Actually if your business qualifies for 8(a) status which is a business development program created to help small disadvantaged businesses compete in the market place, then you can get access to some great surplus property for free or cheap from your state.
Millions of dollars of state and federal surplus property are redistributed to government entities through the Surplus Property Program for each state.
Items such as vehicles, shop equipment, office furniture, computers, hospital equipment, generators, road equipment, and more are available at surplus property centers. The program also assists state government in the disposal of surplus property through a variety of means, including Internet auctions.
Three major groups can receive surplus property for free. The first is Public Agencies such as cities and towns, public libraries schools, and museums, volunteer fire departments, and more. The second group is non-profit institutions, such as health centers, colleges, hospitals, child care centers, and programs for the elderly. The final group is Small Businesses who are enrolled in the Small Business Administration’s 8A program. These businesses must be owned or controlled by one or more person who can provide evidence having been socially or economically deprived of the opportunity to develop and maintain a competitive position in the economy. For more information contact the SBA at www.sba.gov
The general public can purchase property through internet auctions sites, retail stores at each center, or through typical auctions. To learn what is available in your state and how you can purchase these items, contact the office listed below.
In addition to the State Surplus sources, every Federal government agency has surplus property. Members to the Club can access this information in the Living Expenses category in a sub-category titled “Does This Money Belong To You?” You can find out about houses, cars, jewelry, ships, confiscated property, and even horses and bison! There is something for everyone. Many of the agencies offer their goods online or through local auctions. Check it out.
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Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Attn: Surplus Property 3445 Eva Rd. Eva, AL 35621 256-796-4434 Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Attn: Surplus Property P.O. Box 210487 Montgomery, AL 36121 334-277-5866 http://216.226.178.189/Surplus%20Property/default.aspx
Division of General Services 2400 Viking Dr. Anchorage, AK 99501 907-279-0596 Division of General Services 355 Whittier Juneau, AK 99811 907-465-2172 http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ADMIN/dgs/property/
Arizona Department of Administration 100 N. 15th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007 602-542-1500 Surplus Property Management Office 1537 W. Jackson St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 http://www.azdoa.gov/msd/surplus/
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Office of State Procurement Marketing and Redistribution 6220 Young Rd. Little Rock, AR 72209 501-565-8645 www.arstatesurplus.com
Department of General Services Interagency Support Division 707 3rd St., 8th Floor West Sacramento, CA 95605 IMS-Mail Code: Z-01 916-376-5031 Federal Property: 714-558-6448 www.isd.dgs.ca.gov/surplus/default.htm
Colorado Correctional Industries 4999 Oakland St. Denver, CO 80239 303-370-2160 http://www.coloradoci.com/
State Surplus Facility 60 State St. Wethersfield, CT 06109 860-571-7445 http://www.das.state.ct.us/Surplus/No_Auctions.htm#VEHICLE
Surplus Store Governor Bacon Health Center Wilmington Ave. Delaware City, DE
Office of Contracting and Procurement Personal Property Division 441 4th St., NW, Suite 700S Washington, DC 20001 202-576-6472 http://app.ocp.dc.gov/RUI/information/ppd/ppd_main.asp
Office of the Secretary Deparment of Management Services 4050 Esplanade Way Tallahassee, FL 32399 850-488-2786 http://dms.myflorida.com/business_operations/ specialized_services/federal_property_assistance
2072 North Bibb Dr. Tucker, GA 30084 770-414-6468 http://surplusproperty.doas.georgia.gov/02/doas/surplus/home/0,2475,41113361,00.html; jsessionid=9C9B97E16BB2DC2E8BFFABA60CF8B3A0
Office of the State Controller 700 W. State St. P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0011 208 334-3100 http://www.sco.idaho.gov/web/sbe/sbeweb.nsf/displayview?ReadForm&L1=Board+of+Examiners&L2=State+Surplus+Property
Department of Central Management Services State Surplus Property Control 1924 South 10 1/2 Street Springfield, IL 62703 217-782-7786 http://www.cms.il.gov/cms/1_buying/statesurp.htm
State Surplus 601 W. McCarty Street, Suite 100 Indianapolis, IN 46225 317-234-3685 http://www.in.gov/idoa/2286.htm
Iowa Prison Industries 2323 Dean Avenue Des Moines, IA 50317 Fax: 515-242-5779 http://www.iaprisonind.com/html/surplus/surplus.asp
State Surplus Supply 2904 SW Kanza Drive Topeka, KS 66606 785-296-2334 http://www.da.ks.gov/ surplus/default.htm
Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, Division of Surplus Property 999 Chenault Road Frankfort, KY 40601 502-573- 4836 http://finance.ky.gov/internal/surplus/
Surplus Property 95 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 207-287-2923 http://www.maine.gov/bgs/centralserv/surplus/
Department of General Services Surplus Property 8037 Brock Bridge Rd. P.O. Box 1039 Jessup, MD 20794 410-799-0440 301-596-1080 http://www.dgs.maryland.gov/surplus/index.htm
Operational Services Division Surplus Property Program One Ashburton Place Room 1017 Boston, MA 02108-1552 617-720-3300 http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=osdtopic&L=3&sid=Aosd&L0=Home&L1=Buy+ from+a+Contract&L2=Buying+Surplus+ Property
Surplus Property Office Department of Management and Budget, Agency Services, Federal Surplus Property 3353 N. Martin L. King Jr. Blvd. P.O. Box 30026 Lansing, MI 48909 517-335-9105 Federal Surplus 517-335-2559 State Surplus Fax: 517-335-9559 www.michigan.gov/surplus
Materials Management Division Surplus Services Department of Administration 5420 Old Highway 8 Aden Hills, Minnesota 55112 651-639-4022 Fax: 651-639-4026 http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/surplus/mn03000.htm
Office of Surplus Property 3147 Highway 468W Pearl, MS 39208 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5778 Jackson, MS 39288-5778 601-939-2050 Fax: 601-939-4505 http://www.dfa.state.ms.us/
State Agency for Surplus Property 117 N. Riverside P.O. Drawer 1310 Jefferson City, MO 65102 573-751-3415 888-295-7796 Toll Free Fax: 573-751-1264 www.oa.mo.gov/purch/surplus.html
Department of Administrative Services Materiel Division State Surplus Property 5001 S. 14th Street P.O. Box 94901 Lincoln, NE 68509 402-471-3896 Fax: 402-471-2889 www.das.state.ne.us/ materiel/surplus/surplus.htm Nebraska Federal Surplus Property Office 2700 West Van Dorn Lincoln, NE 68509 402-471-2677 Fax: 402-471-2769 Mailing Address: P.O. Box # 94661 Lincoln, NE 68509-4661 www.corrections.state.ne.us/federal_surplus/index.html
Department of Administration Purchasing Division 515 E. Musser Street, Suite 300 Carson City, NV 89701 775-684-0170 Fax: 775-684-0188 http://purchasing.state.nv.us/property/auction.htm
Distribution and Support Services 1620 Stuyvesant Avenue Trenton, NJ 08625 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 234 Trenton, NJ 08625-0234 609-530-300 www.state.nj.us/treasury/dss/
General Services Department State Agency for Surplus Property Joseph Montoya Building-Room 1022 1100 S. St. Francis Drive Santa Fe, NM 87502 Mailing Address: P.O. Drawer 26110 Santa Fe, NM 87502-0110 505-827-2349 Fax: 505-827-2078 www.generalservices.state.nm.us/bsd/buildings/surplus.html
Office of General Services State and Federal Surplus Building #18 State Office Building Campus Albany, NY 12226 Federal Surplus: 518-457-3264 Fax: 518-457-5436 www.ogs.state.ny.us/supportServices/fedSurplus/aboutfederal.html State Surplus: 518-457-6335 Fax: 518-457-4641 www.ogs.state.ny.us/supportServices/stateSurplus/defaultPublic.html
Federal Surplus Property 1950 Garner Road Raleigh, NC 27610 919-733-3885 Fax: 919-733-3883 www.doa.state.nc.us/fsp/fsp.htm State Surplus Property 6501 Chapel Hill Road Highway 54 West Raleigh, NC 27607 Mailing Address: 1310 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1310 www.ncstatesurplus.com/ssp/public/ssphomepage/ssp.htm
State Surplus Property 1278 Hemlock Street Bismarck, ND 58507-7293 Mailing Address: 600 E Boulevard Avenue Department 15 Bismarck, ND 58505-0608 701-328-9665 Fax: 701-328-9669 www.nd.gov/surplus/default.html
State and Federal Surplus 4200 Surface Road Columbus, OH 43228 614-466-6570 Fax: 614-466-1584 http://das.ohio.gov/gsd/propfac/surplus/sfsur.html
State Surplus 2530 W. Reno Oklahoma City, OK 73107-8803 405-525-2354 Fax: 405-232-0809 www.ok.gov/DCS/State_Surplus/index.html
State and Federal Surplus Property Property Distribution Center 1655 Salem Industrial Drive, NE Salem, OR 97301 503-378-4714 503-378-2207 Fax: 503-378-8558 www.oregonsurplus.com/
Bureau of Supplies and Surplus Operations 2221 Foster Street Harrisburg, PA 17125 717-787-6159 Fax: 717-772-2491 www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1395&&PageID=256271&level=4&css=L4&mode=2&cached=true
Surplus Property Office 1441 Boston Avenue West Columbia, SC 29170 803-896-6884 www.ogs.state.sc.us/surplus/SP-index.phtm
State Property Management 1320 E. Sioux Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 605-773-4935 Fax: 605-773-3837 www.state.sd.us/boa/Prop.%20Mgmt/propmgt.htm
Property Utilization Division 6500 Centennial Boulevard Nashville, TN 37243-0543 615-350-3373 Fax: 615-350-3379 www.state.tn.us/generalserv/ba04s/
State and Federal Surplus Austin Headquarters P.O. Box 13047 Austin, TX 78711 512-463-2688 Fax: 512-236-6173 http://www.window.state. tx.us/procurement/
Fleet and Surplus Main Office 4120 State Office Building Salt Lake City, UT 84114 801-538-3014 Fax: 801-538-1773 http://fleet.utah.gov/main/index.php
Surplus Property 50 Packard Road Suite 2 East Montpelier, VT 05651 802-828-3394 Fax: 802-828-3396 www.bgs.state.vt.us/gsc/surplus/
Surplus Property Management Office Richmond Distribution Center 1910 Darbytown Road Richmond, VA 23231-5312 804-236-3665 Fax: 804-236-3663 Southwest Distribution Center 135 Four & ½ Street Wytheville, VA 24382 540-228-6803 Fax: 540-226-6927 http://159.169.222.200/dps/Surplus/surplus-bottom.htm
Services Division 210 11th Avenue SW Olympia, WA 98504-1000 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 41000 Olympia, WA 98504-1000 253-333-4900 Fax: 253-333-4915 www.ga.wa.gov/surplus/index.html
Agency for Surplus Property 2700 Charles Avenue Dunbar, WV 25064 304-766-2626 800-576-7587 Fax: 304-766-2631 www.state.wv.us/admin/purchase/surplus/
Enterprise Operations 101 E. Wilson Street Madison, WI 53702 608-266-1719 Fax: 608-267-0600 www.doa.state.wi.us/category.asp?linkcatid=20&linkid=46&locid=2
Surplus Property 2045 Westland Road Cheyenne, WY 82002 307-777-7901 Fax: 307-634-5710 http://ai.state.wy.us/GeneralS ervices/Surplus/index.asp