Directlink USA is a procurement tool to assist companies, Manufacturers, business owners and individual sales professionals to locate and register to do business with; States, Counties, Cities, Universities, Corporations and Medical facilities.

This solution will allow someone to go directly to the page on their website pertaining to doing business with them.  For example, if a company would like to sell their products or services to. Columbia University:

In addition, it offers a quick view as to which organizations provide a free bid notification service for their registered vendors, eliminating the need to pay a 3rd party to inform them of potential bid opportunities.  

Each agency that provides a free bid notification is noted on the database with a red alert icon.
This way, a potential vendor can register with these organizations first, and get free
email notification when their product or service comes up for bid.