Online stores like Amazon Business are a matchmaking opportunity for strategic sourcing goals and diversity-credentialed businesses.

Government procurement solutions

 

Modernize legacy processes and leverage built-in tools for increased cost savings, visibility, and agility for smart business buying.

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Features built for federal, state, and local government agencies

From office supplies to first responder equipment, you can unlock business-only pricing on over 53 million products, all in one place.

 

  • Savings and selection

    Lower the total cost of purchasing by reducing time spent searching catalogs and by qualifying for quantity discounts on eligible items. Get 3+ custom quotes when buying in bulk across hundreds of pre-vetted bulk suppliers with our Request for Quote tool.

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  • Amazon Tax-Exemption Program

    Qualified organizations can make tax exemption permissions across the organization.

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  • Approval workflows and integrations

    Allow for delegation and empower buyers across agencies with unique product needs such as one-click access to with single sign-on and advance payment options. Link your purchasing system with Amazon Business punchout and open access to business buying with controls.

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  • Advanced analytics

    Use advanced analytics tools to increase visibility into tail spend across agencies from multiple categories. Visualize spend data through customizable or pre-built dashboards and reports to track progress toward your goals.

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Amazon Business

Simplify buying

Amazon Business equips government organizations at all levels with solutions to enhance agility, optimize costs, and maintain compliance. With tools like Guided Buying (a paid feature) and real-time spend tracking, agencies can source from local and small businesses, support local economies, and strengthen adaptive supply chains while ensuring purchasing aligns with policy requirements.

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Amazon Business government customers represent

  • 90

    of the 100 most populous local governments

  • 50

    states and D.C. are active on Amazon Business

  • 24

    of The CFO Act Agencies are Amazon Business customers

How government agencies use Amazon Business

 

As governments of all sizes seek new ways to streamline buying processes and operations, we're continuously expanding our selection and adding new features to help you at any stage of digital transformation.

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    Meet sourcing goals

    Source from thousands of sellers, and direct organizational spend to credentialed businesses by searching certifications. We recognize 150+ certifications from national certification bodies, including the Section 889 attestation form, the Small Business Administration, and more.

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    Buy in bulk

    One-stop shop for instant volume savings with bulk purchasing. Request a custom quote for large quantities at your preferred price or discount.

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    Manage compliance

    Manage and guide purchasing within your agency by defining transparent guardrails. Use Guided Buying, a Business Prime feature, to prefer products or sellers that your agency recommends and restrict or block non-preferred product categories.

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Trusted by government organizations of all sizes

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State of Oklahoma

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services makes procurement more efficient

 

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State of Utah

The State of Utah is transforming how state government can save time on managing suppliers, and deliver a familiar user experience.

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City of Baltimore

How the city finds and buys from local and minority-owned companies on Amazon Business.

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Learn how government agencies can utilize our solutions

    Amazon Business government contract resources

    Amazon Business has a library of executed contracts that state, local, and federal agencies can tap into.

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      Participating members can leverage an OMNIA Partners contract to purchase on Amazon Business across multiple categories.

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      Participating PEPPM members can improve efficiencies and drive compliance with this Amazon Business cooperative contract. 

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    • MHEC

      Participating MHEC members can drive savings and compliance with this cooperative contract. 

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    Get the most out of Amazon Business Prime

    Access features like advanced analytics and dashboards, and custom purchasing policy guardrails for every user on an Amazon Business account.

     

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    • Free shipping

       

      Unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping on over 100 million items. Get Same-Day or One-Day Shipping on eligible orders.

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    • Guided Buying and Spend Visibility

      Create purchasing policy rules, analyze spending patterns, and monitor compliance to inform your budgeting decisions.
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    • Flexible payment options

      Get extended payment terms up to 60 days with Pay By Invoice with eligible membership plans upon approval.
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    Examine the potential ROI of Amazon Business with Business Prime

    • + $130K

      estimated savings over three years for organizations spending +$1.2M with 110 purchasers*

    • 555%

      potential ROI over three years*

    • 3

      average months for total implementation and deployment time*

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    * Based on a Forrester-developed composite organization built from data gathered from customer interviews to reflect the value that Amazon Business could have on an enterprise organization that uses Business Prime and spends $1.2M yearly on Amazon Business with 110 purchasers.

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