Selling to the State of Kansas

How a company registers as a supplier with the State of Kansas, the state's certification programs and drone programs, and where to get help in Kansas, with the official sources. Federal registrations such as SAM.gov are in the federal guides.

Kansas eSupplier Portal (Kansas Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Contracts)

How to register

1. 1Find the UNSPSC (United Nations Standard Products and Services Code) category codes that match what the company sells, before starting registration. Kansas uses the UNSPSC system, which has more than 40,000 codes, according to the Office of Procurement and Contracts. The full code list is in the eSupplier "FAQs and Contact Us" (Help) section: https://supplier.sok.ks.gov/psc/sokfsprdsup/SUPPLIER/ERP/c/SCP_PUBLIC_MENU_FL.SCP_PUB_FAQ_CMP_FL.GBL. The Office says the document can be searched with the browser's find tool.
2. 2Open the eSupplier bidder registration page (https://supplier.sok.ks.gov/psc/sokfsprdsup/SUPPLIER/ERP/c/SCP_PUBLIC_MENU_FL.SCP_PUB_REG_CMP_FL.GBL) and select "Register New Bidder."
3. 3Fill in the form and add the category codes from step 1. Submit it one time. The Office of Procurement and Contracts asks bidders not to submit another application after registering.
4. 4Watch for an email. After the application is processed, the state sends an email confirming it is approved and giving the company a bidder number. Registered bidders receive bid event notices based on their category codes, according to the Office of Procurement and Contracts.
5. 5Send later changes to bids@ks.gov with the company name and taxpayer ID. Phone help is 785-296-2376 (Topeka).
6. 6Find open bids on the eSupplier Bid Solicitations page: https://supplier.sok.ks.gov/psc/sokfsprdsup/SUPPLIER/ERP/c/SCP_PUBLIC_MENU_FL.SCP_PUB_BID_CMP_FL.GBL
7. 7For sign-in or password problems, contact the company's External Supplier Administrator or the Kansas Service Desk at 785-368-8000, Option 2, according to the Department of Administration eSupplier page.

• Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) certificationKansas Department of Commerce, Office of Small BusinessSmall businesses at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more women or members of the minority groups Kansas Commerce lists. The owner must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and must control management and daily operations. The business must meet SBA (U.S. Small Business Administration) size standards and be independent, viable and for-profit. Kansas Commerce says the MBE/WBE certification has no personal net worth requirement, unlike DBE certification (eligibility sheet revised June 23, 2020). Criteria sheet: https://www.kansascommerce.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MBE-WBE_Eligibility.pdf. Kansas Commerce says its certification portal is "currently under construction" and asks applicants to contact its Certification Project Manager.
• Disabled Veteran Owned Business (DVOB) preference certificationKansas Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Contracts, with review by the Kansas Commission on Veterans' AffairsKansas law (K.S.A. 75-3740) defines this status. The state application describes a business domiciled in Kansas (or a corporation, even a wholly owned subsidiary of a foreign corporation) that is at least 51% owned by one or more veterans entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability, with management and daily operations controlled by disabled veterans. The Kansas Commission on Veterans' Affairs reviews each business, and the Department of Administration re-certifies it every year. The application asks for a short letter on the business's Kansas work presence and copies of Veterans Administration documents. It says the state uses the federal SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business) website to verify status and that applicants should be registered there. The Department's page says a SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEI) is required to register and be verified as an SDVOSB, links to SBA certifications (https://certifications.sba.gov/), and says there should not be any cost to get a SAM.gov unique identifier. Mail the completed checklist and application to Kansas Procurement and Contracts, 900 SW Jackson, Room 451-S, Topeka, KS 66612-1216.

• Applied Aviation Research Lab (AARL)Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology CampusA state university UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) lab whose staff work with industry on training, consulting, collaboration and research, according to K-State Salina. The campus has a fleet of more than 40 UAS (fixed-wing and rotary-wing). K-State says it was the first university to receive an FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Part 107 waiver for beyond-line-of-sight flights (2018), and its research center received a nationwide beyond-line-of-sight waiver in 2020. It flies from the Salina airport (Class D airspace) and, for Department of Defense and other government projects, has access to restricted airspace at the Smoky Hill Weapons Range. Contact: profed@k-state.edu, 785-289-2650.

• APEX AcceleratorKansas APEX Accelerator (hosted by Wichita State University, with a Kansas City subcenter at Johnson County Community College)APEX Accelerator website
• Small Business Development Center (SBDC)Kansas Small Business Development Center (Kansas SBDC)SBDC website
• Economic developmentKansas Department of CommerceEconomic development agency website

• Where to startThe order: the basics, codes and size, SAM.gov, certifications, drone rules, documents, where to sell, and free and low-cost help.
• SAM.gov registrationThe federal government's free registration for companies that want federal contracts: the Unique Entity ID, the CAGE code and the yearly renewal.
• Codes and profilesNAICS and PSC codes, SBA size standards, CAGE and NCAGE codes, and the SBA Small Business Search profile buyers search.
• SBA certificationsThe SBA's 8(a), HUBZone, women-owned (WOSB and EDWOSB) and veteran-owned (VetCert) programs: who each is for and how to apply.
• Drone complianceThe rules for selling drones to government and flying them: NDAA and the American Security Drone Act, Blue UAS, the FCC, FAA Part 107, ITAR, EAR and CMMC.
• Documents to prepareWhat government buyers, SBA lenders, SBIR and STTR programs and investors ask to see.
• Selling to federal buyersWhere federal contracts, subcontracts and research funding are posted: SAM.gov, primes, the GSA schedule, SBIR and STTR, DIU, AFWERX, the Army, the Navy, SOFWERX and DHS.
• Utilities and public buyersUtilities, HUD-funded agencies, state transportation departments, cities and counties, and cooperative contracts such as Sourcewell and NASPO ValuePoint.
• Free and low-cost helpAPEX Accelerators, SBDCs, SBA district offices, SCORE, veterans' and women's business centers, MEP centers and agency small business offices.

• Kansas Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Contracts
• Kansas Department of Administration, Bidder Registration
• Kansas Department of Administration, eSupplier
• Kansas Department of Administration, Certified Business and Disabled Veteran Owned Business
• Kansas Department of Administration, Disabled Veteran Owned Business Application (Word file)
• Kansas Department of Commerce, Office of Small Business
• Kansas Department of Commerce, Certification portal notice
• Kansas Department of Commerce, MBE/WBE Eligibility Criteria (rev. 6.23.2020)
• Kansas Department of Commerce, Aerospace industry
• K-State Salina, About the Applied Aviation Research Lab
• Kansas APEX Accelerator
• Kansas SBDC
• Kansas Department of Commerce

Last checked September 25, 2026. Rules, fees and programs change; the official sources are where to confirm them before applying or spending money.

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