State & Local Government Bids Feed (Official Open Data)

Open bids, RFPs, RFQs, highway lettings and E-Rate Form 470s from official government open-data portals, in one clean schema. You can filter by keyword, state, category group, commodity code, posted date and due date. Duplicates are removed.

There are no logins or API keys, and no commercial bid aggregators. Every record comes from a public open-data API run by the government body itself, and links back to the official notice or dataset.

Sources and coverage

Source key	Publisher	Level	State	Open bids on Oct 18 2026*	Link per bid
la_ramp	RAMP LA (Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement): City of LA departments, LA County, LAUSD, Port of LA, LAWA and others. Via data.lacity.org	regional	CA	238	✓ (rampla.org)
nyc_city_record	NYC City Record Online, procurement solicitations from all city agencies. Via data.cityofnewyork.us	city	NY	145	✓ (City Record notice)
delaware	State of Delaware MyMarketplace open bids. Via data.delaware.gov	state	DE	40	✓ (mmp.delaware.gov)
montgomery_county_md	Montgomery County, MD Office of Procurement solicitations. Via data.montgomerycountymd.gov	county	MD	15	procurement home page
baton_rouge	City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish purchasing bid openings. Via data.brla.gov	city	LA	12	dataset page
txdot_lettings	Texas DOT highway & maintenance lettings, statewide and local district lets, one record per project. Via data.texas.gov	state	TX	449	dataset page
erate_form470	USAC E-Rate FCC Form 470s: K-12 schools, school districts and libraries requesting bids for internet, WAN, Wi-Fi and network equipment. Via datahub.usac.org	school/library	46 states	825	✓ (official Form 470 PDF)

*Unique open solicitations (due date on or after Oct 18 2026) returned by a full run (maxItems 5000, maxPerSource 0) on Oct 18 2026. Counts change daily.

Not included: sites that need a login, commercial aggregators, and state portals that offer no open-data feed. Examples are BidNet, Bonfire, PlanetBids, Cal eProcure and Texas ESBD. Also excluded is any portal whose robots.txt or terms forbid automated access. For federal opportunities, see our SAM.gov feed.

What you get (one item per solicitation)

{
  "source": "delaware",
  "sourceName": "State of Delaware (MyMarketplace open bids)",
  "level": "state",
  "state": "DE",
  "solicitationId": "GSS27080-PEST_CNTRL",
  "title": "Pest Control Services",
  "noticeType": null,
  "category": "UNSPSC 7210",
  "categoryGroup": "services",
  "codes": { "unspsc": "7210" },
  "agency": "GSS",
  "postedDate": "2026-10-12T00:00:00",
  "dueDate": "2026-12-08T00:00:00",
  "dueDateType": "deadline",
  "status": "Open",
  "estimatedValue": null,
  "url": "https://mmp.delaware.gov/Bids/Details/9359",
  "sourcePortal": "https://data.delaware.gov/d/2hnj-zwix",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T16:14:33+00:00"
}

See sample-output.json for one record from each source.

Field	Meaning
solicitationId / referenceNumber	The agency's own ID (RAMP ID, City Record request ID + PIN, contract number, TxDOT project ID, Form 470 number)
title, description	As published. Long text is capped at about 4,000 characters, and emails and phone numbers are redacted
noticeType	Solicitation method or type (IFB, RFP, Competitive Sealed Bids, Local District Let…)
category / categoryGroup	The agency's own category, plus one normalised group: construction, goods, services, professional services, technology, other
codes	Commodity codes where published (Delaware UNSPSC)
postedDate, dueDate	Local time of the publishing agency. dueDateType says what the date is (closing date, bid opening, etc.)
estimatedValue	Where published (TxDOT engineer's estimate, some NYC notices)
extra	Source-specific fields, e.g. TxDOT county, highway, CSJ, working days and bid guarantee; E-Rate applicant type, city and funding year; Montgomery local small business reserve flag
sourceLicense	Licence stated on the portal

Filters

• keywords: keeps a bid if any keyword appears in the title, description, agency or category.
• states: two-letter codes. E-Rate is filtered by the applicant's state.
• categories: normalised category groups. The agency's own category is used where it exists (LA RAMP, NYC, Delaware UNSPSC, Montgomery construction flag, TxDOT, E-Rate). Otherwise the group is inferred from the title.
• codePrefixes: commodity code prefix (UNSPSC, Delaware only). None of these sources publish NAICS codes.
• postedWithinDays, dueAfter (defaults to today, so only open bids are returned), dueBefore.
• maxItems (default 200), maxPerSource (default 25, so a default run samples every source; set 0 for everything).

Duplicates are removed per source. The NYC City Record reprints a notice on several days, and USAC keeps original and amended versions of a Form 470. In both cases only the newest copy is kept.

Things to know

• E-Rate dates: dueDate is the Form 470 allowable contract date, the earliest date the applicant can sign a contract (28 days after posting). The real response deadline is in the form or RFP and can be earlier or later. Always check the linked PDF.
• TxDOT lists lettings about 42 days ahead. "Unofficial" proposals have no published date yet.
• Baton Rouge publishes no posting date, so it is skipped when postedWithinDays is set.
• NYC notices with a placeholder due date (year 9999, i.e. open-ended or continuous) get dueDate: null.
• Privacy: contact names, phone numbers and emails held in separate columns are never requested. Inside free-text descriptions, emails and phone numbers are redacted. Some descriptions still name an agency contact person; follow the official link for contact details.
• The data is provided as published by each agency, without warranty. This actor is not affiliated with any of these agencies. Before you bid, check the official notice for addenda.

Run summary

The RUN_SUMMARY key-value record shows, for each source: rows scanned, records returned, duplicates removed, any error, and why the run stopped (end of data, maxItems or spending limit).