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The Empire State Purchasing Group has consolidated its bids, RFPs, and state government contracts on the BidNet Direct platform.
NY government professionals can streamline vendor discovery and stay competitive on state solicitations through a single access point.
A centralized resource for finding New York bids, RFPs, and government contracts from state and local governments.
Government professionals in NY can streamline procurement research and stay competitive on upcoming state and local contract opportunities.
The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) maintains a portal for organizations to explore current bidding and request-for-proposal opportunities on public projects.
NY government professionals and vendors can identify contracted work with a major state public-benefit corporation that finances and builds public infrastructure.
Reach professionals in this market
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Less-restricted federal employees may engage in partisan political activity off-duty — but never on-duty, never in the workplace, never using government property, and never while wearing identifying agency clothing. Social media posts from a personal device while on duty count as on-duty activity.
Hatch Act violations carry penalties from reprimand to removal. Career employees with strong records have been removed for posts that took 30 seconds to write at lunch.
Federal GAO and most state procurement protest windows start running when the protester "knew or should have known" of the basis for protest — often before formal award notice. The clock can be days, not weeks. Waiting for the official "you lost" email is the single most-common reason valid protests get dismissed for timeliness.
A late protest is dead on arrival regardless of merit. The vendor with grounds to protest needs to act on solicitation defects before submitting a bid, not after losing.
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