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Public-sector funding intelligence · Texas & Oklahoma
See which public agencies funded your kind of work, and what happens next.
PublicVerge Intel tracks bond elections, budgets, capital plans and board actions across Texas and Oklahoma for security and low-voltage integrators, turf and sports-field contractors, and parks and playground suppliers. Every item is checked against the official record and comes with its funding stage, the purchasing route when one is published, and the next date to watch.
Free. No subscription. No sales call required. Following the Texas Nov. 3 elections? See the Nov. 3 results page.
- Official public sources only, with a link on every item
- Funding stage labeled: proposed, approved, funded, out to bid
- Purchasing route shown when it's published, including co-op contracts
Who we serve
Built for companies that sell into schools, cities and counties.
PublicVerge organizes public funding by what you sell, not by agency. Pick your category to see the kind of items we track.
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Security & Life Safety
For security, low-voltage and life-safety integrators.
See security items → 02Turf, Fields & Athletics
For synthetic turf, sports-field, track and athletic-facility contractors.
See field items → 03Parks, Playgrounds & Recreation
For parks and playground manufacturers, specialty suppliers and installers expanding their territory.
See parks items →Selling something else into public agencies, such as roofing, HVAC or facility systems? Tell us what you sell and we'll say honestly whether we can cover it.
Security & Life Safety
Cameras, access control and secure entries, tracked from the ballot to the purchase.
Texas school districts fund security work through bond programs, annual budgets and the state School Safety Allotment. A lot of it is then bought through cooperative contracts such as TIPS, BuyBoard or Texas DIR rather than a new open bid. That makes it easy to miss on bid boards and hard to track across dozens of districts. PublicVerge pulls it together by region.
Example: Comal ISD's Proposition A ($539,955,000 program total, not security-only) includes surveillance cameras, added security windows in entry vestibules, door hardware and access control across campuses. It's on the Nov. 3 ballot: proposed, not approved. Source · verified Oct. 12, 2026
Get the Nov. 3 security items- Named scope
Bond propositions and budget items that name cameras, access control, door hardware, secure vestibules, intrusion, fire/life-safety or emergency communication
- Source language
The scope language quoted from the official record, so you can judge fit yourself
- Stage and value
Stage and value labeled: program total vs. any published security amount
- Purchasing route
The co-op or contract route when the agency has published one
- Next watchpoint
Canvass, bond sale, design or CMAR award, board approval, quote or bid posting
Turf, Fields & Athletics
Field, track and stadium money, by district and by stage.
Turf replacements, new competition fields, track resurfacing and stadium lighting often show up first as a bond proposition or capital-plan line, months before anything is posted for bid. Some of them are bought through cooperative contracts instead. PublicVerge tracks those items across Texas and Oklahoma and labels exactly what's funded and what isn't.
Example: Keller ISD's Proposition E ($23,913,963) would install artificial turf at all Keller ISD middle schools and at high school baseball and softball fields. It's on the Nov. 3 ballot: proposed, not approved. Source · verified Oct. 12, 2026
Get the Nov. 3 field items- Field items
Bond propositions, capital-plan lines and board items for turf, fields, tracks, lighting, scoreboards and athletic complexes
- Amount label
Whether the amount is field-specific or part of a larger program
- Stage and route
Stage, published purchasing route (if any) and the next date to watch
- Oklahoma coverage
Funded school and city field projects that haven't gone to bid yet
Parks, Playgrounds & Recreation
Parks and playground funding beyond your home market.
If you already know your local parks directors, you probably know your local projects. What's harder to see is everything else: funded playground, shade, surfacing, splash and park-amenity items across the rest of Texas and Oklahoma, and which ones are likely to go through a cooperative contract. PublicVerge covers that wider view, and it can show manufacturers where funded items fall across their dealer territories.
PlaygroundsShadeSafety surfacingSplash and aquaticsPark amenities and site furnishingsTrails and park infrastructure
Example: the City of Austin's Proposition A ($260,000,000 program total) lists the Onion Creek all-abilities playground among its priority park infrastructure projects. It's on the Nov. 3 ballot: proposed, not approved. A playground-specific amount isn't published. Source · verified Oct. 12, 2026
Get the Nov. 3 parks itemsTerritory coverage
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Texas
School districts, cities, counties and the cooperative purchasing programs they use.
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Oklahoma
School districts, cities and the state and cooperative contracts they use.
How PublicVerge is different
Not more alerts. The full picture for your category.
Everything PublicVerge reports is public. Anyone could find it with enough time. What we do is find it, read it, check it and put it in one place, so you don't have to search dozens of agency websites.
- Across agencies, not one at a time.
We pull funding items from many districts, cities and counties into one list for your category and territory, including places outside your usual market.
- Funding stage, stated plainly.
Each item is labeled discussed, proposed, approved, funded, procurement planned, out to bid or awarded. A proposition on the ballot is "proposed." It's "approved" only after the official results say so.
- The purchasing route, when it's known.
Texas law lets local governments meet competitive-bidding requirements by buying through cooperative purchasing programs. When an agency publishes the route (BuyBoard, TIPS, Texas DIR, an Oklahoma statewide contract or an open bid), we show it. When it isn't published, we say "not published" and don't guess.
- The next watchpoint, with a date when there is one.
For example: the official canvass, the bond sale, a design or construction-manager award, a board approval or a bid posting.
- Human-verified, source-linked.
A person checks each item against the official record before it's delivered. Every item carries its source link and the date it was verified. Program totals are kept separate from category amounts, and unknowns are labeled as unknown.
PublicVerge uses public records only. We don't have, and don't claim, insider, nonpublic or proprietary access to any agency. We don't guarantee that any project will be bid, funded or awarded.
Typical bid listingPublicVerge context
Appears when the solicitation opens
Tracks earlier planning and funding signals
Shows a record or link
Explains stage, scope, evidence, and next watchpoint
May repeat a total without context
Separates program totals from product-relevant value
Focuses on active opportunities
Also monitors awards, contracts, renewals, and market context
Shows only open, posted bids
Notes when a project may be bought through a co-op contract and won't post as a new bid
What PublicVerge monitors
Public information, organized around commercial relevance.
Government buying intent often develops across several records before a solicitation appears. PublicVerge follows that trail so teams can spend less time searching and more time deciding what deserves attention.
Procurement activity
Procurement calendars, purchasing portals, planned sourcing activity, and official solicitations.
Awards and contracts
Contract awards, purchasing paths, active agreements, expirations, renewals, and extensions.
Market developments
Relevant competitor, dealer, territory, product, partnership, and channel changes from approved sources.
How it works
From a defined market to a concise intelligence brief.
Monitoring begins with the territory, public entities, product categories, and competitor set that matter to the customer—not a generic national feed.
Ask about your market- 01
Define the scope
Set the territory, entity universe, product categories, watchlist, and recipients.
- 02
Monitor the record
Review relevant planning, funding, procurement, contract, and market sources.
- 03
Validate the signal
Separate confirmed facts, active watchpoints, context, and information not yet published.
- 04
Deliver the intelligence
Present the signal, evidence, stage, value context, sources, and practical next watchpoint.
Buying-signal stages
Track the market before, during, and after the bid.
A project can move forward, stall, change scope, or surface through a different purchasing path. PublicVerge keeps each stage distinct.
- 01Discussion
- 02Planned
- 03Budget proposed
- 04Funded / approved
- 05Procurement planned
- 06Open solicitation
- 07Awarded
- 08Active contract
- 09Renewal / extension
Sample output
What an item looks like.
Each item states what's documented, why it may matter, and what to watch next, with the source and the date it was verified.
PUBLIC FUNDING SIGNAL · SECURITY & LIFE SAFETY
PROPOSED · Nov. 3, 2026 ballot
Comal ISD Bond 2026: Proposition A
New Braunfels area, Texas · K-12
PROP A$539,955,000program total, not security-only
SECURITY SHARENot publishedno category amount in the source
ROUTENot publishedpurchasing route not stated
What's documented
The district's bond page lists "surveillance cameras, added security windows in entry vestibules, door hardware, and access control across campuses" under safety and security.
Why it may matter
A named security scope in a large program can lead to design, integrator selection or co-op purchases after approval and the bond sale.
What to watch next
Nov. 3 result · canvass · bond sale timing · board items assigning security scope · co-op or bid postings
Source: Comal ISD Bond 2026 page (comalisd.org) · verified Oct. 12, 2026
PUBLIC FUNDING SIGNAL · TURF & ATHLETICS
PROPOSED · Nov. 3, 2026 ballot
Keller ISD Bond 2026: Proposition E (Districtwide Turf)
Keller, Texas (Tarrant County) · K-12
PROP E$23,913,963turf-specific proposition
PER-FIELD AMOUNTSNot publishedno per-field split in the source
ROUTENot publishedpurchasing route not stated
What's documented
Prop E "includes installation of artificial turf at all KISD middle schools as well as high school baseball and softball fields." A separate Prop D ($11,025,446) includes lighting, track and turf replacement at the district athletic complex.
Why it may matter
A proposition dedicated to turf makes the category amount explicit. That's unusual, and useful for planning.
What to watch next
Nov. 3 result · canvass · design/consultant selection · co-op or bid postings
Source: Keller ISD board news release (kellerisd.net) · verified Oct. 12, 2026
Representative historical example, not a current sales opportunity.
PUBLIC BUYING SIGNAL2026 GO Bond — playground equipment & shade
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma · Parks & Recreation
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT$2.7Min-scope allocation
JACKSON PARK SHADE$690Kproject-specific value
DOG PARK SHADE$340Kproject-specific value
What's documented
Voters approved named playground-equipment and playground-shade projects. The construction schedule and procurement method were not yet published in the source record.
Why it may matter
Named, funded category-level budgets can create an earlier watchpoint before a bid or purchasing path becomes obvious.
What would have been worth watching next
Bond-sale timing · council actions assigning park projects · playground-equipment and shade procurement postings.
Source basis: official City of Broken Arrow 2026 GO Bond records · representative snapshot prepared Sept. 28, 2026
Pricing
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Founding pricing for early customers in Texas and Oklahoma. Nothing renews automatically.
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A short brief on public-sector funding and project signals relevant to what you sell in your territory.
- Items in your category and territory
- Funding stage
- Source link on every item
- Purchasing route where one is published
Territory Pipeline Report
$249one-time
Every funded or approved item in your category across your territory, in one report.
- 15–40 items, depending on what's in the public record
- Entity, scope quoted from the source, stage and value label
- Published purchasing route where one exists (co-op, contract or open bid)
- "What to watch next" notes with dates where known
- PDF and spreadsheet (CSV)
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Founding Monitoring
$300–$500per month, founding rate
Ongoing watch on your category and territory, for teams that want new items as they appear.
- New funding, board and procurement items as they're verified
- Cooperative-contract and award tracking in your category
- A named-account watchlist (the districts or cities you care about most)
- Monthly summary
Your rate depends on territory size and watchlist length, and is confirmed in writing before any billing.
Month-to-month. No automatic renewal: each month is confirmed with you before it's billed.
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Manufacturer or covering several states or dealer territories? We can map funded items across your dealer or rep territories so you can see where coverage gaps are. Scoped and quoted individually.
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- Stage, source link and verified date on every item
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How we source
Public records, checked by a person.
PublicVerge works only from public records: agency bond pages, election orders and official results, budgets and capital plans, board and council agendas and minutes, procurement portals and cooperative purchasing records. A person reviews each item against its source before it's delivered. Every item carries a link and the date it was verified. We label stage carefully (proposed is not approved), keep program totals separate from category amounts, and write "not published" rather than guess. We have no insider or nonpublic access, and we don't sell personal data.
PublicVerge Intel is an independent research service based in Oklahoma City, founded by Austin Temaat.
Found an error? Email hello@publicvergeintel.com. We correct and re-date the item.
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers before you start.
Have a question about your territory or category? Email hello@publicvergeintel.com.
Is PublicVerge a bid-alert service?
No. Open bids are one input. We focus on what comes before and around them: bond elections, budgets, capital plans, board actions, cooperative-contract purchases and awards.
Where does the information come from?
Only public sources: agency bond pages, ordinances and orders calling elections, official election results and canvasses, budgets, capital improvement plans, board and council agendas and minutes, procurement portals, cooperative purchasing records and contract awards. Each item links to its source.
Do you have inside or nonpublic information?
No. Everything we report is publicly available. The value is in finding it across many agencies, checking it, labeling the stage and putting it in one place for your category.
Is every item a sales opportunity?
No. Projects change, stall, lose funding or get bought in unexpected ways. We report what the record shows, label what's unknown, and don't guarantee bids, timing or awards.
How do you handle dollar amounts?
A bond or program total is not your category's budget, and we label the difference. If a category-specific amount isn't published, we say so.
Do your paid options renew automatically?
No. Nothing renews automatically. The Territory Pipeline Report is a one-time purchase. Founding Monitoring is month-to-month: each month is confirmed with you before you're billed for it.
Which territories do you cover?
Texas and Oklahoma today. Other states can be scoped on request.
Who's behind PublicVerge?
PublicVerge Intel is an independent research service based in Oklahoma City, founded by Austin Temaat.
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