Procurement Bids in Massachusetts

There are 1,587 open procurement opportunities in Massachusetts from 8 state, county, city, school, hospital, and university agencies as of July 29, 2026. 96 of them close within the next seven days.

The top agencies posting bids in Massachusetts right now are Massachusetts COMMBUYS, Federal Government, University of Massachusetts, Boston University, Harvard University. Each maintains its own vendor portal and posting schedule.

Register on COMMBUYS (https://www.commbuys.com/) for state-level opportunities. Register on COMMBUYS for Massachusetts state contracts. Many municipalities also list opportunities here. 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 Massachusetts government procurement right now are Construction, Utilities, Facilities & Maintenance. Browse each by industry to see current opportunities filtered to Massachusetts.

Massachusetts operates the following preference and set-aside programs: MA Supplier Diversity Office certifications (MBE, WBE, VBE, DOBE, LGBTBE). Each has its own certification process; check the state procurement office for eligibility details.

Massachusetts procurement is governed by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 7 §22A et seq. (Procurement). 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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.

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

Register on COMMBUYS (commbuys.com) — the Commonwealth's procurement platform used by state agencies, many municipalities, and public authorities. Supplier Diversity Office (SDO) certification (MBE, WBE, VBE, DOBE, LGBTBE, Portuguese-Owned) is through mass.gov/orgs/supplier-diversity-office. MassDOT construction bidders need MassDOT Contractor Prequalification. Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and other cities each require separate registrations on their own platforms.

COMMBUYS is Massachusetts' centralized procurement platform, operated by the Operational Services Division. Unusual among state systems, COMMBUYS is used by state executive-branch agencies AND by many Massachusetts municipalities, public authorities, and public colleges — not just the state. This gives vendors unusually broad exposure through a single registration. Vendors can search and respond to solicitations across state, city, county, and university tenders in one place.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division publishes lettings through the MassDOT Contracts office. Bidders must complete MassDOT Contractor Prequalification (financial capacity, past performance, equipment) through the Prequalification Committee 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%. State-funded projects carry Massachusetts prevailing wages under M.G.L. Chapter 149.

SDO certifies Minority-Owned (MBE), Women-Owned (WBE), Veteran-Owned (VBE), Disability-Owned (DOBE), LGBT-Owned (LGBTBE), and Portuguese-Owned Business Enterprises. Prime contractors on Commonwealth contracts must submit SDO Utilization Plans showing certified sub involvement or file a good-faith-effort waiver. Certification through SDO is required to count toward participation goals. Non-compliance materially reduces evaluation scores on state solicitations.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates commuter rail, subway (Green, Red, Blue, Orange lines), buses, and paratransit in Greater Boston. MBTA procurement runs through the MBTA Business Center and includes major FTA-funded capital procurement — rail-car and bus manufacturing (Buy America 70% domestic content), station reconstruction, signal modernization, and IT modernization. DBE subcontracting goals on FTA-funded contracts typically 8–15%. The Green Line Extension and Red-Blue Connector are notable ongoing capital programs.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) manages state-funded school construction and renovation. MSBA partners with local school committees to award design, construction management, and construction contracts under a specialized capital-procurement framework. Local district construction (unfunded by MSBA) follows standard M.G.L. Chapter 149 prevailing wage and public-bid rules. Common platforms include COMMBUYS, Public Purchase, and district-specific systems.

ProcureTap re-scrapes COMMBUYS, MassDOT lettings, MBTA Business Center, Massport, City of Boston, UMass System campuses, Boston Public Schools, and every Massachusetts county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system on a 6-hour cadence. New Massachusetts bids appear within hours of publication.