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Find Contract Opportunities

Looking for opportunities to contract with the City of New York? We'll help you get where you want to be.

Where can I find opportunities?

Key terms

Where can I find opportunities?

Don't have a PASSPort account?

You can still search for contract opportunities with the City using Procurement Navigator.

Go to Procurement Navigator

To submit bids or proposals, you will need to create a PASSPort account.

Search opportunities in PASSPort

While logged into PASSPort, you can find opportunities using Browse Public RFx.

Where in PASSPort do I find Browse Public RFx?

Invitations in PASSPort

City agencies can invite organizations that meet requirements to respond to select contract opportunities.

Check if you have RFx invitations by logging into PASSPort, clicking RFx, and selecting Browse My RFx Responses.

Learn more by checking out our guide.

Read the PASSPort Weekly Digest

The Weekly Digest email announces the latest RFx releases for all industries.

To receive the digest, a PASSPort user needs to have a role of Vendor Admin, Vendor Procurement L1, or Vendor Procurement L2. For more information on assigning roles, see Add Users and Assign Roles.

Sign up for CROL notifications

City business opportunities valued at or above $100,000 are published in The City Record Online (CROL).

Sign up to receive CROL notifications!

Search opportunities for the next fiscal year

Procurement plans with expected standard and professional services contracting actions for the fiscal year provide information about possible future opportunities.

If your organization is a registered NYC M/WBE, check out the City agencies' annual M/WBE utilization plans.

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Key terms

Here are some key terms associated with finding and responding to contracting opportunities:

Solicitations

In procurement, a solicitation is a request sent to prospective vendors, inviting them to respond to a contract opportunity. In PASSPort, solicitations are called RFx.

RFx (Request for "x")

RFx (Request for "x") is a catch-all term representing a range of City solicitations in PASSPort. The most common RFx released in PASSPort are Requests for Information (RFI) and Requests for Proposals (RFP). To learn more about RFx, see What is an RFx?

RFx Status

RFx Status shows the current phase of a solicitation in PASSPort:

Planned: The RFx is in the planning stages.

Released: The RFx is accepting vendor responses.

Responses Received: The agency no longer accepts RFx responses.

Selections Made: The agency selected vendor(s) for contract awards.

Closed: The solicitation process has ended.

EPIN

EPIN stands for Electronic Procurement Identification Number. It's a unique identifier and reference number used for RFx and contracts.

Response

A Response (Response Submission) to a solicitation released in PASSPort is the broad term for how a vendor answers the RFx. Examples of specific responses are proposals or bids.

Due Date

Responses must be submitted before the Due Date as Agencies can stop accepting responses at any time on the due date. We recommend submitting responses at least 48 hours in advance of the due date.

Prequalification

Some RFx require vendors to get prequalified to respond to a particular solicitation. For example, the Health and Human Service Prequalification (HHS PQL) is a requirement of HHS providers to respond to HHS RFx in PASSPort. To learn more, see HHS Accelerator Prequalification. Check with the City Agencies in your line of work for other prequalification lists.

Addendum

An Addendum is issued when an Agency makes an update to an RFx, such as a change in the due date. It's a document that details the changes. PASSPort notifies the participating vendors when an addendum has been issued.

Round

A new Round is issued when an Agency makes substantial changes to an RFx (such as a change in the scope), requiring vendors to submit new responses to the new round. An addendum is published upon agencies issuing a new round.

Other Terms

More procurement terms and definitions can be found in the MOCS Glossary.

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Last updated: January 3, 2025