Get your Cal eProcure bid events through an API

What you can build on Cal eProcure

• Search bid events in the CSCR

  Build this

  Searches the bid opportunities in the California State Contracts Register (CSCR) on Cal eProcure for events that match your keywords.

  Takes

  Keywords, department (optional)

  Returns

  Event ID, event name, department, end date

• List your event invitations

  Build this

  Signs in to your bidder account and reads your event invitations from My Account.

  Takes

  Nothing

  Returns

  Event ID, event name, department, end date

• Check your SB/DVBE certification status

  Build this

  Reads the certification part of your WorkCenter: which certifications your firm holds and their status.

  Takes

  Nothing

  Returns

  Certification type (SB, SB-PW, DVBE), status, dates shown

• Update your bid notification UNSPSC codes

  Build this

  Opens your bidder notification settings and adds or removes UNSPSC codes and service areas for CSCR Bid Opportunity Interest Notifications.

  Takes

  UNSPSC codes to add, codes to remove, service areas

  Returns

  UNSPSC codes, service areas, notification contacts

Automate Cal eProcure with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• New CSCR bid events for your keywords

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  Search bid events in the CSCR for each keyword you name.

  Step 2

  Keep the events that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list with event ID, name, department and end date.

• New event invitations, posted to your bid tracker

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 8:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  List your event invitations from My Account.

  Step 2

  Keep the invitations that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Post each one to your webhook with event ID, name, department and end date.

• Weekly SB/DVBE certification status check

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 9:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  Check your SB/DVBE certification status in the WorkCenter.

  Step 2

  Stop when nothing changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the certification type, the new status and the dates shown.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Search bid events in the CSCR” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "caleprocure.ca.gov/search_bid_events",
    "input": {
      "keywords": [
        "janitorial"
      ],
      "department": null
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "keywords": [
      "janitorial"
    ],
    "events": [
      {
        "event_id": "0000099017",
        "event_name": "Janitorial services, regional office",
        "department": "Acme Department of Facilities",
        "end_date": "2026-12-04"
      },
      {
        "event_id": "0000099042",
        "event_name": "Floor care and window cleaning",
        "department": "Northwind Water Agency",
        "end_date": "2026-12-11"
      }
    ],
    "count": 2
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

Cal eProcure’s own options

Cal eProcure has no API for bidders. It advertises bid opportunities in the CSCR and handles bidder registration and SB/DVBE certification in the browser, and it can email you new bid opportunities that match your UNSPSC codes. eMarketplace is a separate DGS site for requests against existing LPAs, not for new solicitations.

Read on November 12, 2026: Cal eProcure portal to access bid opportunities (DGS), Bidder registration instructions (DGS), eMarketplace supplier FAQs (DGS).

Signing in to Cal eProcure

Cal eProcure signs bidders in with a User ID and password from Login/Register. A new account gets a temporary password by email and sets its own at the first sign-in: at least 8 characters, with upper and lower case letters, a number and a special character. With Fous you sign in once through Cal eProcure's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Notifications follow your UNSPSC codes

CSCR Bid Opportunity Interest Notifications go to the contacts you designate and match on the UNSPSC codes and service areas you chose. A keyword search can find events filed under other codes.

Account and certification are kept apart

My Account and Manage Certifications are separate, and each has to be updated on its own. Changing your company details in one does not change the other.

New contracts are bid on Cal eProcure

eMarketplace is only for RFOs against existing DGS LPAs. DGS says bidding on new contracts takes place on Cal eProcure, so keep your certifications and keywords up to date there.

Renewal is a full application

Returning SB and DVBE applicants sign in, then complete and submit the online application with the supporting documents. DVBE applicants submit complete federal income tax returns for the previous three years.

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