ContractRadar Adds 6 Local Buyers, Including Hopkinton, MA and Jal, NM

We have added six more local buyers: the Town of Hopkinton, MA, the City of Jal, NM, School Administrative Unit 29 in Keene, NH, the Salamanca City and Smithtown Central school districts in New York, and The COMET, the regional transit authority for Columbia, SC.

What’s new

Hopkinton is a town in Middlesex County, MA, and Jal is a city in Lea County, NM. SAU 29 runs the schools of Keene and six surrounding towns in New Hampshire. The COMET is the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority, the bus system for the Columbia area. At the time of writing (October 31, 2026), each of the six had one open solicitation, so six in all.

The work on offer

Examples that were open at the time of writing:

• Water and wastewater: the City of Jal is taking qualifications from design-build teams for improvements to its Wastewater Treatment Facility (RFP 2027-01, due November 13, 2026). This is the first of two phases: up to three teams will be shortlisted for a separate Phase II proposal. The Town of Hopkinton is taking bids on the Grove Street tank rehabilitation (IFB DPW-27-440-05, due November 18, 2026), a job for tank rehabilitation and coating contractors.
• Flooring: the Salamanca City Central School District wants two gym floors sanded and resealed (2027-016, due November 13, 2026).
• Sitework and concrete: SAU 29 is looking for a general contractor to put up a prefabricated outdoor pavilion at Symonds Elementary in Keene, starting with sitework and concrete (RFP-2026-0001). It is due November 2, 2026, so it may have closed by the time you read this, but it shows the kind of small construction work SAU 29 puts out.
• Security and low-voltage: The COMET is seeking proposals for an on-board video surveillance system for its buses (26-0119, due December 8, 2026). It suits security integrators and low-voltage contractors.
• Supplies: the Smithtown Central School District is buying ice melt: 600 to 1,000 fifty-pound pails a year, delivered to its warehouse (26/27-09, due November 18, 2026). It is a supply contract, not trade work.

How to register and bid

Each portal lets you browse open solicitations, but to download full documents, receive addenda, ask questions or submit a response you generally need to register as a vendor with that buyer’s portal. Towns, school districts and transit authorities often have their own requirements, such as insurance certificates, bid bonds or prevailing wage rules, so read the solicitation’s instructions before you price the job.

How ContractRadar monitors these portals

ContractRadar syncs all six of these sources daily and scores new solicitations against your saved searches. Matches appear in your opportunities dashboard and your daily email alert, alongside the federal, state, and other local sources we track. See the full coverage map for every monitored source.

The six new sources

With the number of solicitations open at the time of writing.

• Town of Hopkinton, MA procurement portal (1 open)
• City of Jal, NM procurement portal (1 open)
• SAU 29, Keene, NH procurement portal (1 open)
• Salamanca City Central School District, NY procurement portal (1 open)
• Smithtown Central School District, NY procurement portal (1 open)
• The COMET, Columbia, SC procurement portal (1 open)

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