Legal

Terms of Service.

Last updated: October 6, 2026

1. The Service

Jobs & Bids (the "Service") is an information service that aggregates publicly posted government procurement opportunities and delivers them by email and through the Jobs & Bids website, which also includes an optional member marketplace (see Section 5A). The Service is operated by Jobs and Bids LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("Jobs & Bids", "we", "us").

2. Subscription & Billing

Paid subscriptions are billed monthly or annually and automatically renew until cancelled. Pro plans include a 7-day free trial, or 30 days if you signed up through another member’s referral link; billing begins when the trial ends unless you cancel before then. Enterprise has no trial and bills from the first day. Prices are exclusive of any applicable taxes.

You can pay by card or from a US bank account (ACH debit). A bank payment can take up to four business days to clear: a plan paid for from a bank account starts when the payment clears, and if a bank payment is returned the plan it was for does not start or, when it was the first payment after a free trial, ends at once. One free trial per card or bank account.

Referral credit: when a member you invited through your referral link has paid for two months of Pro, your account receives a $99.99 credit toward future bills, up to 3 a year. A credit has no cash value and cannot be transferred, and it is taken back if the payment that earned it is refunded or disputed.

You can cancel any time from Settings, under Membership. Cancelling there, or using “Manage Subscription” to cancel in the secure Stripe billing portal, both take effect at the end of the current billing period: you keep your paid features until that date and are not billed again. When the period ends your account has no plan: it stays open and your saved bids and notes are kept, but the Service is closed until you subscribe again: the bid feed, your pipeline, The Network, your inbox, member profiles and messages. Without a plan you can still sign in to choose a plan, manage billing, update your account details, read notices about your account, report or block a member, or close your account. The unsubscribe link in our emails stops the emails only and does not cancel a paid subscription. Billing questions: contact us.

Yearly plans: a full refund within 7 days. If you pay for a yearly plan, whether it is your first year or a renewal, you can cancel within 7 days of that payment and get all of it back, from Settings under Membership. Your paid features end when the refund is made. Monthly payments, and yearly payments after those 7 days, are non-refundable and are not pro-rated: cancelling stops future renewals and you keep access until the period you paid for ends. We do correct our own mistakes: if you were charged in error, charged twice, or charged for a period in which we did not provide the service, contact us and we will put it right. Nothing here limits a refund any applicable law requires.

Closing your account is not the same as cancelling. You can close your account from Settings on the website or in the app, and it takes effect immediately: your plan is cancelled the same day and you give up the remainder of any period you have already paid for, which we do not refund. Cancelling keeps your account and keeps your paid features running until the end of the period. If you only want to stop paying, cancel. What happens to your data is set out in the Privacy Policy.

3. Government Bid Data & Accuracy

Government bids are not ours. Every solicitation listed on the Service is written, issued, and owned by the government agency named on it, not by Jobs & Bids. We do not author, sponsor, administer, or award any of them, we are not a party to any resulting contract, and we cannot receive or accept a bid on an agency’s behalf. Jobs & Bids is an independent information service and is not affiliated with any government agency. What we own is our own compilation: the collection, cleaning, and delivery of notices agencies have already published, which is what Section 5 restricts. The underlying notices remain the agency’s, and where our copy differs from the agency’s own notice, the agency’s notice governs.

Bid data is pulled from official government procurement sources and presented as-is. We make no warranty as to the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of any bid information. You are responsible for verifying every detail directly with the issuing agency before bidding.

4. Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided "as is." We are not liable for any business loss, missed bid opportunity, or other damages arising from your use of (or inability to use) the Service. Maximum aggregate liability in any event is limited to the fees you have paid us in the prior three months.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to resell, scrape, automate, or otherwise re-distribute bid data delivered through the Service. The Service is for the use of the individual or business that holds the subscription.

5A. Member-Posted Jobs & Member Conduct

Members on a paid plan may post jobs through the optional member marketplace, as well as browse and respond to them. Member-posted jobs are created by other members, not by Jobs & Bids; they are clearly badged “Member-posted · verify independently” and are kept separate from the government bids we aggregate (see Section 3). We do not vet, endorse, or guarantee any member, posting, response, or the work itself, and we take no commission, finder’s fee, cut or fee of any kind on a job; members connect and contract directly with each other. You are solely responsible for independently verifying any member, license, insurance, and the terms of any engagement before you contract or pay.

When you register, post a job, or respond, you attest that the identity, entity type (government, contractor, business, or individual), and other information you provide are accurate, and that you have the authority to act on behalf of any organization you claim to represent. Misrepresenting your identity, entity type, government or organizational affiliation, licensing, or any other material fact is grounds for immediate termination of your account, without refund, and may be reported to the relevant authorities. You must also keep all posts and responses free of unlawful, fraudulent, harassing, or offensive content; we may remove content and suspend or terminate accounts at our discretion.

6. Account & Data

We do not sell your information. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle it.

7. Changes

We may update these terms; if so, the updated terms apply starting at the next billing cycle. When they change, the date at the top moves and every member who had an account on that day gets a note in their Jobs & Bids Inbox saying what changed.