Kansas government bids for small agencies

Where Kansas, 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.

Open right now

No Kansas bids on our vetted list at the moment. New ones turn up most weeks; the free Monday email brings the best five.

Where Kansas posts its bids

State bids: Kansas eSupplier Portal: Public Bidding Events. The Office of Procurement and Contracts (Kansas Department of Administration) posts state agency bid events here. The public bid list opens without a login, though the PeopleSoft page needs cookies enabled.
Register as a vendor: Bidder Registration (eSupplier / SMART). You must be registered in SMART to respond to any bid event. Registered bidders get notices for events that match their category codes, and invited bidders get the bid documents by email.
Small business certification: Office of Small Business certification (Kansas Department of Commerce). Kansas Commerce's Office of Small Business runs the state's business certification portal and a searchable directory of certified firms. Contact the office with questions about which certification fits.
Free bid coaching: Kansas 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
City of Wichita	Open bids	Bonfire
Sedgwick County	Open bids	their own website
Johnson County	Open bids	Ionwave
Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas	Open bids	their own website
City of Topeka	Open bids	their own website

Good to know

To bid on a Kansas state event, a registered bidder must be invited by the procurement officer 24 hours before the bid closes; registered bidders still get notices for their category codes and can confirm an invitation. source
Kansas uses the UNSPSC category code system, with over 40,000 codes, to match bidders to bid notices, so pick your codes before you register. source
Johnson County distributes all formal solicitations through jocogov.ionwave.net, and vendor registration there is free of charge. source
Sedgwick County accepts electronic responses by email to Purchasing@sedgwick.gov, with the RFB/RFP number in the subject line. 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).