Selling to the State of Utah
Purchasing portal, certifications and where to get helpHow a company registers as a supplier with the State of Utah, the state's certification programs and drone programs, and where to get help in Utah, with the official sources. Federal registrations such as SAM.gov are in the federal guides.
Purchasing portal
Utah Public Procurement Place (U3P) on Bonfire, Utah Division of Purchasing and General Services
How to register
- Go to U3P at utah.bonfirehub.com and click Register in the top right corner.
- Enter your name and work email. Open the verification email and confirm your address.
- Set a password and sign in.
- Join your company's existing organization on Bonfire, or click Create organization to start a new one.
- Accept the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
- Fill in every field marked with a red asterisk. Select any vendor types that apply.
- Upload any documents the buyer requests, with expiry dates where asked.
- Choose your commodity codes so notices of matching opportunities reach you.
- Use the Division of Purchasing vendor training page for the registration video, the vendor registration PDF and the bid submission video.
State certifications
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession DBE (ACDBE) certificationUtah Unified Certification Program (UUCP): Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), Utah Transit Authority and Salt Lake City airportsSmall firms owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, for federally assisted transportation contracts (49 CFR Part 26). UDOT says the UUCP has finished re-evaluation under the October 2025 USDOT interim final rule and is accepting new applications in the B2GNow system (utahucp.dbesystem.com). Out-of-state firms must first be re-evaluated or certified in their home state.
Drone programs
- Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) programsUtah Department of Transportation (UDOT), Division of AeronauticsUDOT says its Division of Aeronautics leads Utah's Advanced Air Mobility work and works closely with public, private and academic partners to develop, test and deploy the technology, including eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft. The same page describes UDOT's UAS program, which works to integrate uncrewed aircraft into the National Airspace System.
- Utah Advanced Air Mobility ToolkitUtah Department of Transportation (UDOT), Division of AeronauticsPublic website that explains Advanced Air Mobility and how Utah is preparing for it. UDOT's Advanced Air Mobility page says Utah launched this toolkit.
Where to get help in Utah
- APEX AcceleratorUtah APEX Accelerator (Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development)APEX Accelerator website
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC)Utah Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)SBDC website
- Economic developmentUtah Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED)Economic development agency website
The federal guides
- 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.
Official sources
- Utah Division of Purchasing and General Services
- Utah Division of Purchasing: vendor training
- Utah Division of Purchasing: Vendor Registration PDF (Bonfire guide)
- Utah Public Procurement Place (U3P)
- UDOT Civil Rights: DBE program and UUCP
- UUCP DBE application and directory (B2GNow)
- UDOT Division of Aeronautics: Advanced Air Mobility
- Utah Advanced Air Mobility Toolkit
- Utah APEX Accelerator
- Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development
- Utah State University Extension: Small Business Development Center (links to the Utah SBDC network)
- Utah SBDC
- APEX Accelerators program site (center locator)
- Federal Register: USDOT DBE/ACDBE interim final rule, effective Oct. 3, 2025
- Federal Register: USDOT DBE/ACDBE final rule, published and effective Sept. 25, 2026
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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