Procurement Bids in Georgia

There are 1,671 open procurement opportunities in Georgia from 15 state, county, city, school, hospital, and university agencies as of July 14, 2026. 63 of them close within the next seven days.

The top agencies posting bids in Georgia right now are Georgia Procurement Registry, Federal Government, Georgia eProcurement, Emory University, Georgia Tech. Each maintains its own vendor portal and posting schedule.

Register on Team Georgia Marketplace (Georgia Procurement Registry) (https://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/gpr/) for state-level opportunities. Register through the Georgia Procurement Registry for state opportunity notifications and bid submission. For federal contracts, register on SAM.gov (free; assigns a UEI). For local agencies, registration is on the platform they use — Bonfire, PlanetBids, BidNet Direct, DemandStar — typically one registration per platform covers all agencies using it.

The most-active industries in Georgia government procurement right now are Professional Services, Construction, Facilities & Maintenance. Browse each by industry to see current opportunities filtered to Georgia.

Georgia operates the following preference and set-aside programs: Georgia Tech APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC) support, Georgia Mentor-Protégé Connection. Each has its own certification process; check the state procurement office for eligibility details.

Georgia procurement is governed by Official Code of Georgia Annotated §50-5-50 et seq.. This includes bid solicitation, contract award, and vendor protest procedures. The state procurement office publishes implementing regulations and manuals.

Save a search on ProcureTap filtered to Georgia to receive email alerts when new bids match your criteria. You can also subscribe to the state's official portal notifications. Larger agencies (state DOT, department of general services) publish quarterly forecasts of upcoming solicitations.

Every six hours. ProcureTap re-scrapes the Georgia state procurement portal plus every county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system in the state on a six-hour cadence, so new postings appear here within hours of being published.

Georgia generally does not restrict bidding to in-state vendors, but many agencies offer local-preference points or ties-broken-in-favor-of-local scoring, and some contracts under specific dollar thresholds may be limited to registered Georgia vendors or certified Georgia small businesses. Read each solicitation's evaluation criteria carefully.

Register on Team Georgia Marketplace / Georgia Procurement Registry (ssl.doas.state.ga.us/gpr) — one registration covers all DOAS-managed executive-branch state agencies. Federal DBE certification for GDOT federal-aid work is through the GDOT DBE program. The Georgia Small Business Certification Program is available through the Georgia Tech APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC). GDOT construction bidders need additional Contractor Prequalification. Local governments (Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, Savannah-Chatham) each require separate registrations on their own platforms.

Georgia does not maintain a statewide diversity-certification program comparable to Texas HUB, Virginia SWaM, or Illinois BEP. Instead, the state uses federal DBE certification (through GDOT for transportation federal-aid work) and supports the Georgia Small Business Certification Program run by the Georgia Tech APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC). Some state agencies have adopted informal small-business participation targets, and local governments (Atlanta, Fulton) maintain independent MBE/WBE certifications for local contracts.

The Georgia Department of Transportation publishes lettings through the GDOT Bidding Application. Bidders must complete GDOT Contractor Prequalification (financial capacity, past performance, equipment) before bidding. Bids are sealed unit-price on a bill of quantities. Federal-aid projects carry Davis-Bacon wages, Buy America iron/steel (49 CFR 661), and DBE subcontracting goals typically 10–13%. GDOT also runs the Public-Private Partnership program for large highway concessions.

No. Georgia does not require state prevailing wages on state-funded public works. This gives Georgia bidders a lower state-cost basis than neighboring states that require prevailing wages. Federal Davis-Bacon rates apply to federal-aid highway, transit, aviation, and other federally-assisted projects regardless of state posture. Some Georgia local governments have adopted local living-wage ordinances that apply within their jurisdictions.

The University System of Georgia — 26 institutions including Georgia Tech, UGA, Georgia State, plus Augusta University Medical Center — operates under Board of Regents procurement rules. Campus procurement offices manage day-to-day sourcing, with common use of Jaggaer, PeopleSoft, and campus-specific systems. Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is a notable defense-research procurement buyer. USG participates in DOAS-managed statewide contracts where advantageous.

Georgia has 180 public school systems (organized on a county or city basis). Gwinnett County Public Schools (one of the largest districts in the US), Cobb County Schools, DeKalb County Schools, Fulton County Schools, and Atlanta Public Schools are among the largest. Each district issues RFPs independently for food services, transportation, construction, IT, curriculum, and consulting. Common platforms include Bonfire, DemandStar, and district-specific systems. Georgia's Cooperative Extension supports district-level buyer training but does not centralize procurement.

ProcureTap re-scrapes Team Georgia Marketplace / Georgia Procurement Registry, GDOT lettings, MARTA, Georgia Ports Authority, City of Atlanta, Fulton County, DeKalb County, Cobb County, Gwinnett County, Savannah-Chatham, University System of Georgia campuses, and every Georgia county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system on a 6-hour cadence. New Georgia bids appear within hours of publication.