Florida government bids for small agencies

Where Florida, its cities and counties post their bids, how to register, and the open ones that suit a small web, software, video or marketing agency right now.

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Where Florida posts its bids

State bids: MyFloridaMarketPlace Vendor Information Portal (VIP) bid search. Where State of Florida bid advertisements are searched. Electronic responses to state solicitations are submitted through the SAP Business Network.
Register as a vendor: MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP) Vendor Information Portal (VIP). Vendors must create a VIP account to do business with the state, listing the commodities and services they offer. To submit electronic bids you also need an SAP Business Network account; the Standard Account is free. The state charges a transaction fee on payments (0.7% from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027).
Technology buying: State Contracts and Agreements (DMS Division of State Purchasing). DMS competitively procures state term contracts and alternate contract sources, and manages IT enterprise software agreements. State agencies must use state term contracts; counties, cities and school districts are eligible users.
Small business certification: Office of Supplier Development (OSD) Certified Business Enterprise (CBE). OSD certifies woman-, veteran- and minority-owned Florida-based small businesses. State agencies publish Business Participation Plans and 90-day spending plans through OSD to increase their use of CBEs.
Free bid coaching: Florida APEX Accelerator: the state's APEX Accelerator helps small businesses with registrations and proposals at no cost.

Big city, county and agency buyers

Each of these runs its own bid page, and most want you registered in their system too.

Buyer	Bid page	Runs on
Miami-Dade County	Open bids	INFORMS Supplier Portal (PeopleSoft)
Hillsborough County	Open bids	Bonfire
Orange County	Open bids	OpenGov Procurement
City of Jacksonville	Open bids	1Cloud (city e-procurement system)
City of Tampa	Open bids	OpenGov Procurement
City of Miami	Open bids	BidNet Direct
Broward County	Open bids	own site

Good to know

Florida charges vendors a transaction fee on MFMP payments: 0.7% of the payment issued from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 (originally 1%). source
An SAP Business Network account is not required to do business with Florida, but it is required to submit electronic responses to state solicitations. source
Florida state agencies must use state term contracts (s. 287.056, F.S.), and counties, cities and school districts can buy from them too. source
All responses to City of Jacksonville solicitations must be submitted through its 1Cloud e-procurement system. source

Before you bid

Registering takes time, so do it before you find the perfect bid: how to get registered, and how to write a capability statement (with a free template).