Research All Open Solicitations

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1. Research All Open Solicitations: search routes and fields

Start with the button-specific workflow: Research All Open Solicitations: search routes and fields.

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  1. 0:00 — base-open-the-solicitation-search
  2. 0:31 — base-set-up-a-two-keyword-title-search
  3. 1:07 — base-review-the-broad-title-results
  4. 1:36 — base-narrow-the-keyword-search-to-virginia
  5. 2:03 — base-choose-a-virginia-cleaning-notice
  6. 2:48 — base-search-by-naics-and-location
  7. 3:19 — base-compare-the-naics-set-aside-refinement
  8. 3:54 — base-read-the-naics-result-grid
  9. 4:27 — base-search-by-a-professional-service-code
  10. 5:03 — base-select-a-supply-group-and-class
  11. 5:35 — base-read-the-parts-and-service-results
  12. 6:19 — base-inspect-the-parts-characteristics-and-return
  13. 6:53 — base-choose-the-next-search-route
  14. 7:27 — Read the search form before choosing a route
  15. 8:13 — Use additional filters with the correct route
  16. 8:57 — Search the notice description as well as its title
  17. 9:24 — Search a known solicitation number
  18. 9:50 — Search opportunities by a company CAGE
  19. 10:20 — Use the documented filter-only search
  20. 10:42 — Enter an identifier in the format its route accepts

2. Research All Open Solicitations: results, history and outputs

Continue: Research All Open Solicitations: results, history and outputs.

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  1. 0:00 — Read the service-style result grid
  2. 1:00 — Treat Possible History as a research lead
  3. 1:40 — Inspect the selected possible-history contract
  4. 2:10 — Choose the correct results export

3. Research All Open Solicitations: parts results and linked item research

Continue: Research All Open Solicitations: parts results and linked item research.

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  1. 0:00 — Read the DLA parts result and its available actions
  2. 1:06 — Read a prior purchase without confusing it with this RFQ
  3. 1:39 — doc-reach-cap-screw-documents
  4. 2:08 — doc-open-document-number
  5. 2:35 — doc-use-document-actions
  6. 3:02 — doc-return-to-the-item
  7. 3:29 — Open Technical Characteristics
  8. 3:42 — Read each characteristic across its row
  9. 4:45 — Open Award History
  10. 5:03 — Compare the award date, quantity and price
  11. 6:06 — Open Associated Documents
  12. 6:28 — Choose the matching document number
  13. 7:01 — Read the listed specification revisions
  14. 7:43 — Open the item's drawing list
  15. 7:54 — Compare drawing, sheet, type and revision
  16. 8:36 — Confirm the selected drawing row
  17. 9:00 — Return to the NSN summary
  18. 9:29 — Read the screw's forecast result
  19. 9:55 — Open the printable award table
  20. 10:33 — Follow an awardee to its CAGE profile

4. Read NSN catalog, logistics and inventory screens

Continue from NSN details into catalog, logistics, inventory and backorder records. This shared lesson uses another item example.

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  1. 0:00 — Start at the NSN item page
  2. 0:31 — Open FLIS Header
  3. 0:33 — FLIS Header — Segment A
  4. 1:52 — Open MOE Rules
  5. 1:56 — MOE Rules — Segment B
  6. 2:52 — Open MCRL
  7. 2:55 — MCRL — Segment C
  8. 3:51 — Open Shipping
  9. 3:55 — Shipping — Segment G
  10. 5:03 — Open ML-C
  11. 5:07 — ML-C — Segment H
  12. 6:11 — Open Inventory
  13. 6:15 — Inventory
  14. 6:57 — Open BackOrder
  15. 7:00 — BackOrder
  16. 7:40 — Return to item research

5. Follow NSN forecasts, equipment lists, market totals and source documents

Continue item research through equipment lists, forecasts, market analysis and source documents. The lesson identifies changes of example.

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  1. 0:00 — Check the screw's APL lookup
  2. 0:42 — Use a separate populated APL example
  3. 1:25 — Read the pump list's parts
  4. 2:07 — Read the screw's forecast result
  5. 2:34 — Identify the monthly forecast
  6. 2:52 — Read monthly quantities and total
  7. 3:00 — Read price and acquisition fields
  8. 3:13 — Switch from item months to class quarters
  9. 3:35 — Read the chain's quarterly quantities
  10. 4:14 — Read this screw's three-year market result
  11. 4:46 — Read a populated item market example
  12. 5:17 — Open the item competitor list
  13. 5:39 — Use a separate opened-drawing example
  14. 6:16 — Inspect the opened drawing file
  15. 6:47 — Open the printable award table
  16. 7:25 — Follow an awardee to its CAGE profile
  17. 7:55 — Read the associated specification itself
  18. 8:38 — Browse documents related to the specification
  19. 9:18 — Choose the right reference link on the screw
  20. 9:45 — See where the part-number link goes
  21. 10:18 — Confirm the referenced organization
  22. 10:45 — See what IPB Search opens
  23. 11:13 — Start another item lookup

6. 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.

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  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 for solicitations
  2. Read solicitation search results
  3. Read document references from a parts opportunity
  4. Read an item's technical characteristics
  5. Find documents associated with an NSN
  6. Read an NSN's award history
  7. Inspect and download item drawings
  8. Read monthly and quarterly forecasts
  9. Read an NSN result
  10. Read contractor results and profiles
  11. Read FLIS identification, sourcing and reference segments
  12. Read FLIS shipping and management data
  13. Read inventory and backorders
  14. Search and read APL/AEL equipment lists
  15. Use the short-form NSN market report
  16. Work with project folders

Optional focused reviews

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