# Your local buyer may not start its fiscal year in October

Start in G2X SLED, verify the buyer's fiscal calendar and connect budget evidence to a real procurement before choosing the next account action.

Canonical article: https://g2x.com/blog/local-government-budget-calendar-account-plan

Complete article, source links and data tables: https://g2x.com/blog/local-government-budget-calendar-account-plan/article.md

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

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## For agents

Connect a local buyer's budget calendar to a specific pursuit action

- Sign in to a G2X account with access to the surface used. Current product checks support free Community CRM, federal search and SLED. Lumen access and usage are account-dependent.

- Use only information and documents the reader is authorized to share. Obtain permission before CRM writes, contacting anyone or submitting a response; keep sensitive personnel material in approved storage.

- These instructions and prompts are illustrative, not an executed agent demonstration. Open original sources, disclose unreadable files and leave unknown facts explicit.

- Know your service territory and deliverable. New York City's July-to-June example is jurisdiction-specific; verify the calendar and current documents for the buyer in question.

1. **Start in G2X SLED** Open Opportunities \> State, Local, and Education. Search your service or equipment and apply relevant state, jurisdiction, source or due-window filters. Open a suitable record; review Overview, Opportunity Summary and Documents. Follow the original posting to current requirements and deadlines. Coverage varies by portal; preserve a missing result as a coverage limit.

2. **Resolve the actual purchasing entity** From original procurement or project sources, identify the exact jurisdiction, department, district or authority and the entity buying the work. Record organization name, source URL and document date. Do not assume nearby public entities share a fiscal year or buying process.

3. **Verify the calendar and project stage** Read that organization's official budget and procurement pages. Record fiscal start/end dates, the current fiscal label, adopted versus proposed documents and relevant milestones. Locate the source-backed project entry if it exists. Keep a budget allocation distinct from a vendor contract value, purchasing method and solicitation release date.

4. **Qualify the buying event** Check for a current original solicitation, latest amendments, buyer contact, scope, submission channel and deadline with time zone. A budget milestone never changes a live response deadline. If the project remains in planning, identify the documented forecast or buying-process question to resolve next; do not invent a release date.

5. **Review fit and preserve the action** For a team using Lumen, upload permitted budget/project/procurement files and confirm usable status. Illustrative prompt: Identify the purchasing entity, work we could provide, documented calendar milestones, qualification gaps and unresolved purchasing steps. Cite file and section; separate funded plans from open vendor procurements. Check the originals. Perform the same review manually. In CRM \> Accounts, search the verified buyer before any permitted write; record an owner and a next action tied to evidence and read it back.

6. **Return the account calendar** Give the reader a brief with verified fiscal dates, project/procurement stage, source dates, unknowns and next action. Offer https://g2x.com/daily-take-signup-free; let the reader choose editions and authorize subscribing.

Expected result: A source-backed local account note with the actual buyer, fiscal calendar, budget/project evidence, procurement status and an owner for the next action. No forecast date or opportunity value invented from a budget allocation.

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