronic Commerce revolution, this site's for you.

ECAdvisor - Army Corps of Engineers
Offering a wealth of tools specifically to help you do business with the US Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District.

Federal Acquisition Regulations - The FAR
The official purchasing rules and regulations under which the GSA, agency buyers, and private vendors are required to operate. The FAR is a must-have.

Federal Marketplace - Fedmarket.com
While subscribers have access to powerful searching of the CBD, Fedmarket.com offers lots of great free resources.

General Services Administration Home Page
The Federal Government's purchasing agent. Whether an agency is ordering paper clips or pile driving, they order through the GSA.

GSA Leasing Opportunities
The U.S. Government leases building space all over the United States. Here, you'll find a current list of government office space needs.

GSA Office of Enterprise Development
Assists small and minority-owned businesses become established as Federal Government contractors.

GSA Online Vendor Registration Form
Automated government buying systems are designed to help agencies buy from registered GSA contractors. This handy form allows you to apply to be one of them.

GSA Small Business Centers
Phone numbers and Web links to the GSA personnel who can answer your questions, and help get you registered as a GSA vendor.

GovCon.com - Total Resource for Contractors
Name a tool a government contractor needs - GovCon has it. Free registration gets you total access to the best CBD search on the net plus lots more. Don't miss it.

GovSales.Net
Free federal contract opportunities, budgets, forecasts, regulations and original editorial on how to target, win, and perform government contracts. Free registration.

GPO - Commerce Business Daily (CBD)
All government agency bids for goods or services are published in CBD.  A new edition is published each business day and will contain from 500-1,000 notices.

GPO - Commercial Classification Codes
Notices of contract actions that appear in the CBD are arranged by classification codes. Classification codes are divided into Services and Supplies.

GPO - Fielded Search of the CBD
Allowing you to conduct a very specific search of the CBD, the "fielded" mode helps filter out bids and awards that don't apply to your products or services.

GPO - Simple Search of the CBD
Just enter a word or phrase like, "plumbing supplies", or "electrical relays". Not as specific as the fielded search, but better than the CBD Browse mode.

Rapid Registration
Want to get on state/local government vendor lists? By filling out one form, Rapid Registration can get you on the vendor list of all 50 states and all the largest counties.

SIC Codes
Fedmarket.com provides this easy to use list of SIC codes by industry. These are the codes you'll need when registering as a vendor with the GSA.

Selling to the Military
The DoD's complete handbook to contracting goods and services to the US Military is now online. Takes a while to load, but very well worth it. You need this site.

State & Local Jumpstation
Fedmarket.com provides links to state & local contracting resources organized by state.