Read the standard solicitation search and results, field by field

Field-reference lesson · Captured 9–10 October 2026 · 13 minutes 6 seconds. This lesson reads the standard Opportunities search form and its service and DLA result fields. It compares keyword and exact-number searches, then checks what linked publisher records actually say. The screens are edited stills, not a continuous action recording. A search result is a research lead, not permission to bid.

Proxity edition

Use the player's CC or captions menu for the separate English track. Captions are not permanently printed over either picture. Both editions share the exact narration, transcript and caption text.

Chapters

Start	View and field-reading purpose
0:00	What the Opportunities page answers and what Back does.
0:25	Keyword alternatives, second-box requirement, and Title versus Synopsis.
0:57	Archive choice and the stored-date limit; why neither proves an open notice.
1:29	Professional Service Code and its adjacent Search.
1:53	Search by a known solicitation number.
2:20	Use the separate NAICS route.
2:44	Search by NSN or NIIN.
3:10	Select a supply group and class, then use Step 4 Search.
3:34	Inspection site, acquisition-method and drawings options.
4:07	Use the separate CAGE route without assuming other filters combine.
4:31	Distinguish buying Agency from place-of-performance State.
5:01	Interpret Mid-Atlantic, State and Local, and ZIP precedence.
5:43	Read Set Aside, Classified and Country filter limits.
6:13	Choose the Search button for the intended route.
6:50	Read the submitted two-term service search.
7:15	Read service result identity and source-link fields.
7:43	Check dates, geography, estimate and set-aside at the publisher.
8:15	Trace a recent application row to an older award report.
8:50	Compare a broader saved keyword query without inventing a result count.
9:19	Distinguish result actions from a verified downloaded export.
9:54	Read the submitted exact-number result.
10:24	Reconcile a populated service grid with the separate empty DLA label.
10:44	Follow a historical link to a canceled current publisher record.
11:15	Read DLA item identifiers and separate technical links.
11:48	Interpret DLA dates, value, actions and its distinct export.
12:30	Record criteria and verify the original notice before deciding.

The exact-number notice's current publisher record was canceled; the displayed DLA row's 6 October 2026 close date was already past when captured. Neither is an open-bid example. For written control and field detail, see solicitation search and solicitation results.

Download this article as Markdown