The search field properties in Federal Compass are designed to enhance user experience by providing customizable filters that allow contractors to refine their searches for federal contracting opportunities and contracts. These properties enable user
General Filters
- Show only active opportunities: Enables users to focus exclusively on currently available opportunities, saving time and avoiding outdated or irrelevant results.
- Opportunity Type: A customer can filter whether they want to see just opportunities, task orders opportunities, potential contract recompetes, and/or potential contract vehicle recompetes. This can help a customer narrow down their search to what best fits their needs.
- Contracting Agency/Office: This filter enables users to efficiently filter and locate contracts associated with specific agencies or offices, streamlining the search process and ensuring more targeted and relevant results.
- Filtering “Contracting Agency/Office” in OPPORTUNITY SEARCH is more effective than in AWARD SEARCH because these agencies are the ones issuing the requirements, allowing contractors to target relevant opportunities proactively.
- Buy Agency/Office: Allows users to narrow down search results to specific agencies or offices responsible for purchasing decisions, making it easier to find relevant opportunities or contracts.
- Filtering “Buying Agency/Office” in AWARD SEARCH is more effective than in OPPORTUNITY SEARCH because these agencies are the ones making the actual purchases, providing insight into their buying patterns and preferences for future opportunities.
- NAICS Code: This allows users to quickly and accurately search for relevant opportunities and contracts based on specific industries and sectors.
- Example: Instead of individually typing in each code (e.g., 541715, 541712, 541710), a user can simply type 5417 to search within the broader family of NAICS codes.
- PSC: This filter allows users to quickly find and filter specific goods or services that are needed for government procurement processes.
- Offering Category: Users can quickly filter and find specific types of products or services being offered by contractors.
- Example: If a government agency needs to procure construction materials for a specific infrastructure project, filtering in Offering Category can narrow down the search results to only show contractors specializing in supplying those materials.
- Show only bookmarked records: Allows users to filter and view only the opportunities they have marked as favorites.
- Show records with outstanding tasks: Allows users to filter for contracts or opportunities that have pending actions or requirements associated with them.
- Show hidden opportunities: Allows users to access contracts or bids that may not be prominently displayed or are less visible.
- Show only user-defined opportunities: Allows users to filter and view contracts or bids that they have personally defined or categorized based on their specific criteria or interests.
Pipeline Filters
A pipeline for federal contractors is a structured framework that outlines the stages of pursuing contracts, from identifying opportunities to winning bids. The filters below allow contractors to tailor their searches based on specific criteria and preferences, enhancing their ability to manage opportunities effectively.
- Show only opportunities in my pipeline: Allows users to filter and view contracts or opportunities that are actively being pursued or managed within a contractor's specific pipeline.
- Procurement Stage: Allows users to filter contracts based on their current phase, such as pre-solicitation, solicitation, or award.
- Pipeline Stage: Allows contractors to filter opportunities based on where they currently stand in their pursuit process.
- Lead List: Allows users to filter and view contracts or opportunities that have been specifically identified as potential leads.
- Pursuit Strategy: Allows contractors to filter opportunities based on their planned approach to securing the contract.
- Pipeline Value (TCV): Allows contractors to filter opportunities based on the potential total financial value of contracts in their pipeline.
- Pwin Category: Allows contractors to filter opportunities based on their assessed likelihood of winning a particular contract.
- Priority: Allows contractors to filter and rank opportunities based on their level of importance or urgency.
- Owner: Allows contractors to filter opportunities based on who within their organization is responsible for managing or pursuing a specific contract.
Opportunity Details
The filters below this section allow users to refine their search based on various criteria related to these opportunities, helping contractors quickly identify the most relevant and actionable contracts that align with their business goals.
- Solicitation Number: This filter allows a user to input a specific Solicitation Number into the search field to directly access a particular opportunity.
- Contract Number: Allows users to directly and easily access specific contract information.
- Contract Vehicle/Schedule: Users can easily filter and find contracts that are specific to certain vehicles.
- Set-Aside: Allows users to specifically search for opportunities that are set aside for certain socio-economic groups.
- Show Only Non-Competed Awards (sole source): Allows users to specifically view contracts that were not awarded through competitive bidding processes.
- Contract Pricing: Allows users to filter and find specific contracts based on their pricing.
- Place of Performance: Allows users to specifically search for contracts that require work to be performed in their desired location.
- Base/Installation: Allows users to filter opportunities based on specific military or government locations.
- Est. Value: Allows users to assess the size and scope of a project.
- Task Order Category (SIN): Allows users to search for opportunities within specific task orders under pre-established contract schedules.
- CFDA Program: Allows users to search for contracts associated with specific federal assistance programs.
- Funding Instrument: Allows users to identify the type of financial mechanism associated with a specific opportunity.
- Funding Activity Category: Enables users to categorize and search for contracts based on specific funding purposes.
- Funding Eligibility: Allows users to quickly filter and identify opportunities or resources that align with specific funding criteria.
Procurement Milestones Filters
These filters below help contractors track significant milestones, ensuring they remain informed and can take timely action at each stage of the procurement process.
- Noticed Posted Date: Allows users to refine search results by specifying a date range.
- Notice Response/Recompete Date: Allows users to target search results based on deadlines for submitting responses.
- Award Date: Allows users to search for opportunities or contracts based on the date they were awarded.
Markets Filters
This section provides insights into the various sectors and opportunities available to contractors. The filters below allow users to refine their search according to their specific qualifications and strategic interests, helping them identify and pursue opportunities that align with their market positioning and capabilities.
- Show only my contract vehicle/schedules: This filter limits the search results to contracts or opportunities available under that user’s eligible contract vehicles.
- Show only my past performance: This filter allows users to refine search results to display contracts or opportunities that align with their previous work.
- Show restricted/unrestricted based on my enterprise size: This filter tailors search results to display opportunities specifically suited to the user’s business size.
- Show only my addressable market: This filter narrows the search results to opportunities that fall within the user’s target market.
- Net Adjacent Market: This filter allows users to search for opportunities in markets that are closely related to their core business.
- Net New Market: This filter helps federal contractors identify opportunities in completely new sectors.
- User-Defined Market: This filter allows federal contractors to customize their search results based on specific criteria.
- Sector: Allows users to filter opportunities based on industry categories.