Books

• Government Contracts in a Nutshell
• Strategies for Winning Contracts
• Win Government Contracts for Your Small Business

Periodicals

• Government Prime Contracts Monthly Contains federal contract listings organized by product category.

Web Sites

• Columbia City Government - Current Bids Provides a list of requested bids for the City of Columbia.
• Commerce Business Daily This is the government's official free electronic version of the Commerce Business Daily.
• FedBizOpps.gov FedBizOpps.com is the single portal for federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.
• Lexington County Bid Opportunities Lists open bids and the recent awards for the Lexington County Procurement Department.
• Procurement Reference Library Contains links to federal procurement information sites that contain federal rules, regulations, agency specific manuals, etc. There are also links to government and commercial business assistance sites.
• Richland County Online - Request for Solicitations Lists Richland County requests for bids and public meeting announcements.
• Small Business Administration - Government Contracting Information on how to contract federal government agencies.
• South Carolina Business Opportunities
  Lists proposed procurements in construction, information technology, supplies and services.
• South Carolina -Requests for Bids and Proposals Provides direct links to requests for bids and proposals published online by South Carolina purchasing departments.
• State of South Carolina Materials Management Office Lists opportunities to bid on contracts with the State of South Carolina.