Government Contracts in Iowa
You can find government contracts in Iowa in three places: the state procurement system for Iowa state-agency bids, individual county and city portals for local RFPs, and SAM.gov for federal opportunities performed in Iowa. The catch: those sources are scattered across dozens of separate websites. GovSentry monitors all of them — plus 100+ state and local procurement portals nationwide — and surfaces the Iowa contracts matched to your NAICS codes, with alerts the moment one posts. Below, see open SAM.gov bids for your codes in Iowaand presolicitations you can prepare for. Then explore a completed historical dossier to see the analysis and tools you can use to pursue your own matches.
Use the free tool below to see open SAM.gov bids that match your business and presolicitations you can prepare for now. Then open a prepared dossier preview to see the match analysis, award history, pricing context, and AI-assisted next steps you can use when you find your own opportunities.
Free Iowa government contract finder
Find government contracts in Iowa
This free tool starts with a real Iowa SAM.gov record and keeps Iowa selected. Add or replace the NAICS codes to match your company, count current federal notices, then subscribe for relevant state and local portal discovery, alerts, and complete opportunity dossiers.
Your SAM.gov count is only the starting point.
GovSentry's full Search also checks relevant state and local procurement portals using your business description and service areas. Those harder-to-find opportunities are additional to this SAM.gov-only preview.
Choose an industry suggestion or enter an exact six-digit NAICS code and select Add code.
Pro tip: include nearby states if you can travel. If you work remotely or ship nationwide, choose nationwide to widen the search.
This free first look counts SAM.gov notices. A paid search lets you investigate relevant notices and also checks state and local portals.
Prepared dossier preview
See the report exactly where customers use it
Explore a prepared GovSentry report preview. Where we have a historical notice or award, it is labeled as closed; otherwise the example is explicitly illustrative. The award comparisons, fit estimates, and AI guidance show the workflow—not verified facts about the same contract. Run Search for your company to apply these tools to current matches.
One example, not a contract-size ceiling
Your matched results can include simplified purchases and smaller service jobs, low-million-dollar contracts like this example, and larger prime or teaming opportunities. The mix depends on your NAICS codes, capabilities, certifications, and service area.
Be among the first to know when a matching opportunity arrives
GovSentry watches SAM.gov and harder-to-find state, local, and other public sources, then sends alerts matched to your company’s NAICS codes, capabilities, certifications, and service area.
GovSentryOpportunity Overview
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A real closed SAM.gov opportunity performed in Iowa, prepared as a read-only GovSentry dossier. The report combines the federal notice with public award history, eligibility signals, pricing context, and concrete pursuit steps.
Target & Match Score88%
Eligibility Assessment
Eligible with verification items
Profile data indicates a fit; confirm all official solicitation requirements before pursuing.
NAICS alignment
Confirm NAICS 238160 appears in the company profile and the current solicitation.
Service-area alignment
The SAM.gov place of performance is Ames, Iowa.
SAM.gov registration
Verify the company UEI, registration status, representations, and certifications before bidding.
Competition eligibility
Historical competition signal: small_business. Always verify the active notice.
Market Context
3 recent Iowa awards reviewed
Records analyzed
$9M average
Average award
$4M median
Median award
Moderate
Illustrative fit signal — not a win probability
Competition signal
No completed same-NAICS award appeared in this small sample, so the dossier shows broader Iowa award context and flags the distinction.
| Comparable market | Winner signal | Award value |
|---|---|---|
| Same NAICS and agency family | Comparable Iowa awardee: PMX INDUSTRIES, INC. | $22M public award |
| Historical award set | Multiple public winners | $4M median median |
Related Award Context
Comparable Iowa awardee: PMX INDUSTRIES, INC.
$22M public award
PMX INDUSTRIES, INC. is a broader Iowa market comparator, not a confirmed incumbent for this notice. A live dossier continues researching the exact requirement and agency history.
Pricing Intelligence
$69K–$22M public award sample
Comparable range
$9M average
Average
$4M median
Median
Use public awards as market context only. Build the actual bid from the active scope, quantities, labor, materials, period of performance, compliance requirements, and risk.
Related Opportunities
Executive Summary
Recommendation: Qualify the current requirement before pursuing. The historical notice has clear Iowa, agency, and NAICS signals. A current pursuit should be gated on scope fit, registration, capacity, competition eligibility, and the complete solicitation package.
Market Context
⚠️ NAICS-Based Data Limitation: Market data includes all contracts under this NAICS code, which can range from $10K local projects to $1B+ specialized systems. Past award sizes and winners may not reflect this specific opportunity's scope. Always review the solicitation details to assess fit.
3 recent Iowa awards reviewed were analyzed. The average award was $9M average and the median was $4M median. No completed same-NAICS award appeared in this small sample, so the dossier shows broader Iowa award context and flags the distinction..
Similar Contract Winners
These are comparable awards selected by available NAICS, agency, or location fields. The search can broaden to NAICS-only results, and cached awards can be older than two years. They are not confirmed predecessors for this solicitation.
⚠️ Note: Awards shown may be for vastly different scopes/sizes under the same NAICS category. A $500M system and a $50K service contract can share the same NAICS code.
Related award context: Comparable Iowa awardee: PMX INDUSTRIES, INC. — $22M public award. PMX INDUSTRIES, INC. is a broader Iowa market comparator, not a confirmed incumbent for this notice. A live dossier continues researching the exact requirement and agency history.
Positioning Strategy
Lead with directly relevant NAICS 238160 past performance, a credible Iowa delivery plan, compliance readiness, and evidence that reduces performance risk for AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF.
Pricing Guidance
Comparable range: $69K–$22M public award sample. Use public awards as market context only. Build the actual bid from the active scope, quantities, labor, materials, period of performance, compliance requirements, and risk. Broader Iowa award context; obtain tighter same-scope comparables before pricing.
Recommended Next Steps
Open the official SAM.gov record and attachments
Confirm registration and competition eligibility
Research the agency and comparable awardees
Build a scope-based cost and risk model
Track related active notices and amendments
📋 Important Disclaimers
- • Market data is indicative, not definitive
- • Always review the actual solicitation documents for requirements and scope
- • GovSentry scores and AI judgments are screening aids, not calibrated win probabilities
- • Follow linked source records for factual claims; some estimates have no direct source link
- • Past performance data may include contracts of different sizes under the same NAICS code
- • GovSentry provides intelligence to inform your decision—final pursuit decisions require your expertise
Prepared by GovSentry AI; review the underlying notice before acting.
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Active opportunities tracked
$11.9B
Awarded in Iowa
134
Historical awards analyzed
Figures from federal award data (USAspending) and GovSentry's opportunity index. Last updated September 23, 2026.
Recently Expired Contracts in Iowa
Businesses win Iowa government contracts across every category — most often in IT services, engineering, construction, professional & consulting services, staffing, healthcare, and facilities & janitorial — plus whatever else your business does. Below are three recently expired Iowa contracts (a sample of the 134 we've analyzed); each just reached the end of its performance period, making it a prime recompete target. Sign in to see them all, plus the active opportunities and live recompetes matched to your business.
📄 The public record
Contractor, agency & amount — the same data anyone can pull from USAspending.
⚡ What you get with GovSentry
Recompete signals, opportunity fit factors, pricing context & related awards — plus alerts when new matching notices appear.
This page is a periodically-refreshed snapshot of public award records, so the contracts shown here are older than what's live in the platform — it isn't a live feed. Inside, new federal, state & local contracts appear the moment they post. Start free to see what's active and matched to your business right now.
PMX INDUSTRIES, INC.
Department of the Treasury · BASE METAL COIL AND FREIGHT MINT MAC BASE METAL STRIP
Expired Oct 2026 · NAICS 331420
$22M
What GovSentry adds
THE CBE GROUP, INC.
Department of the Treasury · PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY (PCA) SERVICES BRIDGE CONTRACT
Expired Aug 2026 · NAICS 561440
$4M
What GovSentry adds
RAS ENTERPRISES LLC
Department of Veterans Affairs · MEDICAL GASES FOR VISN 23
Expired Sep 2026 · NAICS 325120
$69K
What GovSentry adds
What a matched Iowa opportunity looks like inside GovSentry
Open a sample opportunity dossier — fit factors, related award context, pricing intelligence, and a bid recommendation. Then start free to run it on live Iowa contracts.
Open the sample dossierWhere to Find Government Contracts in Iowa
For Iowa state contracts, the central hub is the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Central Procurement office, which runs the IowaBids/IowaBidder system for posting solicitations and registering vendors. Iowa also has the Targeted Small Business (TSB) certification program for women-, minority-, service-disabled-veteran-, and disability-owned businesses. For federal contracts in Iowa, use SAM.gov plus the Iowa APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC) for free counseling.
- Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) — Central Procurement Enterprise — State agency that manages centralized purchasing and posts statewide solicitations.
- IowaBids (DAS bid opportunities listing) — Online listing of current state bid/solicitation opportunities through DAS.
- Targeted Small Business (TSB) Certification Program — Iowa certification for small businesses owned by women, minorities, service-disabled veterans, or people with disabilities; administered via the IEDA/DAS.
- Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) — State economic development agency historically tied to the TSB certification program.
- Iowa APEX Accelerator (formerly Iowa PTAC) — Free counseling/training to help businesses win federal, state, and local contracts.
- SAM.gov — Federal System for Award Management — required registration and the official site for federal contract opportunities (replaced FedBizOpps/beta.SAM).
- USAspending.gov — Federal site showing awarded contracts and spending data, useful for market research.
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) — Iowa District Office — Federal small-business certifications (8(a), WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB) and local support.
Verified Iowa procurement portals: Iowa Bid Opportunities, DAS Procurement.
How GovSentry Finds Iowa Contracts You Can Win
Checking the Iowa state portal, every county and city site, and SAM.gov by hand is impossible. GovSentry does it for you and goes further:
- • AI discovery across SAM.gov, USAspending, and 100+ state & local portals — including the Iowa RFPs the federal databases don't carry.
- • Matched alerts — daily digest plus real-time pings for high-value Iowa opportunities in your NAICS codes and set-asides.
- • AI bid dossiers — opportunity fit factors, related award context, and pricing intelligence.
- • Pipeline + win/loss tracking and SAM.gov registration-expiry reminders so you never lose eligibility.
Iowa Government Contracts: FAQ
Where can I find government contracts in Iowa?
Iowa government contracts are spread across several systems: the state's procurement portal (Iowa Bid Opportunities) for state agency bids, individual county and city procurement sites for local RFPs, and SAM.gov for federal opportunities performed in Iowa. GovSentry monitors all of them — plus 100+ state and local portals nationwide — and alerts you to the ones matching your business.
Do I need to register to bid on Iowa state contracts?
Yes. To bid on Iowa state work you typically register as a vendor in the state's procurement/eProcurement system, and to bid on federal contracts you must be registered (with a free UEI) in SAM.gov. Registration on official government systems is free — never pay a third party for it.
Are there active government contract opportunities in Iowa right now?
Yes — GovSentry is currently tracking 88 active opportunities with a place of performance in Iowa, alongside $11.9B in historical awards across 134 contracts. Create a free account to see the active ones matched to your NAICS codes.
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