New help for Beta.SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (previously FBO)

Posted July 8

Since January 2020, users have had the option of saving contract opportunity searches and receiving an email notification when results change. For more instruction on how to set this up, please see this frequently asked question (FAQ ) . 

Need more information about searching by NAICS code or PSC? Please see this new FAQ , which links to a video and a step-by-step instruction with screenshots. There’s also new step-by-step instructions with screenshots on searching by place of performance , including how to search by state, as well as a new video on filtering searches by federal organization.

Updated keyword search to allow phrase searches

In the future, you will be able to enter phrases into the search bar and get more focused results. This will help you to save time when looking for contract opportunities and make the overall process more efficient. This upcoming change offers a huge benefit over the current search function, which only allows searching for phrases when you enter multiple terms in quotation marks, leading to the possibility of numerous irrelevant results