Onvia Reveals Two New Innovative Government Business Intelligence Tools

Extended Search Capability, Winning Proposals Library Give Companies More Opportunity to Win in the Competitive Government Market

SEATTLE (January 18, 2007)—Companies doing business with the public sector can now expand their government sales opportunities and fine-tune their proposals like never before, thanks to two new services from Onvia. Onvia (Nasdaq: ONVI) today announced the expansion of its innovative Onvia Navigator search platform to include the ability to search specification documents often included with government bid solicitations. This expanded search capability coincides with the debut of Onvia’s new Winning Proposal Library, a database of proposals that resulted in awarded government contracts.

Onvia Navigator puts the Onvia Dominion® database at users’ command, providing the power to search more than 3 million government procurement records. Now, searching for government sales leads attains a powerful new dimension with new expanded search functionality. Users can now broaden their search to include the details of specification documents related to the government bids, RFPs and other procurement records previously available. These documents include bid and proposal specification forms, advance notices, grant details, presolicitations and other supporting documentation such as amendments.

Onvia’s new expanded search feature allows immediate access to over 600,000 documents. Product and service providers can find government sales opportunities they otherwise might have missed, and qualify these opportunities with more information from their search results. Companies of all sizes, doing business at all levels of government, will benefit from the ability to search these often hard-to-find documents for the government sales intelligence they need.

In addition to finding more actionable government sales leads, businesses of all sizes can now see what elements go into proposals that win government contracts, with Onvia’s new Winning Proposals Library. This data will help government contractors better position their companies to win more contracts with state, county, municipal and educational agencies and offices. Proposals are not always awarded to the lowest bidder; many elements factor into contract awards, including company background, project strategies, personnel, and persuasive writing. Winning proposals provide visibility into what separates a proposal from the rest of the pack.

While winning proposals are often available from government agencies, it can be difficult to get a hold of them. Onvia cuts through the red tape by providing winning proposals from a variety of industries including Architecture and Engineering, Business Consulting, Information Technology, and Construction Management. Onvia also offers a custom request service, which allows contractors to make open records requests for specific documents in an anonymous manner and avoid administrative hassles.

Any company that pursues government RFPs will find value in researching winning proposals, especially those companies that are new to the government market. This inside track will allow contractors to perfect their government proposals to be more efficient, professional and persuasive without a time-consuming trial-and-error process. They’ll see how successful vendors address the components of a proposal including: company background, qualifications and credentials, personnel and prior experience, project strategies, product specifications, fees and pricing and much more.

To learn more about Onvia Navigator or Onvia’s Winning Proposals, call Onvia at (888) 484-3374.

About Onvia
Onvia (NASDAQ: ONVI) helps companies identify and win government business across such diverse markets as architecture, engineering, construction, IT/telecom, business consulting services, and transportation. Approximately 9,200 Onvia clients across the United States enjoy significant competitive advantage through customized, searchable access to Onvia’s Dominion® database, the most comprehensive source of actionable government procurement intelligence available. With ever expanding coverage of more than 77,000 federal, state and local purchasing entities, Onvia delivers timely, in-depth information and insight on requests for proposals and quotes, agencies, decision-makers, vendors and project histories to help companies focus their sales resources on the best opportunities and convert them into awards. Onvia was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Safe Harbor Statement
This release may contain, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations or beliefs, and involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Onvia’s new product, expected capabilities of the new product, launch date of the new product, subscriber information, and government agency participation. Onvia’s actual results could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: Onvia fails to launch its new product, the new product fails to meet its expected capabilities, Onvia’s customers are dissatisfied with the new product, Onvia’s technology fails to handle the increased demands on its online network caused by the new product offering, Onvia fails to properly price the new product, and Onvia’s proprietary database of historical information is not updated on a timely basis.

CONTACT: Onvia, Seattle
Jennifer Day, 206-373-9410
jday@onvia.com

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