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How to do business with the Wyoming government

Wyoming has no state minority or women-owned set-aside. Its main edge is a 5% resident preference. Here's how to register, where to …

May 29, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Wisconsin government

Two free moves get a diverse business into the running for Wisconsin state contracts: register as a vendor, then get certified for …

May 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the West Virginia government

West Virginia runs procurement through one system, wvOASIS. Here's how to register as a vendor, get SWAM-certified as a small, women-, or …

May 25, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Washington government

Selling to Washington state starts with a free WEBS account, not a certification. Here's the order to do it in, the certifications …

May 20, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Virginia government

Selling to Virginia comes down to two steps most owners get backward: register on eVA, then get SWaM-certified. Here's the order, the …

May 18, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Vermont government

Vermont runs procurement through one office and one eProcurement system. Here's how to register as a vendor, where the bids live, and …

May 14, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Utah government

Utah keeps procurement centralized and the vendor side free. There's no state MBE/WBE certification, but there is a resident preference and a …

May 11, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Texas government

Selling to Texas starts with two free-to-cheap steps: the CMBL vendor list and the ESBD bid portal. The state's diverse-business certification changed …

May 8, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Tennessee government

Two systems run Tennessee state procurement: Edison for vendor registration and bidding, and Go-DBE for diversity and small-business certification. Here's how to …

May 5, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the South Dakota government

South Dakota runs a lean, low-friction procurement system, and registering as a vendor is free. The catch most owners miss: the state …

May 4, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the South Carolina government

South Carolina runs its purchasing through SCEIS, posts bids on SCBO, and certifies minority firms through a state division. Here's the order …

Apr 30, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Rhode Island government

Selling to Rhode Island runs through two systems: Ocean State Procures for vendor registration and bidding, and DEDI for diverse-business certification. Here's …

Apr 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Pennsylvania government

Pennsylvania runs vendor registration, a Small Diverse Business program, and its bid board through one agency. Here's the order to do it …

Apr 24, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Oregon government

Two free steps put a diverse or small business in front of Oregon buyers: register on OregonBuys, then get COBID-certified. Here's the …

Apr 21, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Oklahoma government

Selling to Oklahoma runs through one office and one portal. Here's how to register as a bidder, get your diverse-business certification, and …

Apr 20, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Ohio government

Selling to the State of Ohio runs through one portal and a set of certifications most owners never finish. Here's the order …

Apr 15, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the North Dakota government

North Dakota runs its buying through one portal, NDBuys, and getting on the bidders list is free. The state has no minority …

Apr 13, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the North Carolina government

North Carolina runs vendor registration, certification, and bids through one portal now. Here's the order to do it in, what HUB and …

Apr 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the New York government

New York spends billions a year with certified diverse and small businesses. Here's the order to do it in: register as a …

Apr 6, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the New Mexico government

Selling to New Mexico starts with a free eProNM registration and a preference certificate that knocks 8 to 10 percent off your …

Apr 3, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the New Jersey government

New Jersey runs a single eProcurement portal, NJSTART, and reserves 25% of state spending for small businesses. Here's the order to register, …

Apr 1, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the New Hampshire government

New Hampshire runs a low-bid, lean procurement system with one state-recognized diversity certification (DBE) and a resident-bidder tiebreaker. Here's how to register, …

Mar 30, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Nevada government

Selling to the State of Nevada starts with two registrations and a certification most owners skip. Here's the order to do it …

Mar 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Nebraska government

Nebraska runs central purchasing through the State Purchasing Bureau, and you don't need a paid portal to bid. Here's how to get …

Mar 23, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Montana government

Montana doesn't give a bid preference for being minority-, women-, or veteran-owned. Here's what actually moves you toward a state contract: free …

Mar 20, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Missouri government

Selling to Missouri runs through one system, MissouriBUYS, and one certifying office, OEO. Here's how to register, get certified as an MBE, …

Mar 17, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Mississippi government

To sell to the State of Mississippi you register in MAGIC, then decide whether MBE/WBE certification is worth it. Here's the order …

Mar 16, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Minnesota government

Minnesota runs its vendor registration and bids through one system called SWIFT, and certified small businesses get up to a 12% bid …

Mar 11, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Michigan government

Selling to the State of Michigan starts with a free SIGMA VSS account, not a certification. Here's how registration, the SDVOB preference, …

Mar 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Massachusetts government

Massachusetts runs its bids through one free portal and its diversity certification through one office. Here's the order to do them in, …

Mar 5, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Maryland government

Maryland reserves 15% of state spending for small businesses and sets a 29% aspirational goal for minority-owned firms. Here's how to register, …

Mar 3, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Maine government

Maine runs its vendor registration and bids through one free system, Vendor Self-Service. Here's how to get registered, where the opportunities are, …

Mar 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Louisiana government

Selling to Louisiana comes down to three moves: register your business in LaGov, get certified by LED for the Hudson or Veteran …

Feb 25, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Kentucky government

Selling to the Commonwealth of Kentucky starts with one free vendor registration in VSS. Certification through the Finance Cabinet is also free. …

Feb 23, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Kansas government

Kansas runs its vendor registration, bids, and contracts through one eSupplier portal, and it gives real bid preferences to certified businesses and …

Feb 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

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How to do business with the Iowa government

Selling to the State of Iowa comes down to two systems and one certification. Register in IMPACS to see the bids, get …

Feb 16, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Indiana government

Selling to Indiana runs through one agency: IDOA. Here's how to register as a bidder, get certified as an MBE, WBE, or …

Feb 13, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Illinois government

Selling to Illinois means three systems and one certification choice. Register in the IPG and BidBuy, then decide whether BEP, veteran, or …

Feb 10, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Idaho government

Idaho runs its procurement through one free portal called IPRO, and it has no statewide minority or women-owned set-aside program. Here's what …

Feb 9, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Hawaii government

Hawaii runs its bids through HIePRO and posts every notice on HANDS. Registration is free, but one compliance step gates every award …

Feb 4, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Georgia government

Selling to the State of Georgia starts in Team Georgia Marketplace, not a sales call. Here's how to register, where the bids …

Feb 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Florida government

Selling to Florida starts with a free vendor registration in MyFloridaMarketPlace, then a state certification through the Office of Supplier Development. Here's …

Jan 30, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Delaware government

Selling to Delaware comes down to three free moves: register on MyMarketplace, get your OSD diverse-business or small-business certification, and watch the …

Jan 27, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Connecticut government

Selling to Connecticut runs through two systems: CTsource to register and bid, and DAS supplier-diversity certification to reach the 25% set-aside. Here's …

Jan 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Colorado government

Selling to Colorado starts with one free registration in ColoradoVSS, plus a free listing in the state's supplier diversity directory. Here's the …

Jan 21, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the California government

California sets a 25% small business goal and a 3% DVBE goal on its contracts, and certification unlocks a 5% bid preference. …

Jan 19, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Arkansas government

Selling to Arkansas runs through two free vendor systems and the new ARBuy portal. Here's how to register, where to find bids, …

Jan 15, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Arizona government

Selling to the State of Arizona starts in one place: the Arizona Procurement Portal. Here's how to register, where small-business set-asides actually …

Jan 12, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Alaska government

Alaska does not run a state MBE or WBE program. What it does run: a free vendor portal, a DBE certification for …

Jan 9, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo