Find local government opportunities before you miss them
Cities publicly discuss projects — road repairs, drainage, parks, HVAC, security cameras, engineering studies, capital budgets — weeks before normal vendors notice. Civic Lead Radar reads that paperwork every week and tells local vendors and small businesses which items are real opportunities, who can sell into them, and exactly where to verify each one in the city's own record.
How it works
We scan public agendas
Every week we pull city-council matters from the public Granicus Legistar API — the same records the city publishes, no scraping tricks.
We score for opportunity
Each item is categorized (civil engineering, facilities, IT, staffing…) and scored for budget and procurement signals. We keep only the real ones.
You get a source-linked pack
One narrow city + category pack a week: what it is, who can sell into it, why it matters, and a clickable link to the city's own record.
Sample: Oakland civil engineering — 3 of 5 real items this cycle
Broadway Streetscape Improvements — Construction Contract Award
Awarded to McGuire & Hester (lowest responsive bidder). Tells streetscape subs exactly who won Oakland DOT work and whom to call for a subcontract.
HSIP Cycle 10, 14th Street Safety — Construction Contract Award
Awarded to Gruendl Inc. dba Ray's Electric. Traffic-safety and electrical subs plus signal/lighting suppliers can time outreach to the award.
FY 2026-27 Proposed Midcycle Budget (Capital Appropriations)
The earliest forward signal of which Oakland infrastructure work gets funded next cycle — a lead for civil engineering and design firms tracking capital cadence.
Free vs. paid
Free
Get a feel for the signal.
- 1 weekly sample pack per city / category
- Source-linked items, no padding
- Freshness label on every item
Paid
For vendors who act on the timing.
- Full weekly report (all matching items)
- Alerts by city & category
- Context notes on each opportunity
- CSV export + bid/opportunity watchlist
Join the waitlist
Tell us the one city + category you'd want monitored. We'll send the next sample pack first.