State And Local Procurement Snapshot - Q3 2021

Published: November 10, 2021

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With a year-over-year quarterly growth rate of +12.2% in published bids & RFPs, the Q3 2021 state, local and education (SLED) market continued its progress in returning to pre-pandemic levels of procurement activity. In this edition we track the recovery using several metrics, including the introduction of a new SLED Recovery Index, to help provide insight into the market's emerging direction.

With a year-over-year quarterly growth rate of +12.2% in published bids & RFPs, the Q3 2021 state, local and education (SLED) market continued its progress in returning to pre-pandemic levels of procurement activity. In this edition we track the recovery using several metrics, including the introduction of a new SLED Recovery Index, to help provide insight into the market's emerging direction.

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  • Discover how the recovery from the pandemic-driven downturn in bids is playing out over time, including insights into its continued growth
  • Examine year-to-date bid growth results by industry and level of government
  • Understand how recent cautious attitudes toward issuing bids rather than non-bid purchase methods have been changing
  • 03 Executive Summary
  • 04 Market Snapshot
  • 06 Total Project Counts Over Time
  • 07 Agency Snapshot - Historical Trends
  • 08 Quarterly Growth - Industry Ranking
  • 09 Industry Ranking by Level of Government
  • 10 Special Feature: Spotlight on Progress: The SLED Recovery Index
  • 14 Glossary of Industries