Vendors
Search companies, recipients, suppliers, and other market participants, then review one vendor profile in depth.
Click Vendors, or open GovTribe, expand the sidebar if it is collapsed, expand Participants, and click Vendors.
Vendors is available on Launch, Launch Plus, Growth, Growth Plus, and Scale.
Search vendors
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 a known vendor by name, search by the vendor name, then compare the UEI, location, and registration context on the matching cards.
- To match a known identifier, search the UEI or CAGE code, then open the result that matches the source record.
- To review vendors that mention a specific capability phrase, search by that phrase, then add Primary Registered NAICS Category or Location filters.
- To find vendors with exact product or service wording, search medical logistics support, then add past-performance filters.
- To explore vendors with cyber and cloud capabilities, search by those capabilities, then add Primary Registered NAICS Category or Federal Contract Award Past Performance - Funding Agency.
- To find vendors that may support facilities work, search by the facilities mission, then add Location or Federal Contract Award Past Performance - NAICS Category.
- To research health technology vendors, search by the health technology mission, then compare summaries and tags.
- To explore vendors with logistics and supply-chain capabilities, search companies that provide logistics, warehousing, transportation, and supply chain support, then sort by Most Recent Federal Contract Award 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 |
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| Macro | Active | Which vendors have an active SAM.gov registration? |
| Macro | Claimed By Me | Which vendor profiles are claimed by me? |
| Macro | Favorited | Which vendors have I saved as favorites? |
| Macro | Featured | Which vendors have featured vendor profile context? |
| Macro | Has Enhanced Profile | Which vendors have enhanced profile or enrichment context? |
| Filter | 8a Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter the 8a certification program? |
| Filter | 8a Cert Expiration Date | Which vendors have 8a certifications expiring in the next 12 months? |
| Filter | 8a JV Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter 8a joint venture certification? |
| Filter | 8a JV Cert Expiration Date | Which vendors have 8a joint venture certifications expiring in the next 12 months? |
| Filter | EDWOSB Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter EDWOSB certification? |
| Filter | Entity Structure | Which vendors have a specific entity structure? |
| Filter | Estimated Annual Revenue | Which vendors fall in an estimated revenue range? |
| Filter | Estimated Number of Employees | Which vendors fall in an estimated employee-count range? |
| Filter | Expiration Date | Which vendor registrations expire in the next 90 days? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - Award Date | Which vendors have federal contract awards from a date range? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - Current Completion Date | Which vendors have federal contract awards ending in a date range? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - Federal Contract Vehicle (Federal contract vehicle attribute) | Which vendors have contract past performance tied to a vehicle? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - Funding Agency | Which vendors have contract past performance funded by a specific federal agency? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - NAICS Category | Which vendors have contract past performance in a specific industry category? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - PSC Category | Which vendors have contract past performance in a specific product or service category? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - Potential Value | Which vendors have contract past performance within a potential value range? |
| Filter | Federal Contract Award Past Performance - Set Aside | Which vendors have contract past performance tied to a set-aside type? |
| Filter | Federal Grant Award Past Performance - Award Date | Which vendors have federal grant awards from a date range? |
| Filter | Federal Grant Award Past Performance - Completion Date | Which vendors have federal grant awards ending in a date range? |
| Filter | Federal Grant Award Past Performance - Federal Grant Program | Which vendors have grant past performance tied to a federal grant program? |
| Filter | Federal Grant Award Past Performance - Funding Agency | Which vendors have grant past performance funded by a specific federal agency? |
| Filter | HUBZone Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter HUBZone certification? |
| Filter | HUBZone Cert Expiration Date | Which vendors have HUBZone certifications expiring in the next 12 months? |
| Filter | Industry Tag | Which vendors match a GovTribe industry tag? |
| Filter | Location | Which vendors are located in Virginia? |
| Filter | Primary Registered NAICS Category | Which vendors list NAICS 541512 as a primary registered category? |
| Filter | Registration Date | Which vendors registered since 2025? |
| Filter | SBA Certified Business Type | Which vendors are SBA Certified 8A Program Participants? |
| Filter | SDVOSB Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter SDVOSB certification? |
| Filter | SDVOSB Cert Expiration Date | Which vendors have SDVOSB certification expiration timing to review? |
| Filter | Self Certified Business Type | Which vendors self-certify as Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses? |
| Filter | Small Disadvantaged Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter Small Disadvantaged certification? |
| Filter | Small Disadvantaged Cert Expiration Date | Which vendors have Small Disadvantaged certification expiration timing to review? |
| Filter | Teaming Interest | Which vendors indicate teaming interest? |
| Filter | Technology Tag | Which vendors match a GovTribe technology tag? |
| Filter | VOSB Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter VOSB certification? |
| Filter | VOSB Cert Expiration Date | Which vendors have VOSB certification expiration timing to review? |
| Filter | WOSB Cert Entry Date | When did a vendor enter WOSB certification? |
Sort options
When Vendors opens without a search query, filters, or explicit sort, GovTribe may use recent activity, popularity, favorites, and claimed-vendor signals to decide which vendors appear first. Add search text, filters, or a specific sort when you want the order to match your review task.
| Name | Direction choices | Example question |
|---|---|---|
| Featured | Oldest First / Newest First | Which featured vendor profiles were created earliest or most recently? |
| Favored | Least First / Most First | Which vendors have fewer or more favorite claims? |
| Registration Date | Oldest First / Newest First | Which vendors registered most recently? |
| Expiration Date | Oldest First / Newest First | Which vendor registrations expire soonest? |
| Most Recent Federal Contract Award Date | Oldest First / Newest First | Which vendors have the most recent federal contract award activity? |
| Most Recent Federal Grant Award Date | Oldest First / Newest First | Which vendors have the most recent federal grant award activity? |
| 8a Cert Expiration Date | Oldest First / Newest First | Which vendors have the soonest 8a certification expiration date? |
Actions
Vendors 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 Vendors results.
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View Favorites filters the page to vendors you have saved as favorites.
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View Featured Vendors filters the page to vendors with featured vendor profile context.
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Export Search Results exports the current vendor result set after you narrow it to the records you want to review outside GovTribe.
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Share Search shares the current Vendors result set with another GovTribe user.
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Similar finds vendor records that resemble the selected vendor. Use it when a vendor's summary, capability narrative, profile context, tags, or past-performance pattern is close to the market you are researching. Similar can be unavailable on individual cards when GovTribe does not have enough similarity context for that vendor.
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Add Favorite saves the selected vendor to your favorites and updates the favorite count on the card. When the vendor is already saved, the action can appear as Remove Favorite.
Result-level actions
Vendors have profile actions in the header.
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Favorite: Use the favorite button when you want to save the selected vendor for repeated company, competitor, partner, or supplier research. The count beside the button reflects favorite activity for that vendor profile.
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Claim this Vendor: Use Claim this Vendor when the selected profile represents your organization and you want to start the vendor-claim workflow.
Review a vendor
Vendor profile examples
A Parent or child vendor profile shows where the selected vendor sits in a company family when GovTribe has parent, child, division, or related-entity context. In GovTribe, the header can show Parent/Child next to the UEI so you can compare the selected registration with related vendor records. See the Parent or child vendor example in GovTribe.
A Certified small business profile shows small-business or SBA certification context when GovTribe has that data for the vendor. In GovTribe, certifications appear in badges on the Overview tab and can help you compare eligibility context with award and vehicle activity. See the Certified small business example in GovTribe.
Identifiers and hierarchy
The header shows the vendor name and core identifiers such as UEI. It can also show hierarchy context such as Parent/Child when GovTribe has related vendor records.
For identifier and matching context, see Vendor data type, UEI, and Source identifiers and record matching.
Badges
Badges summarize registration, certification, category, location, and related-record context on the Overview tab.
Useful badge references include SBA Certifications, Self Certified Business Type, Primary Registered NAICS Category, Registration Date, and Expiration Date.
When a badge says Not listed, GovTribe does not have a displayable value for that field on the selected vendor.
GovTribe AI and summaries
GovTribe AI appears when AI is available for the selected vendor and your account can use it. The panel starts GovTribe AI with the vendor as context, so questions can stay grounded in capability, incumbent, partner, customer, award, vehicle, or competitor research.
The summary area can show AI Summary, Website, Twitter, or other profile tabs when GovTribe has generated or source-backed vendor context.
Similar Vendors and related activity
The Overview tab can show Similar Vendors and popular related federal contract awards, federal grant awards, or federal contract vehicles. Use these cards when the vendor profile is the starting point and you need comparable companies or related federal market activity.
Related tabs
Details
Details opens enhanced profile context when GovTribe has it for the selected vendor. The tab can be unavailable when no enhanced profile data is present.
Contacts
Contacts shows people or office contacts GovTribe has associated with the selected vendor. The tab can be empty when the vendor has no contact references, when source material did not provide contact details, or when your account does not have access to the relevant contact context.
For contact search and contact data, see Contacts and Contact data type.
Price Lists
Price Lists shows government-provided files GovTribe has associated with the selected vendor as price-list context. The tab can be empty when GovTribe has no displayable price-list files for that vendor.
For file context, see Government file data type.
Contract Vehicles
Contract Vehicles shows federal contract vehicles connected to the selected vendor. Use it when you need to understand the vendor's access to master buying channels.
For vehicle research, see Federal contract vehicles and Federal contract vehicle data type.
IDV Awards
IDV Awards shows indefinite delivery vehicle awards connected to the selected vendor. Use it to review vendor-specific ordering instruments that sit below master vehicles and above downstream orders.
For IDV research, see Federal contract IDV awards and Federal contract IDV data type.
Contract Awards
Contract Awards shows federal prime contract awards connected to the selected vendor. Use it to review awarded work, values, agencies, dates, and downstream award context.
For award research, see Federal contract awards and Federal contract award data type.
Contract Subawards
Contract Subawards shows reported federal subcontract activity connected to the selected vendor. It can include downstream subcontracting context when GovTribe has reported records for the vendor.
For subcontracting context, see Federal contract sub-award data type.
Grant Awards
Grant Awards shows federal grant awards connected to the selected vendor. Use it when the vendor also appears in assistance-award activity.
For grant award context, see Federal grant award data type.
Grant Subawards
Grant Subawards shows federal grant sub-awards connected to the selected vendor. It can be empty when no downstream sub-award records are connected.
For downstream assistance context, see Federal grant sub-award data type.
Primes
Primes shows prime contractors connected to the selected vendor through partner activity when that context is available. The tab can be unavailable or empty when GovTribe has no displayable prime-contractor relationships for the vendor.
Subs
Subs shows subcontractors connected to the selected vendor through partner activity when that context is available. The tab can be unavailable or empty when GovTribe has no displayable subcontractor relationships for the vendor.
Common questions
For general fixes for too many results, no results, unrelated results, broad Semantic Search matches, or filters that narrowed the search too much, see Troubleshoot search results.
How are Vendors different from awardees, recipients, and subcontractors?
Vendor data type records describe organizations that can appear as companies, suppliers, awardees, recipients, subrecipients, or other market participants. Awardee, recipient, and subcontractor roles depend on the specific award or sub-award relationship. See Vendor, awardee, recipient, and subcontractor roles.
Why should I compare UEI, CAGE, location, and registration dates?
Vendor names can vary across source systems, divisions, DBA names, and registrations. Use identifiers such as UEI, CAGE codes, Location, and registration fields to match a vendor record to outside source context. See Source identifiers and record matching.
How should I use category and certification filters?
Use Primary Registered NAICS Category, Industry Tag, Technology Tag, SBA Certified Business Type, Self Certified Business Type, and certification date filters to narrow vendors by market lane, registration context, and small-business or certification status. See Choosing category systems when you need to decide how category systems fit together.
What does Active mean?
Active narrows Vendors to records whose SAM.gov registration expiration date has not passed. Use Expiration Date directly when you need to review registrations that expire during a specific date range.
How should I use Vendor Hierarchy?
Vendor Hierarchy appears when GovTribe has parent, child, division, or related-entity context for a vendor. Use it to understand how a displayed vendor may connect to a parent company, subsidiary, division, or related registration before comparing UEI, CAGE, location, registration dates, and award history.
Related articles
- Choose a search mode and write queries: Choose Keyword Search or Semantic Search and write reusable search queries.
- Find similar records: Use a promising vendor as the starting point for related-record discovery.
- Vendor data type: Review the GovTribe data type behind Vendor records.
- Vendor, awardee, recipient, and subcontractor roles: Distinguish vendor records from award-specific organization roles.
- Source identifiers and record matching: Match source records by identifiers, organizations, dates, categories, and context.