Hunter opportunities
Find, narrow, read and save open bid requests that fit your business.
- Narrow opportunities by trade, location, buyer, job size, and deadlineUse Filters on the Opportunities page to show only the bid requests that fit your trade, area, size and timing.
- Hunter opportunities: find work that fitsHunter ranks open bid requests for your business, and this page lists every article about the Opportunities page.
- Opportunities for you, All opportunities, and Saved: which list should I use?Use Opportunities for you for ranked matches, All opportunities to browse every open bid request, and Saved to return to the ones you kept.
- Switch between federal and state or local opportunitiesUse the buyer switch above the list to show all buyers, only federal buyers, or only state and local buyers.
- What an opportunity match score and fit label meanHunter scores each opportunity against your business facts, and the card shows the reason in plain words, not the number.
- Set up an opportunity preview with three quick questionsIf Hunter has no matches and no business profile for you yet, answer three quick questions to see a preview list of open opportunities.
- Why Hunter says your matches are generatingHunter is scoring open opportunities against your business for the first time, which usually takes a few minutes; here is what to check if the message stays.
- Search opportunities by words from the noticeType words in the search box to find opportunities by title, notice text, agency, place or solicitation number.
- Reset filters to your business profileClick Reset to my profile in the Filters panel to return the filters and the search box to how they were when you opened the page.
- Save and reuse an opportunity searchName your filters with Save this search, then click the name in the Filters panel to apply the same filters again.
- Read an opportunity card before opening the noticeEach card gives Hunter's reason, the buyer, the value, the place and the date, so you can decide if a notice is worth opening.
- Save or remove an opportunityClick the bookmark on a card, or Save on the opportunity page, to keep an opportunity in the Saved tab; click it again to remove it.
- Ask Hunter to find or narrow opportunities in plain languageType a request in the Hunter chat box, for example the work and the place, and Hunter changes the filters on the list to match.
- Ask Hunter to compare opportunities or check a requirementAsk Hunter which of your top opportunities fits best, or whether you are ready for one; Hunter advises, and you decide.
- Give feedback on a Hunter answerUse the small icons under a Hunter answer to copy it, rate it, or flag it as inaccurate, and add a short note.
- Why there are no matches or resultsAn empty list usually comes from filters, search words, the buyer switch or missing business facts, so check these causes in order.
- Why a saved opportunity is missing from this listA saved opportunity can be hidden by the buyer switch, by search words or by the tab, so check these causes in order.
- Why Hunter cannot answer a question about your businessHunter answers only from the facts on file, so check these causes if a fact is missing, conflicts with your capability statement, or a reply fails.
- Why an opportunity or Hunter action is lockedA locked Opportunities page or action comes from your plan or from the deadline of the item; this article lists each case and what to do.
- How Best match sorting and search find opportunitiesSort sets the order of the list: Best match uses your business facts, and a search adds Most relevant, which ranks by your words.