1.0. Browse Active Postings

A. Active Procurement Opportunities

The FedBizOpps system provides vendors with the ability to view active procurement notices by Posted Date, Classification Code, NAICS Code, Set-Aside Type, as well as the ability to view active awards for a particular Agency/Office/Location.

To browse active postings, go to www.fedbizopps.gov and click on "Vendors".

Figure 2: FedBizOpps for Vendors

You can browse active postings for a particular agency by the agency acronym (using the dropdown box) or by a listing of agencies in alphabetical order. If you would like to view a list of all agencies, click on "All".

Figure 3: Agency List

Each agency will be listed along with links to Offices, Posted Dates, Class Code, Award, and Set Aside.

Clicking on the "Offices" link for a particular agency will allow you to view active postings for a particular office within an agency. You can then drilldown even further by clicking on the "Locations" link within an office to view the active postings for a particular location within the office of an agency.

To view the active postings for a particular agency, click on "Posted Dates" next to the agency name. In this scenario, we will view the active postings for the Department of Agriculture. Click on "Posted Dates" next to the Department of Agriculture listing.

Figure 4: Department of Agriculture Active Postings

All of the active postings for this agency are listed here starting with the current date. To view active postings from previous dates, click the link near the top of the page. Each listing provides:

• Agency, Office and Location that posted the procurement notice.
• Date Posted
• Type of notice posted (Synopsis, Modification, Solicitation, etc.)
• Classification Code
• Title
• Solicitation or Reference Number

You can also view active postings by Classification Code, NAICS Code, or Set Aside Type. Clicking on "Class Code" will display the active postings in order by classification code, while clicking on "NAICS" will display the active postings in order by NAICS Code. Clicking on "Set Aside" will display the active postings in order by set aside type.
To view the actual posting, click on any of the highlighted links for the opportunity. In this case, click on the highlighted link for "Amendment 01".

Figure 5: Listing Page

Clicking on any of the links ("Synopsis" in this case) will bring you to the listing page for this solicitation number. The listing page lists everything posted to a particular solicitation number. In this case, a synopsis, solicitation, modification and two amendments have been posted to this solicitation number. To view any of these postings, click on the highlighted link. It is recommended that you first view the synopsis, as this gives a basic description of the opportunity, along with point of contact information. Click on the highlighted link for "Synopsis".

Please Note:

• Presolicitation Notices, Special Notices, Sources Sought Notices, Foreign Government Standards, and Sale of Surplus Property will all be listed as "Synopsis".
• Modifications will be listed as "Modification".
• The Combined Synopsis/Solicitation will be listed as "Combine Synopsis/Solicitation".
• The Amendment to a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation will be listed as "Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation".
• Uploaded documents will be listed as "Solicitation", "Amendment", or a header chosen by the contracting officer, such as "Response to Questions".
• Modifications are used to "modify" synopses, whereas amendments are used to "amend" solicitation packages. The combined synopsis/solicitation is used when the procurement is announced and issued at the same time. Amendments to a combined synopsis/solicitation function similarly to modifications.

Figure 6: Synopsis

Figure 7: Synopsis

The "Register to Receive Notification" button ties into our Vendor Notification Service, which is discussed in Section III of this user's guide.

The "Register as Interested Vendor" button ties into our Interested Vendors Module, which is discussed in Section IV of this user's guide.

There is also a link to "Numbered Notes". Numbered Notes are Footnotes. The purpose of the Numbered Notes is to eliminate the unnecessary duplication of information that appears in various announcements. If a Numbered Note is included in the description of a notice, the note referred to must be read as part of the posted notice.

Postings with the header of "Solicitation" or "Amendment" indicate documents uploaded to the solicitation number. To view the uploaded document(s), click on the highlighted link for "Solicitation", "Amendment 01", or "Amendment 02".

Figure 8: Attachments Page

Clicking on "Solicitation", "Amendment 01", or "Amendment 02" will bring you to the attachments page for this solicitation number. The attachments page lists all of the documents uploaded to a particular solicitation number. Each document listing includes:

• Document Description
• File Size
• File Type
  

To view a particular document, click on the highlighted link in the "Description" field. You can view, download, and print these documents directly from the FedBizOpps site.

A zip compression file has also been provided for the convenience of vendors. To download the zip file, click on the highlighted link for "All Files". This is a zip compression file of all of the documents in a particular upload, that is, all of the documents listed immediately above the zip file. By clicking on "All Files" under "Solicitation", you will download a zip compression file of the files uploaded to the header "Solicitation".

On each attachments page, there is a link to the "Document Viewer List". If you find that you cannot open a file because your computer does not recognize the file type, please refer to the document viewer list to obtain the necessary software.
Any specific questions regarding a procurement notice should be directed to the point of contact listed in the synopsis, unless other contact information is indicated.

B. Active Awards

Figure 9: Agency List

To view the active awards for a particular agency, click on "Award" next to the agency name. In this scenario, we will view the active awards for the Department of Agriculture. Click on "Award" next to the Department of Agriculture listing.

Please Note: The "Award" button will only pull up active awards. Archived awards can be accessed via the Synopsis/Awards Search page as described in Section II of this user's guide.

Figure 10: Department of Agriculture Active Awards

Click on the highlighted link for "Award" to view the award notice.

Figure 11: Award Notice