A custodial business researches a real market

Application path: Main Menu → Primary Searches → Research All Open Solicitations. For historical purchases, return to Main Menu → Research → Award History.

This example separates two questions: which notice descriptions may fit a cleaning service, and what buyers have recorded in past awards. Search rows and dates change. Open the notice itself and confirm its current scope, location, amendments, eligibility and deadline before deciding to respond.

Search notice descriptions

In Research All Open Solicitations, enter janitorial in the first Keyword Search box and leave the second box blank. With only one keyword entered, there is no second term to match. When both keyword boxes are used, the example below requires both terms; a comma in one box does not make the terms an OR search. Select Search Keywords within Title and use Search beside Professional Service Code. The October 21, 2026 example returned 194 notices. To narrow the area, return to the form, choose Florida under Place of Performance by State and repeat the search; the saved example returned six notices. These are dated examples, not current counts.

Read the results together: subject, agency, office, state, opening and closing dates, and set-aside. A word match is a lead, not a work-scope decision. Custodial products, mixed work and cleaning services can use similar words. Open View Solicitation on the row you want to assess, then compare the actual tasks and place of performance with the service you can provide. Use Back to return to the list or New Search to revise the criteria.

This results image is a dated example of the fields and row actions. Its displayed notices and dates can change; use the current result and its linked source for a live decision.

Review a separate award-history example

The next search is a separate past-buying question, not another view of the Florida notices. In Award History, select year 2026, enter custodial in Keyword 1 and Memphis in Keyword 2, then select the Search button beside Professional Service Code. The keyword boxes do not have their own Search button.

The recorded example returned six action rows. Read Contract Number, Modification, Reference Number when present, and Award Date together. One row is contract HDEC0821C0028, modification P00033, dated April 24, 2026, with a displayed action amount of $228,071.24. A modification is an action on a contract; it is not a new contract or proof of a new opportunity. Select the Contract Number link to inspect that action.

The detail shows a signed date of April 24, 2026, an effective date of July 1, 2021, an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2026, and an Action Obligation of $228,071.24. In this example, the obligation matches the amount shown for the selected action. Use Back to return to the result list, then back again to the search form.

Keep the evidence in context

The notice results and the Memphis award search are independent examples. Historical purchases can help you learn buyer vocabulary and compare recorded work, but they do not establish an open solicitation, a planned recompete or an incumbent relationship. Before responding, use the notice's current source to confirm the complete requirement, place of performance, amendments, eligibility and response deadline. Keep the contract number and modification with any award-history notes so you are comparing the same action.