Govlist

Govlist, Inc. (which operated as ProcureNow) was a San Francisco-based govtech startup providing a multi-tenant SaaS platform for government procurement and contract management. Its Government Procurement Automation Cloud helped local and state agencies build, source, and evaluate RFPs and bids, and helped suppliers read, understand, and respond to complex public solicitations. The company, backed by 500 Global and Civstart, was acquired by OpenGov in 2021 (announced June 2021), where the product now lives as OpenGov Procurement. Govlist has no independent developer surface, API, or portal; its original domain (thegovlist.com) no longer resolves. This profile is preserved as a historical lead surfaced from the 500 Global portfolio.

Govlist is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, GovTech, Government, Procurement, and Public Sector.

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5.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyGovTechGovernmentProcurementPublic SectorRFPContract ManagementAcquired

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Composite quality — 5.7/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: govlist
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/govlist.png
name: Govlist
description: Govlist, Inc. (which operated as ProcureNow) was a San Francisco-based govtech startup providing a multi-tenant
  SaaS platform for government procurement and contract management. Its Government Procurement Automation Cloud helped local
  and state agencies build, source, and evaluate RFPs and bids, and helped suppliers read, understand, and respond to complex
  public solicitations. The company, backed by 500 Global and Civstart, was acquired by OpenGov in 2021 (announced June 2021),
  where the product now lives as OpenGov Procurement. Govlist has no independent developer surface, API, or portal; its original
  domain (thegovlist.com) no longer resolves. This profile is preserved as a historical lead surfaced from the 500 Global
  portfolio.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/govlist/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- civstart
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-former-name: ProcureNow
x-acquired-by: opengov
x-acquired-year: '2021'
x-successor-url: https://opengov.com/products/procurement/
x-website-status: offline
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- GovTech
- Government
- Procurement
- Public Sector
- RFP
- Contract Management
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://thegovlist.com
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/govlist
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence