# Find public utility contracts your service business can deliver

Start in G2X SLED, identify the utility buying the work and verify its procurement route before building an estimate.

Canonical article: https://g2x.com/blog/find-public-utility-contracts

Complete article, source links and data tables: https://g2x.com/blog/find-public-utility-contracts/article.md

The article is public. Linked G2X tools and records retain their account and plan requirements.

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## For agents

Find a reachable public utility buyer and assess service fit

- A G2X account with SLED and CRM access, the service and geography the user authorizes you to research, and access to original public documents. Community Edition supports the manual search/account workflow. Coverage is portal-by-portal; SLED has no Add to pipeline or Watch. Lumen is separate and files require approved storage/audience. Illustrative instructions only.

1. **Start in G2X SLED** Open Opportunities → State, Local, and Education at https://g2x.com/app/opportunities/sled. Search the authorized service terms and geography. Use State, Jurisdiction Type, Due Window and Source where relevant. Read the current results rather than assuming a federal code filter applies. Record useful candidates and their source links; an empty result does not prove no utility work exists.

2. **Confirm the actual public buyer** Open each relevant SLED record and review Overview, Opportunity Summary and Documents. Follow the official source to establish the issuing organization and public status, exact notice identifier, current status, response deadline/timezone and any amendments. Use the utility's official purchasing page to verify its portal. EWEB and BPU in the article illustrate routes only, not a current bid or executed G2X search.

3. **Assess crew and service fit** From the issued package extract sites, service frequency, response times, permitted work hours, required reports, licenses, insurance and access conditions. Cite the document and section. Compare only to company capacity the user supplied. Return pass, unresolved or unsuitable with reasons; do not invent assets, personnel or qualifications.

4. **Prepare the review manually or in Lumen** Manually write a fit brief, or with authority and Lumen access attach approved public files using https://g2x.com/docs/lumen/ask-lumen. Illustrative prompt: 'Assess these utility requirements against the supplied service area and crew capacity. Cite each required service condition. Separate supported fit, missing evidence and questions for the buyer. Do not assume capacity or that the bid is still open.' Check the result against original documents and current portal status.

5. **Retain a next action only when authorized** In CRM → Accounts, search the organization by verified name, website or UEI before creating anything. When authorized, record the purchasing source and the approved next action with owner/date. Preserve unrelated notes and reopen the record to confirm. SLED bids cannot be added to a pursuit through this workflow. Saving a search view is optional and needs authority; it reruns a search and does not guarantee alerts.

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Expected result: A small verified public-utility buyer shortlist, source-linked service-fit decisions and proposed next actions; no fabricated current bid, contact or subscription.

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