Helping small businesses bid for public contracts — one state at a time. For Procurement Agencies →
Our mission

Connecting the people and systems behind every public contract.

Most coverage of public contracting fixates on federal RFPs and FAR clauses. The real opportunity for most small businesses lives at the state, county, and city level — closer to home, lower barriers, more set-asides. We connect small businesses to the public buyers in their own state, in plain English, starting from square one.

Built for everyone in public procurement —
small businesses, agencies, primes & networks.
Connected by BPC
$1.5T
State & local contracts awarded yearly
4.5
Average bidders per solicitation
66%
Of states run a supplier-diversity program
90,000+
U.S. government entities that buy
Why we exist

Billions in contracts. Thousands of eligible businesses. No bridge between them.

The contracts are real, and the businesses are capable. They just can't find each other — buried under separate portals, paperwork, and rules. Closing that gap is the whole reason we exist.

Small businesses can't find the bids or navigate the rules.

Agencies can't attract qualified, responsive bidders.

Primes can't source the diverse subcontractors they need.

Networks want to help their members but lack the tools.

The need

The opportunity is enormous. Participation is tiny.

State and local governments spend $1.5 trillion a year and buy almost everything. The rules are public by law — and still, almost no one gets through.

The prize

$1.5T a year

State and local agencies — more than 90,000 of them — spend $1.5 trillion a year on goods and services from businesses like yours.

The gap

Under 1% bid

Fewer than 1% of small businesses ever sell to government, and most who do register never submit a bid in a year — usually for lack of know-how, not capability.

The opening

~4.5 bidders

The average solicitation draws just a handful of bids. Thin competition for anyone who shows up prepared.

Illustrative industry figures (state & local procurement estimates and SAM.gov data); confirm specifics for your state.

Everyone has a place here

Find where you fit — and who you'll connect with.

Pick your path, or start with the free state directory.