State and Local Contracts — Berkeley Bridge Advisors Help Docs

Overview

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State and Local Contract Opportunity Search

Contract opportunities are available on the Contract Opportunity Search page, which can be found under State | Local -> Business Development -> Opportunities -> Contracts in the sidebar or by clicking here.

On this page, you can select the Add Filters dropdown to add filters to find the opportunities most relevant to your business (a full list is below).

As you find potentially interesting contract opportunities, click the opportunity title to open up the Contract Opportunity detail page to see the opportunity description, history, related solicitations, documents, similar opportunities, and other details.

Saved Searches and Alerts

Favoriting, Tracking, and No Bidding

Data Sources

BBA integrates data from 60,000+ agencies across the state, local, education, and public utilities markets. This include access to opportunities in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and in U.S. territories.

Available State and Local Contract Opportunity Search Filters

Quick

Active Opportunity: Filter for opportunities with a due date in the future

Exclude No Bid: Exclude opportunities from the results that you have marked as No Bid.

My Favorites: Filter for opportunities that you have marked as a favorite

My Pursuits: Filter for opportunities linked to at least one Pursuit. This filter is only available if you have Created a Pipeline and at least one pursuit.

Exclude Sole Source: Exclude opportunities with a preselected vendor for award.

Keywords: Keywords found in the contract description, document summaries, or other metadata. Learn more about accepted keyword syntax in the Search Basics.

Agency: Filter by the state and local agency that issued the opportunity

Agency Distribution

Due Date: Filter by the current due date of the contract opportunity

Date Posted: Filter by the most recent posting date of the contract

Match: Filter for recommended opportunities based on a company's prior experience or registration information. This filter is only available for Federal contractors with a linked profile

NAICS: Six-digit code used to classify businesses by type of economic activity. Unlike federal agencies, most state and local agencies do not use NAICS codes. However, BBA adds these codes to each opportunity for ease of filtering. Learn more about NAICS codes here.

Product / Service: Filter by if the solicitation is procuring for either products or services

PSC / FSC: Filter by the PSC Code, a four-character code used to describe products, services, and research and development (R&D) purchased by the federal government. Note that unlike federal agencies, most state and local agencies do not use PSC codes. However, BBA adds these codes to each opportunity. Learn more about PSC codes here

Set Aside: Filter by the socio-economic set-aside. Contract Opportunities with set asides can only be bid on by companies meeting the requirements of that set aside.

State: Filter by the State where the contract will be performed.

Value Range: Filter by the approximate value range of the contract as indicated in the solicitation or based on an AI estimate when a range is not indicated in the solicitation

Finding Additional Information and Applying

By selecting a contract opportunity, you can see the opportunity description and key details including the posting, due date, and other relevant information.

Opportunities will have a direct link to the source where you can learn additional information about the contract opportunity and details on how to apply.