Which eProcurement Platform Does Each State Use? (2026)

State and local governments spend hundreds of billions a year — and unlike federal contracting, there's no single SAM.gov. Each state runs its solicitations on an eProcurement platform, and a handful of software vendors power most of them. If you know which platform a state runs, you know where to register, how its search works, and how to set up alerts. If you don't, you're refreshing the wrong page.

We track the procurement portals for all 50 states plus DC and tag the underlying vendor for each — a breakdown you won't find published elsewhere. Here's the landscape.

The major eProcurement vendors

• Jaggaer — one of the most common state platforms (often branded under a state-specific name). Robust supplier registration and sourcing; expect a full vendor portal and structured bid responses.
• Bonfire — modern, increasingly popular with states, counties, and universities. Clean UI, document-heavy RFP submissions.
• BidNet / Periscope (mdf Commerce) — powers many state and regional purchasing groups, often as a shared multi-jurisdiction network. One registration can surface many agencies.
• Ionwave — common at the state and large-municipality level; bid notification by commodity code.
• PeopleSoft / SAP and custom builds — several states run procurement through their ERP or a home-grown system, which means the search and registration are unique to that state.

Why the vendor matters to you

• Registration is per-platform. Register once on each vendor's system and you're visible to every agency using it — sometimes across multiple states.
• Search and alerts differ. Some notify by NAICS, others by commodity (NIGP) code. Knowing the platform tells you which codes to load.
• You can search smarter. Once you know a state's domain, a site: search on Google finds open bids fast.

Get the full state-by-state map

We publish the complete list — every state's portal, its URL, and its platform vendor — as a free open dataset (CC BY 4.0, CSV + JSON). For a guided start in a specific state, our contracts-by-state pages link straight to each portal, and this guide walks through finding state & local work.