Solicitary

Public higher-ed solicitations, searchable by clause.

A library of public higher-ed solicitations

See how other buyers wrote it before you write yours.

Solicitary holds real RFPs, IFBs and RFQs from public colleges, universities and state agencies. Ask a question in plain words. You get the solicitations that match, the exact passages with page numbers, and the buyer who ran the sourcing event, so you can pick up the phone instead of filing a records request.

What a result looks like

What it is for

Find the clause

Drafting a termination, insurance or revenue-share section? See how other institutions worded theirs, with the page it appears on.

Find the comparable RFP

Buying networking, dining, audit services or a construction manager? Pull recent examples of the same purchase instead of starting from a blank page.

Find the buyer

Members see who ran the sourcing event, as printed in the document, with the source link and an archive key if you need to cite or recover it. Everyone can search and read the passages.

How to use it

  1. Ask in plain words. Type a question or a brand name. For exact control use quotes, w/5, OR, -word, a wildcard * or filters like state:TX. The Search tips link on the search page lists them all.
  2. Narrow if you need to. Filter by purchase type, year, state, document kind.
  3. Read the passages. Highlighted words show why a document matched. Open the page to read it in context.
  4. Check the source. Each result links to where the PDF was downloaded and carries an archive key and file fingerprint.
  5. Contact the buyer. Members can see the name and email printed in the document. They may be out of date, so confirm before you rely on them.

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