Federal contract opportunities

Search federal contract opportunity notices, narrow them by timing, buyer, category, set-aside, place, and capture status, and review one opportunity in depth.

Click Federal Contract Opportunities, or open GovTribe, expand the sidebar if it is collapsed, expand Opportunities, and click Federal Contract Opportunities.

Federal Contract Opportunities is available on Launch, Launch Plus, Growth, Growth Plus, and Scale.

Federal contract opportunities page with the Opportunities sidebar expanded and Federal Contract Opportunities selected — Federal contract opportunities shows search controls, page actions, and federal opportunity result cards.

Search federal contract opportunities

For reusable guidance on quotes, required terms, alternatives, exclusions, grouped terms, and choosing between modes, see Choose a search mode and write queries.

To find opportunities that mention a facilities phrase, search "airfield repair", then add Place of Performance, Federal Agency, or Posted Date filters.
To review notices for a known service phrase, search "janitorial services", then sort by Due Date.
To narrow a technology review to required wording, search "cloud migration" + security, then add NAICS Category or PSC Category filters.
To find a specific solicitation when you know the number, search "W15P7T", then compare the title, agency, and due date on the matching cards.
To explore technology support needs without knowing the source wording, search secure application modernization and data analytics support for a federal agency, then add Federal Agency or PSC Category filters.
To research facility support opportunities, search custodial and building maintenance services for government clinics and offices, then add Place of Performance or Due Date filters.
To find specialized equipment opportunities, search medical imaging equipment maintenance and replacement support, then add NAICS Category or Posted Date filters.
To review mission-support opportunities, search intelligence operations planning and analysis support for special operations, then sort by Due Date.

Filters and macros

For why some filters can include related records, hierarchy matches, or role-specific relationships, see Filter by related records and hierarchies.

Type	Name	Example question
Macro	Due Next 12 Months	Which federal contract opportunities are due in the next 12 months?
Macro	No Set-Asides Used	Which federal contract opportunities do not list a set-aside?
Macro	Not Pursuing	Which opportunities has my team not moved into capture work?
Macro	Only Civilian	Which opportunities are tied to civilian agencies?
Macro	Only DOD	Which opportunities are tied to the Department of Defense?
Filter	Award Date	Which opportunities have a listed or expected award date in the target window?
Filter	Contacts (Contact attribute)	Which opportunities list MRR Procurement Mailbox as a contact?
Filter	Due Date	Which notices are due soonest in the next 12 months?
Filter	Federal Agency	Which opportunities are tied to Department of the Navy?
Filter	Federal Contract Award	Which awarded contract record is connected to the opportunity?
Filter	Federal Contract IDV Award	Which IDV or parent indefinite-delivery award is connected?
Filter	Federal Contract Vehicle	Which opportunities are connected to Multiple Award Schedule?
Filter	Last Updated	Which opportunity records changed recently in GovTribe?
Filter	NAICS Category	Which opportunities are in NAICS 541512?
Filter	NSN Category	Which national stock number category is connected to the opportunity?
Filter	Opportunity State	Which opportunities are currently awarded?
Filter	Opportunity Type	Which opportunities are solicitations?
Filter	PSC Category	Which opportunities are in PSC R499?
Filter	Place of Performance	Which opportunities are performed in Virginia?
Filter	Posted Date	Which opportunities were posted in the last 30 days?
Filter	Predicted Single Or Multiple Award	Does GovTribe predict a single-award or multiple-award outcome?
Filter	Pursuing	Which opportunities are already connected to pursuit work?
Filter	Set Aside	Which opportunities have No Set-Aside Used?

When Federal Contract Opportunities opens without a search query, filters, or explicit sort, GovTribe may use recent activity and popularity signals to decide which opportunities appear first. Add search text, filters, or a specific sort when you want the order to match your review criteria.

Name	Direction choices	Example question
Posted Date	Oldest First / Newest First	Which notices were posted most recently in the last 30 days?
Updated	Oldest First / Newest First	Which opportunity records changed most recently in GovTribe?
Due Date	Oldest First / Newest First	Which notices are due soonest in the next 12 months?
Award Date	Oldest First / Newest First	Which opportunities have the earliest listed award timing?

Actions

Federal contract opportunities has actions for the current result set, individual result cards, and the detail page after you open one record.

Page actions

These actions apply while you are working from Federal contract opportunities results.

Save This Search saves the current opportunity search so you can return to the same result set later.
View Saved Searches opens saved Federal Contract Opportunities searches so you can rerun a saved opportunity review.
Saved Search Wizard opens guided saved-search setup for the current Federal Contract Opportunities result set.
Export Search Results exports the current opportunity result set after you narrow it to the notices you want to review outside GovTribe.
Share Search shares the current Federal Contract Opportunities result set with another GovTribe user.
Not Interested marks a visible opportunity as not useful so GovTribe can remove it from the current result list and avoid showing it again.
Similar finds records that resemble the selected opportunity. Use it when an opportunity's work description, agency, category, timing, or source context suggests a market pattern you want to explore.
Create Pursuit starts capture work from the selected opportunity. Use Add Pursuit to start new capture work from the notice. Use Add to Existing Pursuit to connect the notice to pursuit work your team already tracks.

Result-level actions

Federal contract opportunities have interest and pursuit actions in the header. For the full workflow, see Create pursuits from records, Pursuits, and Mark results as Not Interested.

Not Interested: Use Not Interested when the selected opportunity is not relevant to your current review. GovTribe can use that signal to avoid showing the same record in the same way again.
Create Pursuit: Use Create Pursuit when the selected opportunity should become new capture work for your team.
Add to Existing Pursuit: Use Add to Existing Pursuit when the opportunity belongs with pursuit work your team already tracks. The pursuit connection keeps the source opportunity available from your capture workflow.
Pursuing: Pursuing appears when the selected opportunity is already connected to pursuit work. Use the dropdown when you need to manage the pursuit connection or connect the same opportunity to another pursuit.

Review a federal contract opportunity

Federal contract opportunity examples

A Pre-Solicitation notice signals work an agency expects to solicit before the formal solicitation is posted. In GovTribe, pre-solicitation detail pages show the notice type, solicitation number, timing, badges, descriptions, files, contacts, and any opportunity stack context GovTribe can connect. See the Pre-Solicitation example in GovTribe.

Pre-solicitation federal contract opportunity detail with header dates, badges, GovTribe AI, tabs, and pursuit action — Pre-solicitation detail pages help you review early notice timing, buyer context, source descriptions, and related tabs before a formal solicitation appears.

A Solicitation is an active federal opportunity notice that usually includes response timing, source files, contacts, and requirement details. In GovTribe, solicitation detail pages emphasize the due date, source context, category badges, and pursuit actions. See the Solicitation example in GovTribe.

Solicitation federal contract opportunity detail with due date, badges, files, contacts, and Create Pursuit action — Solicitation detail pages put response timing, source descriptions, files, contacts, and capture actions in one review view.

A Special Notice communicates information that may not be a standard competitive solicitation, such as updates, events, intent notices, or other source-posted context. In GovTribe, special notice detail pages use the same review layout, but some capture fields can be unavailable when the source notice does not include them. See the Special Notice example in GovTribe.

Special Notice federal contract opportunity detail with notice timing, tabs, badges, and summary content — Special notices use the opportunity detail layout while reflecting the fields and attachments available from the source notice.

A Limited / Sole Source Justification notice explains a limited-competition or sole-source approach. In GovTribe, these detail pages help you review the stated buyer, notice status, date fields, source description, and connected award or opportunity context when GovTribe has it. See the Limited / Sole Source Justification example in GovTribe.

Limited sole source federal contract opportunity detail with awarded state, award date, badges, and description — Limited-source detail pages can show award-state context, source explanations, and related tabs for follow-up research.

An Award Notice reports award information through the opportunity-notice feed. In GovTribe, award notice detail pages can connect the notice back to related award, IDV, or activity context while preserving the original notice information. See the Award Notice example in GovTribe.

Badges

Badges summarize source fields and connected records on the Overview tab. Many badges include a menu that lets you filter GovTribe search by that value. When a badge says Not listed, GovTribe does not have a displayable value for that field on the selected opportunity.

Use the linked attribute and data-type pages for canonical definitions:

Status and dates

The header and status bar identify the source notice and timing fields that drive review priority.

Label	Meaning
Solicitation #	The source solicitation or notice identifier.
Type	The opportunity type, such as Solicitation, Pre-Solicitation, Special Notice, Limited / Sole Source Justification, or Award Notice.
Posted	When the notice was posted.
Updated	When GovTribe has a source update to show. The page can show No Updates when no separate update date is available.
Due	The response deadline when the source notice includes one.
Awarded or Award Date	Award timing when GovTribe can identify an award date or award-state context.

Use Due to prioritize response work, Posted and Updated to understand recency, and Awarded or Award Date to recognize records that have already moved into award context.

GovTribe AI and descriptions

GovTribe AI appears when AI is available for the selected record and your account can use it. The panel starts GovTribe AI with the selected opportunity as context, so the response can stay grounded in the buyer, timing, categories, source description, files, contacts, and related records.

The summary and description area can show AI Summary and Description tabs. If the source record has multiple description updates, GovTribe can show separate update tabs.

Federal contract opportunity overview with GovTribe AI, badges, AI Summary, and Description tabs — Use the summary and description area to separate generated context from source notice text.

If GovTribe AI, AI Summary, or source descriptions are unavailable for the selected opportunity, the page shows only the content GovTribe has for that record.

Opportunity stack and source context

Opportunity detail pages can show an Opportunity Stack tab and related award or vehicle tabs when GovTribe can connect the selected notice to a broader procurement thread. Use those relationships to move from the current notice into related forecasts, vehicle context, IDV awards, contract awards, files, and activity.

Contacts

Contacts shows people or office contacts GovTribe has associated with the selected opportunity. The tab can be empty when the source notice does not provide contact details or when GovTribe does not have contact references for the record.

For contact search and contact data, see Contacts and Contact data type.

Opportunity Stack

Opportunity Stack shows the related notice history GovTribe can connect to the selected opportunity. It can be empty when the opportunity is not linked to a broader forecast, notice, or award progression.

Use this tab when you need to understand how the selected opportunity fits into earlier or later opportunity records.

Contract Vehicles

Contract Vehicles shows federal contract vehicles GovTribe can connect to the selected opportunity. The tab can be empty when the opportunity does not reference a vehicle or when GovTribe cannot connect the notice to a vehicle record.

For vehicle context, see Federal contract vehicles and Federal contract vehicle data type.

IDV Awards

IDV Awards shows IDV or parent indefinite-delivery awards connected to the selected opportunity. It can be empty when GovTribe does not have connected IDV records.

For IDV context, see Federal contract IDV awards and Federal contract IDV data type.

Contract Awards

Contract Awards shows awarded federal contracts connected to the selected opportunity. It can be empty before award or when GovTribe cannot connect the notice to an award.

For award context, see Federal contract awards and Federal contract award data type.

Activity

Activity shows tracked GovTribe activity for the selected opportunity. The tab can be empty when GovTribe has not tracked activity for the record or when activity is not available to your account.

Files

Files shows source attachments GovTribe has collected for the selected opportunity. The tab can be empty when the source notice did not include files or when files are unavailable.

For file context, see Government file data type.

Similar Opportunities

Similar Opportunities shows comparable opportunity records GovTribe returns for the selected opportunity. It can be empty when GovTribe does not find comparable records or when access is limited.

Use similar opportunities to move from one relevant notice to related market activity. For the reusable workflow, see Find similar records.

Common questions

For general fixes for too many results, no results, unrelated results, broad Semantic Search matches, or filters that narrowed the result set too much, see Troubleshoot search results.

Federal Contract Opportunities are pre-award procurement notices. Use Federal contract awards for awarded contract records, Federal contract IDV awards for awarded IDVs and parent indefinite-delivery awards, Federal contract vehicles for vehicle programs, and Federal forecasts for forecasted federal contracting needs.

What is the difference between Opportunity Type and Opportunity State?

Opportunity Type describes the notice type or source-stage label on the opportunity, while Opportunity State describes the current state GovTribe tracks for the opportunity. Remove one of these filters when the result set is narrower than expected.

Which date should I use?

Due Date and Award Date answer different timing questions. Due Date helps prioritize response windows. Award Date helps find notices with a listed or expected award date.

How do Set Aside and No Set-Asides Used differ?

Set Aside filters for listed set-aside values. No Set-Asides Used narrows to opportunities without a set-aside value.

Federal Contract Vehicle, Federal Contract IDV Award, and Federal Contract Award connect opportunity records to related contract structures or outcomes. Remove these filters when you want stand-alone notices or notices tied to a different parent record.

Choose a search mode and write queries: Choose Keyword Search or Semantic Search and write reusable search queries.
Use saved searches: Return to useful Federal Contract Opportunities result sets later.
Create pursuits from records: Start new capture work from an opportunity or connect it to an existing pursuit.
Federal contract opportunity data type: Review the GovTribe data type behind Federal Contract Opportunity records.
Federal contract record structure: Choose between federal opportunities, vehicles, IDVs, awards, transactions, and sub-awards.