How To Find Construction Jobs To Bid On For Free

The following free construction bid opportunities resource has been put together by Surety First, Inc. to help California contractors find and bid on construction projects in their local area/region of California. As a note, while many of the links below are managed by state agencies, these resources have not been individually vetted, nor are they endorsed by Surety First.

Construction bid opportunities are sorted by both region and city for faster viewing with general construction bid resources categorized at the bottom of this page. The resources listed were selected to provide opportunities for contractors large and small. Also, we are constantly updating this list so if you know of a helpful resource not listed, we’d love to hear about it. To make a suggestion, please click here and complete the contact form.

California Construction Bid Opportunities

The Complete Master List

(Resource Links Sorted Alphabetically By Region & City)

Federal or Statewide California Job Opportunities

Not Region Specific

CalTrans

http://ppmoe.dot.ca.gov/des/oe/weekly-ads/all-adv-projects.php

Regional California Bid Opportunities

Northern California

Sacramento

http://portal.cityofsacramento.org/Public-Works/Engineering-Services/Projects/City-Contract-Bids

http://www.dgs.saccounty.net/capsd/Pages/Construction.aspx

http://www.ebidboard.com/public/projects/index.asp?mbrguid=4653B5c9-2122-4249-8c6c-f8586f502aff

https://www.smud.org/en/do-business-with-smud/contracting-opportunities/EBSS.htm

http://www.losrios.edu/purchasing/bids/

http://www.sacrt.com/contractinginfo.stm

http://www.shra.org/BusinessOpportunities/ContractingOpportunities.aspx

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facilities/contractors/advertisements.html

Stockton

http://www.stocktongov.com/services/business/bidFlash/default.html

http://www.sjgov.org/supportserv/openbids.aspx

https://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/purchasing/SJDCBusinessOpportunities.html

http://www.portofstockton.com/bidsproposals

http://www.lodi.gov/finance/bids.html

Bay Area

Central California

Bakersfield

http://www.co.kern.ca.us/gsd/purchasing/bid-business.aspx#.ViEx2vn5FjQ

http://www.kerncountywaste.com/newsroom/requests-for-proposals

http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/administration/financialservices/purchasing/search_old_data.html

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/kmca-prime-sub-match-making-forum-tickets-17587911918?aff=es2

Fresno

http://www.fresno.gov/Businesses/BidOpportunities/default.htm

http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/Departmentpage.aspx?id=5818

http://www.fresnofloodcontrol.org/home/bid-opportunities/

Southern California

Anaheim

https://sites.google.com/a/acsd.k12.ca.us/administrative-services/bids

Cerritos

http://cms.cerritos.edu/purchasing/bids-and-proposals.htm

http://www.cerritos.us/BUSINESSES/bid_and_contract_opportunities.php

Chula Vista

http://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/finance/selling-to-the-city

http://www.cvesd.org/DISTRICT/Pages/bids.aspx

Los Angeles

http://www.laschools.org/new-site/bidding-opportunities/formal-contracts/ebidboard

http://www.labavn.org/

http://www.lacity.org/for-businesses/business-opportunities-with-the-city

https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/con_specs.asp

http://www.laparks.org/proposal.htm

http://dpw.lacounty.gov/general/contracts/opportunities/?phase=AWARDED

http://lacsd.org/businesses/bidspur/constrbids.asp

http://www.capitalprograms.ucla.edu/Contracts/ProjectsCurrentlyBidding

http://www.lawa.org/welcome_LAWA.aspx?id=534

https://www.acgov.org/gsa_app/gsa/purchasing/bid_content/closedbids.jsp

http://camisvr.co.la.ca.us/lacoBids/BidLookup/BidDeptLookupFrm.asp

Long Beach

http://www.polb.com/economics/contractors/default.asp

http://www.lbcc.edu/ContractsMgmt/CurrentSolicitations.cfm

http://longbeachtownship.com/bidnoticesptprfqs.html

http://www.longbeach.gov/pw/

Riverside

https://riversideca.gov/bids/bid/list

http://www.riversideca.gov/publicworks/engineering/current-construction.asp

http://pdc.ucr.edu/business/bids.html

http://www.rivcoeda.org/AboutEDA/ProposalsQuotations/tabid/467/Default.aspx

http://www.rcc.edu/businesservices/Pages/Facilities-Construction.aspx

http://www.rctc.org/doing-business/rfps-rfqs-ifbs

San Diego

http://www.sandiego.gov/cip/bidopps/

http://www.sdcwa.org/contracting-opportunities

http://ptac-sandiego.org/bids-directory/

http://www.san.org/Business-Opportunities/Contracting-Opportunities

http://bfa.sdsu.edu/prosrvcs/pubsolicit.htm

http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?fuseaction=rfps.home

http://www.sdhc.org/business-opportunities/

Santa Ana

http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/bids-rfps/

http://ocgov.com/gov/cob/bids/

https://www.rsccd.edu/Departments/Purchasing/Pages/Bidding-Opportunities.aspx

http://www.ocair.com/businessandemployment/bids/

Other Construction Bid Opportunity Resources – (Statewide)

Below are a list of general construction bid opportunity resources for California. Some of the services listed below are free while others require a paid subscription. For California contractors serious about bidding on public projects, it’s probably a good idea to explore each of the services below to see if they are a good fit for your particular business objectives. As a note, these resources have not been vetted, nor are they endorsed by Surety First.

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/weekly_ads/all_adv_projects.php

http://www.thebluebook.com/

http://www.metrolinktrains.com/agency/page/title/doing_business

http://www.constructionwire.com/

http://construction.com/dodge/

http://www.hsr.ca.gov/About/Doing_Business_with_HSR/contracts_for_bid.html

http://www.cmdgroup.com/project-leads/bid-opportunities/

Sub Contractor Bid Opportunity Requests – (Statewide)

Below is a list of California contractors that have posted sub contractor bid opportunities on their company website. Some of the companies listed are regional, while others are statewide or even nationwide in their operating territory. As noted above, these resources have not been vetted, nor are they endorsed by Surety First.

http://www.swinerton.com/subcontractors/subcontractor-current-bid-opportunities

https://www.walshgroup.com/business-opportunities/bidding-opportunities.html

http://www.cwdriver.com/bid-opportunities/

http://www.diedeconstruction.com/bidding

http://www.turnerconstruction.com/sub-contractors