Washington, DC Contracts: ContractRadar Adds Metro, DC Water and 4 More Buyers

ContractRadar now monitors six more Washington, DC buyers: the DC Office of Contracting and Procurement, DC Water, Events DC, WMATA (Metro), the DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the DC Housing Authority. On November 11, 2026 they had 18 open solicitations between them, including DDOT sign structure work, DC Water condition assessment, Metro janitorial and lighting contracts, and HVAC maintenance for public housing.

Seven bid portals, one search

Winning DC work starts with finding it, and in DC that is harder than it should be. The District government buys centrally through the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP), which carries many agencies’ formal solicitations, including those from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). But six other major buyers run their own bid portals: DC Water, Metro, Events DC, the Chief Financial Officer’s office, the DC Housing Authority and the Department of General Services (DGS), which we added in our earlier round-up of city and county sources. Each has its own website, its own layout and its own schedule.

That is exactly the problem ContractRadar solves. We check all seven portals every day, so you don’t have to. Run one DC search, save it, and new solicitations from every one of these buyers land in a single feed and a single daily email, scored against what you actually do. No bookmarks to keep, no portals to forget, and no deadline missed because it was posted somewhere you weren’t looking.

The work on offer

Examples that were open on November 11, 2026, unless noted:

• DDOT sign structures (OCP): an Invitation to Bid for Sign Structure and Upgrade Replacement, closing November 16. It is the only open solicitation from OCP today.
• Water and sewer work (DC Water): three open solicitations. Two are requests for information: a Condition Assessment Construction Contract (closes November 17) and Consultant Services to Produce Traffic Control Plans (closes November 18). The third is Database as a Service on Azure SQL (closes November 13), which is IT, not field work. DC Water also recently closed a bid on the M Street Corridor Transmission Mains Replacement and Rehabilitation, which shows the kind of construction it posts.
• Transit facilities and services (WMATA): eight notices. Contractors can look at Lighting Phase 2 (invitation for bids, December 2), Janitorial Services (invitation for bids, November 24) and a modular office for the Shepherd Parkway storeroom (request for quotes, November 16). There is also a public artwork call for the Bladensburg Bus Garage (November 15) and a request to supply and install executive chairs (November 12). The rest are requests for information on bus passenger counting systems (November 30) and tickets and citations management support (November 18), plus an advance notice of the Rail Modernization Program RFP, expected in September 2027. WMATA is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Metro rail and bus operator.
• Public housing (DC Housing Authority): four RFPs. HVAC Preventive Maintenance, Repair and Water Treatment Services closes December 22, which suits mechanical contractors. Property management for Parkway Overlook and a general Property Management Services RFP both close December 10, and General Outside Counsel closes November 20.
• Finance and Lottery (OCFO): two open solicitations, Lottery Website Design and Maintenance (November 13) and Lottery Gaming Systems and Related Services (January 26, 2027). The Chief Financial Officer’s office buys IT and financial services, so this one is not for trade contractors.
• Convention center and arenas (Events DC): nothing open today, but it posts regularly. It has listed 60 projects to date, the latest closing in late October, for the Washington Convention Center and the Sports Authority’s venues, including the RFK campus.

What we do not cover

These six sources are public solicitation listings. They do not include every District purchase: small purchases and set-asides reserved for certified local businesses are handled in a separate, login-only system that ContractRadar does not monitor. If you hold a local business certification, check that system directly as well.

How to register and bid

You can browse these listings without an account, but to download documents, receive addenda, ask questions or submit a response you will generally need to register as a supplier with each buyer. Transit, utility and housing buyers often require insurance certificates, bonds or prevailing wage compliance, so read each solicitation’s instructions before you price the job.

How ContractRadar monitors these portals

ContractRadar syncs all six 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 on November 11, 2026.

• DC Office of Contracting and Procurement solicitations (1 open)
• DC Water procurement page (3 open)
• Events DC supplier portal (0 open)
• WMATA (Metro) solicitations page (8 open)
• DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer supplier portal (2 open)
• DC Housing Authority supplier portal (4 open)

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