Award History

In the application: Main Menu → Research → Award History

Follow the sections in order, or use the contents and chapter links to go directly to what you need. Existing lessons may change example records or repeat a shared screen.

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Watch the learning sequence

1. Search awards and compare grouped and flat results

Start with the button-specific workflow: Search awards and compare grouped and flat results.

Watch from the beginning

Choose a chapter
  1. 0:00 — Open award history
  2. 0:29 — Choose a year and search route
  3. 1:12 — Set additional criteria
  4. 1:55 — Search by work description
  5. 2:17 — Read individual award actions
  6. 3:00 — Search by classification
  7. 3:31 — Read grouped results
  8. 4:06 — Expand a result group
  9. 4:35 — Refine by place of performance
  10. 5:03 — Read flat result columns
  11. 5:41 — Search a known contract or vendor
  12. 6:24 — Follow buyer and vendor links
  13. 6:55 — locate-the-award-summary-row
  14. 7:24 — read-identity-and-transaction-details
  15. 7:50 — compare-action-dates-and-amount
  16. 8:19 — return-with-the-right-interpretation
  17. 8:41 — Review result actions and report links
  18. 9:12 — Export and interpret the workbook
  19. 9:56 — Finish and continue research
  20. 10:28 — Read the controlled award workbook
  21. 10:53 — Continue across the workbook columns

2. Research a vendor and read saved award exports

Continue: Research a vendor and read saved award exports.

Watch from the beginning

Choose a chapter
  1. 0:00 — Start a separate vendor CAGE search
  2. 0:18 — Inspect the first vendor group
  3. 0:41 — Keep workbook total separate from each action

3. Find agency contacts from an award result

Follow the agency-contact route from an award record.

Watch from the beginning

Choose a chapter
  1. 0:00 — Search award history by NAICS
  2. 0:21 — Select the agency link
  3. 0:44 — Read the contact fields and return

4. Research a contractor profile and its company actions

Continue from a company or CAGE link into its profile, DLA history, federal awards, part references, registration, GSA, RoadMap, opportunities and subcontractor report. Shared examples use different companies.

Watch from the beginning

Choose a chapter
  1. 0:00 — Open a CAGE-based profile
  2. 0:33 — Read the company identity and location
  3. 1:13 — Choose a parts-history range
  4. 1:44 — Check the company’s DLA parts history
  5. 2:43 — Read federal contract awards
  6. 3:34 — Review the company’s part references
  7. 4:23 — Check the GSA Schedule view
  8. 5:07 — Switch to the registration example
  9. 5:29 — open-registration-details
  10. 5:43 — match-the-business-identity
  11. 6:22 — interpret-registration-dates-and-next-step
  12. 7:05 — Explore the company RoadMap
  13. 7:34 — open-the-contractor-opportunity-view
  14. 8:00 — read-the-match-summary-and-part-row
  15. 8:44 — verify-notice-source-and-match-fit
  16. 9:11 — Open the SubContractor Report
  17. 9:31 — Return to company search

5. How to use My Projects Folder

Locate saved work, navigate the explorer, create and organize subfolders, and understand upload and deletion controls. This shared example may differ from the preceding search.

Watch from the beginning

Choose a chapter
  1. 0:00 — Open My Projects Folder
  2. 0:15 — Choose the owner and saved project
  3. 0:42 — Expand an award project
  4. 1:11 — Open the project file area
  5. 1:37 — Create and organize a parts project
  6. 1:56 — Start from the assigned parts record
  7. 2:20 — Understand the first Folder visit
  8. 2:41 — Read the project folders
  9. 3:11 — Create a subfolder under Notes
  10. 3:21 — Verify the new folder
  11. 3:35 — Copy the folder to Misc
  12. 3:45 — Paste into the destination folder
  13. 3:56 — Confirm the copied folder in Misc
  14. 4:11 — Review Upload options without submitting a file
  15. 4:40 — Return to My Projects Folder and reopen this record
  16. 4:57 — Continue work in the saved project
  17. 5:09 — Navigate within the explorer
  18. 5:29 — Distinguish file deletion from project deletion

Written walkthrough and screen references

  1. Search prior awards
  2. Read award history results
  3. Read a contract award or modification
  4. Check contacts linked to an award
  5. Recorded workbook reference: all 70 columns
  6. Read contractor results and profiles
  7. Read the full registration-detail field list
  8. Review opportunities related to a contractor
  9. Work with project folders

Optional focused reviews

Use these shorter lessons for a particular task. They may repeat parts of the main sequence.