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Federal · IL
Due today
Department of Defense
Plain-English summaryThe Department of the Air Force is seeking suppliers for road salt and snow melting chemicals to be delivered to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
Federal · IL
Due today
Department of Defense · Due Wed, Sep 30 at 12:00 PM (today)
What the buyer wants, where the work is and what you need to bid, in plain English.
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Federal · IL
Due tomorrow
Department of Defense · Due Thu, Oct 1 at 10:00 AM (tomorrow)
What the buyer wants, where the work is and what you need to bid, in plain English.
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Federal · IL
5 days left
Department of Defense · Due Mon, Oct 5 at 12:00 PM (in 5 days)
What the buyer wants, where the work is and what you need to bid, in plain English.
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How to register to bid in Illinois
- Where to register
- BidBuy (Illinois eProcurement), plus the Illinois Procurement Gateway (IPG)
- Cost to register
- Free for IPG (\"There is no cost to vendors to register in the IPG\"). No BidBuy fee is mentioned in the official vendor manual; not explicitly confirmed.
- Where Illinois posts bids
- www.bidbuy.illinois.gov
- Go to bidbuy.illinois.gov/bso and choose the option to register.
- Work through the sections the vendor manual describes: Company Information, Administrator Information, Addresses, Terms, Categories & Certifications, and Commodity/Service Codes. Fields marked with an asterisk are required. You can save and come back later. The session times out after 15 minutes without activity.
- Choose NIGP codes. BidBuy uses them to match you to bid notices.
- Review the summary and finish. You'll get an email confirming your registration.
- Register in the IPG (ipg.illinois.gov) and complete the IPG Active Registered Vendor Disclosure.
- If they apply to you, get your IDHR Eligibility Number and State Board of Elections certificate before you bid.
What to have ready
- FEIN/EIN, legal name and W-9 details
- Registration with the Illinois Secretary of State as an entity in good standing. This is required before you bid, except for sole proprietors.
- An IDHR Eligibility Number, which you get by filing the Employer Report Form (PC-1) with the Illinois Department of Human Rights
- A State Board of Elections registration certificate, if your bids across all Illinois agencies will total more than $50,000 in a year
- NIGP commodity codes for what you sell
- Business classification details such as federal tax status, firm type, number of employees and veteran status
- Addresses, an administrator contact (your email becomes your login ID), and shipping/delivery terms
Read the full Illinois registration guide →
Federal bids in Illinois also need an active SAM.gov registration. How to register in SAM.gov
Common questions
What is a small business set-aside?
Only small businesses (under the SBA size standard for the bid's NAICS code) can compete. No certification is needed: you self-certify as small in SAM.gov. Set-asides are federal bids posted on SAM.gov.
How many small business set-aside bids are open in Illinois?
There are 4 open small business set-aside bids in Illinois right now. FindMyBids refreshes the list every morning.
How do I qualify?
Register in SAM.gov (free), then apply for the SBA certification the set-aside asks for at certify.sba.gov. Small business set-asides only need you to be small for the bid's NAICS code.
