diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
index e685a3cf4..690da9998 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
@@ -180,8 +180,10 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
   const [isGovernment, setIsGovernment] = useState(false);
-  const [governmentInstitution, setGovernmentInstitution] = useState("");
   const [companyId, setCompanyId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  // Government bookings bill to a real government company + an explicit profile.
+  const [govCompanyId, setGovCompanyId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [govProfileId, setGovProfileId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [freightType, setFreightType] = useState<FreightType>("CONTAINER");
   const [originYardId, setOriginYardId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [destinationYardId, setDestinationYardId] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -220,6 +222,42 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
     label: c.name || c.email || c.tin || c.id,
   }));
 
+  // Active government companies (kind=government) the booking can bill to.
+  const { data: govCompaniesPage, isLoading: govCompaniesLoading } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["companies", "government", "active"],
+    queryFn: () =>
+      customersService.list({
+        page: 1,
+        pageSize: 1000,
+        kind: "government",
+        status: "active",
+      }),
+    enabled: isGovernment,
+  });
+
+  const govCompanies = govCompaniesPage?.items ?? [];
+  const govCompanyOptions = govCompanies.map((c) => ({
+    value: c.id,
+    label: c.name || c.tin || c.id,
+  }));
+
+  // Profiles (importer/exporter) of the chosen government company — the booking
+  // must link to one explicitly.
+  const selectedGovCompany = govCompanies.find((c) => c.id === govCompanyId);
+  const govProfileOptions = (selectedGovCompany?.companyProfiles ?? [])
+    .filter((p) => p.status === "active")
+    .map((p) => ({
+      value: p.id,
+      label: `${p.type === "importer" ? "Import" : p.type === "exporter" ? "Export" : p.type}${
+        p.reference ? ` — ${p.reference}` : ""
+      }`,
+    }));
+
+  // Reset the chosen profile when the government company changes.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setGovProfileId(null);
+  }, [govCompanyId]);
+
   // Day-level pool: fetch only the days that have a departure on the route (no
   // train, no capacity). The batch engine assigns the train after booking.
   const { data: availableDays, isLoading: daysLoading } = useQuery(
@@ -306,7 +344,7 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
     Boolean(tradeDirection) &&
     Boolean(serviceTypeId) &&
     departureSatisfied &&
-    (isGovernment ? governmentInstitution.trim().length >= 2 : Boolean(companyId)) &&
+    (isGovernment ? Boolean(govCompanyId && govProfileId) : Boolean(companyId)) &&
     (freightType === "BULK"
       ? Boolean(cargoTypeId) && bulkWeight > 0
       : allLinesValid);
@@ -320,8 +358,8 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
     mutationFn: () =>
       bookingsService.create({
         isGovernment,
-        governmentInstitution: isGovernment ? governmentInstitution : undefined,
-        companyId: isGovernment ? undefined : companyId || undefined,
+        companyId: isGovernment ? govCompanyId || undefined : companyId || undefined,
+        companyProfileId: isGovernment ? govProfileId || undefined : undefined,
         freightType,
         contractType: "NEW",
         equipmentReturn,
@@ -390,18 +428,37 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
               <Stack gap="md">
                 <Switch
                   label="Government booking"
-                  description="No company required — institution name instead. Expedited to the scheduling queue."
+                  description="Bills to a government entity + profile. Expedited to the scheduling queue."
                   checked={isGovernment}
                   onChange={(e) => setIsGovernment(e.currentTarget.checked)}
                 />
                 {isGovernment ? (
-                  <TextInput
-                    label="Government institution"
-                    placeholder="e.g. Ministry of Transport"
-                    value={governmentInstitution}
-                    onChange={(e) => setGovernmentInstitution(e.currentTarget.value)}
-                    required
-                  />
+                  <Group grow align="flex-start">
+                    <Select
+                      label="Government entity"
+                      placeholder="Select government company"
+                      data={govCompanyOptions}
+                      value={govCompanyId}
+                      onChange={setGovCompanyId}
+                      searchable
+                      required
+                      disabled={govCompaniesLoading}
+                      nothingFoundMessage="No active government companies"
+                    />
+                    <Select
+                      label="Profile"
+                      placeholder={
+                        govCompanyId ? "Select import/export profile" : "Pick an entity first"
+                      }
+                      data={govProfileOptions}
+                      value={govProfileId}
+                      onChange={setGovProfileId}
+                      searchable
+                      required
+                      disabled={!govCompanyId}
+                      nothingFoundMessage="No active profiles for this entity"
+                    />
+                  </Group>
                 ) : (
                   <Select
                     label="Customer"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/customer.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/customer.ts
index 0cdccc10b..638ab98cd 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/customer.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/customer.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ export type CompanyType =
 /** Mirrors backend `CompanyStatus`. */
 export type CompanyStatus = "active" | "pending" | "suspended" | "blacklisted";
 
+/** Mirrors backend `CompanyKind` — commercial customer vs. government entity. */
+export type CompanyKind = "commercial" | "government";
+
 /** Mirrors backend `ProfileType` (the role a company plays). */
 export type ProfileType =
   | "importer"
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ export interface Company {
   id: string;
   name: string;
   type: CompanyType;
+  kind: CompanyKind;
   status: CompanyStatus;
   tin: string;
   vatNumber?: string | null;
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ export interface CompanyListFilter {
   pageSize: number;
   search?: string;
   type?: CompanyType;
+  kind?: CompanyKind;
   status?: CompanyStatus;
 }