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How to Bid — what it controls, and what it wants from youNew York State Contract Reporter does not build anything and does not award construction contracts. It is the state opportunity notice platform, and it controls state and public-authority contracting notices, bid opportunities and procurement information. That makes it a gate rather than a customer: get it wrong and the job you wanted is gone before anyone reads your number.
Who this applies to
All firms seeking New York State opportunities.
What you have to do
Create a free account and set alerts; still follow the issuing agency's official bid instructions.
What firms get wrong
The notice is a lead. The issuing agency's bid documents control.
Most of our open-bid board is State and public-authority work first noticed here, and Subs Wanted is the sub side of it.
This is a plain-language guide to a public rule, not legal advice. The controlling text is the rule itself and the contract you signed.
The rest of the rules: how to bid in New York. The owners who actually award the work: agencies.