How to Find Government Contracts
Find federal, state, and local contract opportunities that fit your business — and get alerted the moment a new match is posted.
Where government contracts are posted
Federal contract opportunities are posted on SAM.gov; federal grants on Grants.gov; and state and local opportunities across hundreds of separate agency portals. GovPrimer pulls these together so you can search them in one place.
How to find the right opportunities
- Search by NAICS code to match your industry and size standard.
- Filter by set-aside (8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone) to find work reserved for firms like yours.
- Filter by agency, place of performance, value, and response deadline.
- Save your search and turn on alerts so new matches come to you.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best way to find government contracts?
Start with the NAICS codes that match your business, filter for set-asides you qualify for, then save those searches and enable alerts so new matching opportunities are pushed to you automatically.
Are government contract opportunities free to search?
SAM.gov and Grants.gov are free to search but limited. A platform like GovPrimer adds powerful filters, saved searches, alerts, award intelligence, and capture tools on top of the same public data.
Put this to work in GovPrimer
Search live opportunities, award data, and set-asides, then run your capture pipeline in one place. Free forever plan — no credit card required.