State and local buying is fragmented by design
There is no single front door for state and local government bids. Each state runs its own procurement, and beneath it sit counties, cities, school districts, and special authorities — each with their own portal, their own posting schedule, and their own quirks. For a contractor who works regionally, keeping up means monitoring a dozen places at once.
That fragmentation is exactly why good local work goes unbid. The agency a few counties over posts a perfect project, but you never see it because you were not checking that particular portal that week.