Land your first public contract — starting where you live.
Helping small businesses understand procurement, register with public agencies, and write a proposal that scores. We're the plain English, state-first procurement platform that takes you from square one to a submitted bid.
Free directory & First-Bid Starter Checklist · guide from $14.99 · plain English.
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Match contracts to what you do
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If a government near you buys it, you can sell it.
Public agencies buy almost everything. The examples below are just a few of the businesses that bid for government work — not the only ones.
The contractor
Landscaping, electrical, paving, repairs. Cities and school districts put this work out to bid constantly — and small local firms have a real edge.
The services firm
IT support, consulting, training, marketing, bookkeeping. Agencies need help they don't have in-house — and pay reliably for it.
The supplier
Furniture, food, equipment, uniforms, janitorial. If you sell it to businesses, a public agency near you almost certainly buys it too.
The hardest part is knowing where to start. We're here to fix that.
Public contracting has an inside-game feel — the steady, well-paid work seems to circulate only among businesses already in the room. There's no secret handshake, though. It's public money and public rules; the only thing in the way is that nobody explains them. That's the part we fix.
The opportunities are scattered. Bids live across separate state, county, and city portals, so they're easy to miss.
The rules are dense. Registration, certifications, and solicitations are written in technical language that takes time to decode.
It's unclear if you qualify. So many capable firms never submit, assuming it's only for big, established companies.
Small details matter. A strong offer can be set aside over a compliance step you didn't know to check.
Find every place that buys — in your backyard
One free directory of state procurement offices, registration portals, and bidding rules. Pick your state and see exactly where to start — no account, no payment.
- ✓ Direct links to each state's vendor registration
- ✓ Where the live bids are actually posted
- ✓ Certifications that unlock set-aside contracts
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Three ways in. All state-first. All plain English.
The book gives you the playbook. The templates give you the documents a real proposal requires. The course walks you through a live solicitation, end to end. Each stands alone, the bundle packages all three for less, and the state directory stays free either way.
- ✓ The complete written playbook
- ✓ Four parts, plain English
- ✓ State-first action plan
- ✓ Lifetime access & updates
- ✓ 10 ready-to-use templates
- ✓ Capability statement & pricing sheet
- ✓ Bid checklist + proposal skeleton
- ✓ Reuse on every submission
- ✓ The full 10-module course
- ✓ Step-by-step video lessons
- ✓ Includes the guide
- ✓ Lifetime access
- ✓ The guide ($14.99 value)
- ✓ All 10 templates ($49.99 value)
- ✓ The full course ($129 value)
- ✓ Save $44.98
Put your learning to work in our always-free public agency directory — or add your business to it so buyers find you.
Four parts. One clear path. Starts at square one.
Most procurement books are written for people who already know what an RFP is. This one isn't. It opens with how public buying actually works at the state and local level, then walks you through registration, certification, finding bids, writing a proposal, and submitting — in plain English, in the order you'll actually need it.
Get set up
Register as a vendor in your state, find which certifications you qualify for, and build the foundation buyers expect.
Find the right bid
Where opportunities are posted, how to filter for ones that fit, and how to read a solicitation without missing requirements.
Write the bid
Price competitively, build your capability statement, and assemble a responsive proposal step by step.
Submit & scale
The compliance checklist that keeps you from getting disqualified — then how to turn one contract into a pipeline.
Ten templates. Filling in blanks beats staring at a blank page.
State and local solicitations ask for the same handful of documents over and over — capability statement, line-item pricing, past performance, a bid checklist, a proposal skeleton. Customize each one once, reuse it on every submission. Editable Google Docs and Word formats.
Capability Statement
The one-page company profile every buyer asks for — formatted the way they expect to see it.
Line-Item Pricing Sheet
Price your bid the way public buyers score it — competitive and complete, without leaving money on the table.
Bid & Compliance Checklist
The pre-submission check that keeps a strong bid from getting tossed on a technicality.
Proposal Skeleton
A fill-in-the-blank structure for a responsive proposal — section by section, nothing missed.
Past-Performance Sheet
Show relevant experience the way evaluators want it — and how to present it when you're new.
Five more
Cover letter, references sheet, capability one-pager, plus the subcontracting and vendor-registration forms.
Customize once, reuse on every bid — in any state. Editable Google Docs & Word formats.
Ten modules from zero to a submitted bid.
State and local procurement, taught the way you'd want a friend to teach it. Each module is a short video plus one concrete action — register your business, apply for the right certification, read a real solicitation, draft a section. No FAR clauses you don't need yet. No filler.
01 Getting started
How public buying works and who buys near you.
02 Registering as a vendor
State, local, and (optional) federal — done right.
03 Certifications & set-asides
What you qualify for and the contracts it unlocks.
04 Finding opportunities
Where bids are posted and how to filter for the right fit.
05 Reading a solicitation
Decode an RFP without missing a requirement.
06 Your capability statement
The one-pager every buyer asks for.
07 Pricing to compete
Competitive without underbidding yourself.
08 Writing a responsive bid
Assemble a responsive proposal, section by section.
09 Submitting & compliance
The checklist that keeps you from being tossed.
10 After the award
Deliver, debrief, and turn one contract into a pipeline.
Get all three. Save $44.98.
The bundle is the guide, all 10 templates, and the full course in one purchase — everything you need to go from "where do I start?" to a submitted bid, for less than buying each piece separately.
Get the Bundle — $149- ✓ The guide — $14.99 value
- ✓ All 10 templates — $49.99 value
- ✓ The full 10-module course — $129 value
- ✓ Access never expires — free updates for life
- ✓ You save $44.98
Everything you're wondering, answered.
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