Procurement Bids in Maryland

There are 2,104 open procurement opportunities in Maryland from 16 state, county, city, school, hospital, and university agencies as of July 14, 2026. 8 of them close within the next seven days.

The top agencies posting bids in Maryland right now are Montgomery County MD Contracts, Montgomery County, MD Proposed Awardees, Federal Government, Howard County, Montgomery County, MD. Each maintains its own vendor portal and posting schedule.

Register on eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA) (https://emma.maryland.gov/) for state-level opportunities. Register on eMMA to bid on Maryland state contracts and to be considered for MBE participation. 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 Maryland government procurement right now are Information Technology, Construction, Professional Services. Browse each by industry to see current opportunities filtered to Maryland.

Maryland operates the following preference and set-aside programs: Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Small Business Reserve (SBR), Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise (VSBE). Each has its own certification process; check the state procurement office for eligibility details.

Maryland procurement is governed by Code of Maryland State Finance & Procurement Article §11-101 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 Maryland 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 Maryland 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.

Maryland 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 Maryland vendors or certified Maryland small businesses. Read each solicitation's evaluation criteria carefully.