Identifying bids is the first step to winning an exclusive contract with a US government entity. Bids, also called RFPs, RFQs (and tenders in Canada) are requests for quotes on government projects. Private contractors have the opportunity to submit their quote for the project. The government entity then chooses the private contractor with the best value to complete the project... Bids are available in nearly every field. Whether it be busses for public schools or technical support for an entity's computer system, there is a bid out there for nearly all public vendors. Please see the list of categories below to see what bids are available in your field... Though the federal government is probably the best known entity, there are thousands of smaller entities that require goods and services from the private sector. State and large metro governments are the biggest spenders; they are in constant need of a variety of goods and services and depend on bids to supply the contract with the..