City of Boston Buying Plan
The Buying Plan is an annual forecast of what the City of Boston plans to purchase.
The Buying Plan provides a look into upcoming, planned procurement and contracting opportunities. This is based on a list of goods and services that City Departments plan to purchase in the future, but have not advertised or published bid documents for. The list will be updated on a recurring basis. The Buying Plan will reflect the City's most up-to-date plans for purchasing.
If you see a procurement you are interested in learning more about, please contact buying@boston.gov.
To view current, active procurement opportunities, please visit the Bids and RFPs page.
About the plan
What'S IN THE Buying Plan?
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Procurement opportunities by City department
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Industry type for each procurement opportunity (such as Construction, Services, or Goods & Supplies)
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Estimated advertisement date of the procurement
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Estimated dollar amounts of the procurement opportunity
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Brief description of each procurement
HOW CAN YOU USE THE BUYING PLAN?
WHO'S IT FOR?
HOW CAN YOU HELP US IMPROVE?
VIEW THE BUYING PLAN
Some procurements have an Estimated Procurement Date listed as “*Before July 2024”. These procurements may have already been advertised. For all information on current, active procurements or previous procurements, visit the bid listings page.
You can use Airtable to view a fullscreen version of the Buying Plan.
Buying Plan resources
Guide to Contracting with the City
There are many ways to work with the city. Learn more about how the bidding process works.
Open Bids and RFPs
You can view a live feed of current bidding and contract opportunities in the City of Boston.
City Budget
Learn more about the City of Boston’s Budget process.
Supplier Diversity Initiatives
Learn about other initiatives to increase supplier diversity and encourage equitable procurement.