Sunday, December 2, 2007

FBO.gov Search Trick - Geographic Searches

Need to limit your Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps/FBO) searches to a specific geographic region?

Here's a time-saving trick.

Go straight to FBO's "Find Business Opportunities" page:
http://vsearch1.fbo.gov/servlet/SearchServlet.

Scroll down to the "Search by Place of Performance Zip Code" box.

Decide how wide or how narrow a region to search.

If you want to search a wide area, use the first digit of the zip code of that area and an asterisk. For example, 9*.

If your search is a bit more narrow, use the first two digits of the zip code of that area and an asterisk. For example, 90*.

To get even more specific, use the first three digits of the zip code of that area. For example, 902*.

Ah, again, the power of the asterisk.

Note: Federal Business Opportunities is also known as FedBizOpps or FBO and can be found at www.fbo.gov.

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