Regions - Non-EU 

Norway 

Official Documentation and Information from Norway (ODIN)
http://odin.dep.no/html/english/eea.html
Information on public procurement rules in Norway and European. 

Norsk lysingsblad - the Norwegian Official Journal
http://norsk.lysingsblad.no
Offentlige innkjøp: Det offentlige innkjøpsbilaget, Nyhetsavis om offentlige innkjøp, Ukens norske kunngjøringer i Norsk lysingsblad og i TED, Doffin (database for offentlige innkjøp), Regelverk - CPV-koder, Informasjon fra Nærings-og handelsdep, Hvordan kunngjøre (skjemaer,oversettertjenesten, tidsfrister, videresending til TED), Nyttige lenker. in english
http://norsk.lysingsblad.no/engelsk.html
Notices and information about public procurement. 
  

Switzerland 

Schweizer Marktplatz Online
http://www.smo.ch/

Turkey 

Rest of the World 

Australia 

Transigo
http://www.transigo.net.au/wci/home
Transigo is used by governments to advertise business opportunities, communicate with suppliers, and provide information on how to do business with all levels of government. 
 

Canada 

BIDS
http://www.bids.ca/
Système de renseignements sur les appels d'offres; service de distribution de documents d'appels d'offres pour les gouvernements de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, du Nouveau-Brunswick, Sable Offshore Energy Inc. et de nombreux autres organismes du Canada Atlantique.

British Columbia Tender Information 
http://www.explorer-software.com/query.htm
Updated daily. Information provided by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways. Tender calls, bid results and awards displayed by region. Search capability. 

Conseil duTrésor, Québec: Marchés publics
http://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/marche/march1.htm
Source d'information sur les marchés publics au Québec, au Canada, au niveau international, ainsi que les partenariats d'affaires public-privé.

Construction Opportunities On-Line Network (COOLNet)
http://coolnet.unb.ca/
A platform that allows for the distribution of construction plans and specifications. 

Electronic Tender Network (ETN), BidNavigator 
http://www.etnbids.com/
Publishes procurement opportunities and enhances the tendering process by means of electronic management through the Internet. Every day, close to 200 public sector agencies post lucrative tenders on the BidNavigator Web site. 

Environment Canada, Greening Government, Green Procurement
http://www.ec.gc.ca/eog-oeg/greener_procurement/Greener_Procurement.htm

MERX: Canada’s Electronic Tendering Service
http://www.merx.cebra.com/
MERX is an Internet-based, national electronic tendering service designed to increase competition and provide a level playing field for businesses competing for procurement opportunities within the public sector. MERX is committed to helping business gain entry to more government markets - federal, provincial and territorial as well as municipalities, academic institutions, school boards and hospitals - using the latest leading-edge technology. 

Nova Scotia Canada:Tender Opportunities and User Resources
http://www.gov.ns.ca/finance/tour/

Ontario Public Buyers Association (OPBA)
http://www.vaxxine.com/opba/
Electronic Tendering and Information System. 

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
http://w3.pwgsc.gc.ca/text/home-e.html
PWGSC provides programs and services that support the departments and agencies of the Government of Canada in serving the Canadian public; it is the federal government's principal purchasing agent and contract authority. 

Purchasing Commission of the Government of British Columbia
http://www.pc.gov.bc.ca/index.htm
Provides purchasing services to BC Government Ministries and Public Sector Organizations, which include acquiring goods and services, furnishing purchasing advice to public institutions, and creating purchasing policy and procedures for the BC Government. 
 

China 

Hong Kong 

Finance Bureau: Information on Government Tenders 
http://www.info.gov.hk/fb/tender/tender.htm
Information on tender notices and award of tenders. 

Government Supplies Department (GSD)
http://www.info.gov.hk/gsd/tender.htm
The central purchasing, storage and supplies organization for The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, serving over 80 Government departments and agencies, and many non-government organizations including the Hospital Authority. 

Hong Kong Government Works Branch: Tender Notice Information
http://www.wb.wpelb.gov.hk/tender/index.htm
Procurement & tender notices of various Hong Kong Government Departments. 

Urban Services Department 
http://www1.usd.gov.hk/tender/combine2.nsf
Provisional Urban Council Tender Notice 
 

Israel 

Japan 

Jordan 

Kuwait 

Lebanon 

Mexico 

Saudi Arabia 

Singapore 

Tunisia 

The United States 

ASP OutsourcingCenter
http://www.bidcast.com/
BidCast offers powerful searching of US bid opportunities via the Internet, plus the information and expert advice to pursue those opportunities. 

Classified On Net
http://www.clasonet.com/index.html
A classified listing for governments, schools, medical facilities, non-profits, and the businesses serving them (surplus & used items, bid notices, auctions, services available and/or needed). 

Commerce Business Daily (CBD)
http://www.govcon.com/opportunities/CBD/
Lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information. A new edition of the CBD is issued every business day. Each edition contains approximately 500-1,000 notices. Each notice appears in the CBD only once. Note: Enter "guest" as the username and password. 

Construction Market Data (CMD)
http://www.cmdonl.com/
CMD supplies market data in the form of productive leads, project reports, contact lists, market penetration analysis and sales evaluation reports. Any of these products can pinpoint a county; look at a state; cover the country; and even include Canada and Mexico. Data delivery can be on paper, diskette, e-mail, web-site access, or Online via the Internet. 

Department of Defence, Joint Electronic Commerce Program Office (JECPO)
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec/
The purpose of this web site is to help accelerate the application of electronic business practices and associated information technologies to improve DOD acquisition processes (through Electronic Commerce) and supporting sustainment life-cycle practices. 

Department of State, Office of the Procurement Executive (OPE)
http://www.statebuy.inter.net/home.htm
Acquisition Web Site & Electronic Toolkit, provides Department of State and industry customers easy access to contracting opportunities, acquisition guidance, and reporting. 

Federal Business Opportunities
http://fedbizopps.gov/
FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet. Through one portal - FedBizOpps (FBO) - commercial vendors seeking Federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire Federal contracting community.

Federal Electronic Commerce Programme Office
http://www.ec.fed.gov/
The Federal Electronic Commerce Program, coordinates, monitors, and reports on the development of Electronic Commerce within the US Federal Government. 

Federal Marketplace, Procurement Data Warehouse
http://www.fedmarket.com/
The Internet's procurement resource gateway, commited to providing quality assistance to companies in marketing and selling products and services to the federal government; US. 

Federal Supply Service (FSS), GSA
http://www.fss.gsa.gov/
The GSA Federal Supply Service provides billions worth of goods and services to U.S. Government entities throughout the world. 

General Services Administration (GSA)
http://www.gsa.gov/
Provides expertly managed space, supplies, services, and solutions, at the best value, to enable Federal employees to accomplish their missions. 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of Procurement
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/

NASA Procurement Library
http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/library/library.html
Procurement information. 

National Association of Purchasing Management
http://www.napm.org/
The association exists to educate, develop, and advance the purchasing and supply management profession.

Outsourcing Institute (OI)
http://www.outsourcing.com/index.jsp
The Outsourcing Institute (OI), a professional association, B2B marketplace and executive advisory network, a source of comprehensive, independent information and education, on outsourcing best practices and related sourcing strategies, provides practical guidance and recommendations through all stages of the outsourcing cycle.

Outsourcing Exchange Center
http://www.outsourcing-exchange-center.com/
The Outsourcing Exchange Center provides everything needed for success through outsourcing.

OutsourcingSearch.com
http://www.outsourcing-search.com/
Outsourcing Center is dedicated to providing you with strategic outsourcing information.

Procurement Gateway - Department of Defense
http://progate.daps.dla.mil/home/
The Procurement Gateway is an integrated collection of automated systems providing oversight for the management of procurement data. The Procurement Gateway allows prospective government contractors to perform comprehensive and detailed searches against Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Award documents.

The Purchasing Station
http://management.bus.okstate.edu/faculty/christensen/index.htm
Department of Management, Oklahoma State University, US. 

RAPID System
http://www.rapidcontracting.com 
Rapid is a suscription system that allows companies to review potential contracts from over 30 governments organizations from across the US. 

USAID
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/activities.html
Procurement opportunities and contract award for the reconstruction of Iraq published by the USAID (United States Agency for International Development). 

U.S. Small Business Administration, Procurement Marketing and Access Network (Pro-Net) 
http://pro-net.sba.gov/
Pro-Net is an electronic gateway of procurement information -- for and about small businesses. It is a search engine for contracting officers, a marketing tool for small firms and a "link" to procurement opportunities and important information. 

Where in Federal Contracting?
http://www.wifcon.com/
Provides information on and links to Federal procurement.
 

Local US sites 

City of Charlottesville, VA Purchasing Division
http://www.comet.net/citypur/index1.htm
Purchasing Home Page. 

Collier County Florida, Purchasing Department
http://naples.com/index.html
 

Naples, Florida area. 

Fairfax County, Virginia, Purchasing and Supply Management Agency
http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/gov/psma/psma2.htm
Provides information relating to the availability of procurement opportunities currently being advertised by the Purchasing and Supply Management Agency. 

Florida Association of Public Purchasing Officers (FAPPO)
http://www.fappo.org/
An organization that promotes the professional approach to the execution of the purchasing function in all public entities (City & County Governments, County School Boards, Special Taxing Districts and Authorities as well as the State Government). 

Fulton County, Georgia Bid Board
http://www.co.fulton.ga.us/pdnetbd12.htm
Online bid board posting. 

Harford County, Maryland: Procurement
http://www.co.ha.md.us/procurement/bidboard.html
Procurement bid board posting. 

City and County of Honolulu, Hawai, Division of Purchasing
http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/Depts/pur/
Division of Purchasing. 

City of Houston, Texas, Procurement Services Division - Central Purchasing
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/fa/procure
Formal bids and requests for proposals advertisements. 

Martin County Stuart, Florida, Purchasing Division
http://www.admin.co.martin.fl.us/GOVT/depts/asd/pur/
Bid and contract opportunities. 

Montgomery County, Maryland, Procurements
http://www.rapidcontracting.com
RAPID automated bid notification. 

Multnomah County, Oregon, Purchasing Section 
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/purch/bidlist.html

Portland area.

Pierce County Vendor Opportunities
http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/services/bussvcs/vendor.htm
Invitiations to bid and requests for proposals, Tacoma, Washington area. 

Riverside County,California,Purchasing and Material Services
http://paladin.cirrus.co.riverside.ca.us:8001/depts/gsa/purchase/
Provides timely and cost effective procurement and material services in support of all County operations. 

Sites Providing Links 

Organizations in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
http://www.tm.tue.nl/ipsd/resource/org.htm
Provided by the Institute for Purchasing and Supply Development at the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Purchasing Australia’s World Wide Government Procurement Sites 
http://www.ctc.gov.au/
Covers Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. 

Europrofile TBG
http://www.europrofile.co.uk/purslnx.htm
Sites for Public Purchasing and EU/EC Programmes 

SIMAP Procurement Databases, Europe (EU)
http://simap.eu.int/EN/pub/src/procdb1.htm

SIMAP Procurement Databases, Europe (Non-EU)
http://simap.eu.int/src/procdb2.htm

SIMAP Procurement Databases, America
http://simap.eu.int/src/procdb3.htm

SIMAP Procurement Databases, Asia and Australia
http://simap.eu.int/src/procdb4.htm

SIMAP Procurement Databases, Africa
http://simap.eu.int/src/procdb5.htm

Federal Acquisition Jumpstation, US
http://nais.nasa.gov/fedproc/home.html
Procurement and Acquisition Servers by Contracting Activity. 

Texas Market: Procurement Opportunities
http://texas-one.org/market/govproc.htm
Links to Texas and other global procurement opportunities, US. 

Civic.com: Online Contracts
http://www.civic.com/ref/toolkit/contracts.htm
Lists sites of interest to US government agencies that purchase (IT) goods; US. 

Civic.com: Procurement Offices
http://www.civic.com/ref/toolkit/poffices.htm
Links to US procurement sites. 

Explorer Software’s Heavy Construction Server
http://www.explorer-software.com/tender.htm
Links to international procurement sites, on-line tenders, Canada. 

Ontario Public Buyers Association (OPBA)
http://www.vaxxine.com/opba/othrpgs.html
Links to procurement information in Ontario, Canada and the US. 

The Procurement Lawyer: Procurement Information
http://www.procurement-lawyer.com/procure.html
Cyrus E. Phillips, IV, Attorney at Law, US.

State, Provincial & Pacific Rim , Purchasing / Contracting Offices 
http://www.primaryaccess.com/
US: States, Canada: Provinces, and Pacific Rim and Basin purchasing and contracting offices. 

State and Local Government on the Net, US
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html

State and Local Procurement Jumpstation, US
http://www.fedmarket.com/statejump.html
Source for state and local procurement opportunities in the US. 

Acquisition Reform Network (ARNet), Federal Acquisition and Procurement Opportunities
http://www.arnet.gov/AcqOpp/AcqOpp.html
Provides Federal Acquisition and Procurement Opportunities 
(Also Business, Contracting and Other Acquisition Activities) on the Internet 
(Listed BY Executive Branch and Independent Federal Agency). US. 

Purchasing Commission of the Government of British Columbia, Canada
http://www.pc.gov.bc.ca/psb/seltogov.htm
Selling to governments in Canada and worldwide. 

Hong Kong Trade Development Council Government Procurement Sites
http://www.tdc.org.hk/credit/govtpro.htm

Business Information Publications (BIP): Worldwide procurement links 
http://www.bipcontracts.com/index.html

Documents 

LOU, the Swedish Public Procurement Act
http://www.nou.se/pdf/eng.pdf
A brief description of LOU, the Public Procurement Act in Sweden, by the Swedish National Board of Public Procurment (NOU). 

NASPO, Buying Smart: State Procurement Saves Millions
http://www.naspo.org/pubs/buyingsmart.html
A report outlining recommendations to reform the government procurement process for information technology, produced by a joint task force of the National Association of State Purchasing Officials (NASPO) and the National Association of State Information Resource Executives, US. 

OECD Issues Paper: Sustainable Product Policies and Life Cycle Management, Greener Public Purchasing 
http://www.oecd.org/env/docs/en/gpp.pdf
Green Goods IV, OECD International Conference on Greener Public Purchasing, 24th-26^th February 1997, Biel, Switzerland. 

PUMA, OECD: Best Practice Guidelines for Contracting Out Government Services
http://www.oecd.org/puma/mgmtres/pac/mtm/cgs97toc.htm
The Public Management Service (PUMA), OECD. 

SIGMA Policy Brief No. 3: Public Procurement
http://www.oecd.org/puma/sigmaweb/pubs/PBNO3.HTM
Support for Improvement in Government Management in Central and Eastern European Countries (SIGMA), OECD. 

Markus Rodlauer: Managing The Public Purse, An IMF View on Government Purchasing, A Good Procurement Law is Good for the Economy
http://www.oecd.org/puma/sigmaweb/pubs.htm
Public Management Forum, 

A Basic Guidance To Understanding The UK Government’s Internal Phurchasing Procedure
http://www.bipcontracts.com/briefings/Brief1_97.html
Business Information Publications Ltd (BIP), UK. 

Re-Invigorating PFI: Changes Following Review
http://www.bipcontracts.com/briefings/Brief2_97.html
Business Information Publications Ltd (BIP), UK.

Best Value: Framework of Changes
http://www.bipcontracts.com/briefings/Brief3_97.html
Business Information Publications Ltd (BIP), UK.

The Environment and Procurement
http://www.bipcontracts.com/briefings/Brief4_97.html
Business Information Publications Ltd (BIP), UK. 

The "GPA" (Government Procurement Agreement), The International Agreement On Public Procurement
http://www.bipcontracts.com/briefings/Brief5_97.html
Business Information Publications Ltd (BIP), UK. 

The Problem of Ensuring Compliance With The Procurement Directives
http://www.bipcontracts.com/briefings/Brief6_97.html
Business Information Publications Ltd (BIP), UK. 

How to Sell to New Public Sector Clients
http://www.bipcontracts.com/briefings/Brief8_97.html
Business Information Publications Ltd (BIP), UK. 

ARNET: Acquisition Best Practices (a)
http://www-far.npr.gov/BestP/BestP.html
Lists Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Best Practices Documents and Federal Agency Best Practices Documents, Acquisition Reform Network (ARNet), US. 

ARNET: Acquisition Best Practices (b)
http://www.arnet.gov/References/Best_Pract_Docs/
Lists best-practice documents from US depatments and agencies, Acquisition Reform Network (ARNet), US. 

Best Practices For Multiple Award Task And Delivery Order Contracting
http://www-far.npr.gov/BestP/BestPMAT.html
Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President, Interim Edition, July 1997, US. 

A Guide To Best Practices For Performance-Based Service Contracting
http://www-far.npr.gov/BestP/BestPPBSC.html
Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President, Interim Edition, April 1996, US. 

Federal Transit Administration: Best Practices Procurement Manual
http://www.fta.dot.gov/fta/library/admin/BPPman/
This manual provides suggestions from recipients of FTA funds on conducting third-party procurements to assist them in meeting the standards of FTA Circular 4220.1D. It includes suggested procedures, methods and examples, which are based on the federal acquisition process, Comptroller General decisions and "best practices" of grantees and others in the industry. U.S. Department of Transportation, May 1996, US. 

Cutting Red Tape: Public Procurement Cluster
http://www.alliance.napawash.org/
ALLIANCE/Picases.nsf/e24ffc586e80044a852564ed006eb5be/
69d035998e568506852565230044b418?OpenDocument
List of documents provided by the Alliance for Redesigning Government, National Academy of Public Administration, US. 

World Bank: Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits
http://www.worldbank.org/html/opr/procure/guidelin.html
© 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1995 Fifth edition, revised and expanded 1995 Revised January and August 1996 and September 1997 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. 
All rights reserved ISBN 0-8213-3218-X 

World Bank: Guide to International Business Opportunities: Procurement
http://www.worldbank.org/html/opr/busop/11.html

EPHOS Information System (European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems)
http://www.nethotel.dk/ephos/
Provides guidance on which common standards and publicly available specifications should be used when purchasing IT&T equipment and systems. 
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE
Electronic Procurement and follow up to the Green Paper: Debate and Speeches
http://simap.eu.int/
Brussels - 8/9 December 1997 

European Procurement Brochure: "The rules governing the procedure in the award of Public Procurement Contract"
http://simap.eu.int/EN/pub/src/brochure.htm

Public Procurement Guidelines
http://simap.eu.int/EN/pub/src/guideline.htm

Jean-Paul Basquiat: Commerce électronique et commande publique: Internet, Commerce électronique, euro, commande publique, téléprocédures (6.12.1997)
http://www.admiroutes.asso.fr/espace/achatpub/rapport2.htm

Buying Smart: State Procurement Saves Millions (September 1996)
http://www.naspo.org/pubs/buyingsmart2.html
A report outlining recommendations to reform the government procurement process for information technology Produced by a joint task force of the National Association of State Purchasing Officials and the National Association of State Information Resource Executives (NASPO/NASIRE) on Information Technology Procurement Reform.

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