Finding the perfect Request for Proposal (RFP) can feel overwhelming. Sifting through the hundreds of thousands of new opportunities posted daily can turn even the most wide-eyed optimist into an exhausted cynic. After all, staying on top of the latest bids requires time and a strategic search method. Fortunately, we at Bid Banana have designed a powerful tool to help streamline that search process: the Saved Search feature.

With the Saved Search feature, Bid Banana can essentially help users automate their search and simplify the hunt for the perfect proposal opportunity.

What is Bid Banana’s Saved Search Feature?

Bid Banana's array of search tools gives our users plenty of options for searching and sorting their results. By using the right combination of specific keywords, advanced query operators, and filtering parameters, our users can cut their search time and quickly find relevant results.

However, it's still rare for an initial search to surface the right opportunity the first time. In fact, many small businesses and agency organizations are resigned to the idea that they'll need to spend their first few days plugging away at searching various databases before they start finding the right, relevant matches.

Copying, pasting, adjusting, and searching. Rinse, repeat.

But with Bid Banana’s Saved Search feature, our users never need to worry about reworking or rebuilding searches from scratch day after day. Our team designed and refined this feature to take the pain out of repeatedly searching for the same terms. (That's right-- terms is plural. Our Saved Search feature can also save multiple searches.)

Essentially, using Saved Search can help users automate their searches, whether for a single term or multiple variants of a query, over time. Users can also save searches for fresh opportunities, bid award and closed bid data.

We’re here making life easier for every user– one Bid Banana feature at a time.

The Saved Search feature lets you save your exact search criteria.

Easy to Access and Ready to Run

With the Saved Search feature, Bid Banana has made it even simpler to search online for RFPs, proposals, bids and other competitive contracting opportunities. Using the Saved Search feature gives you a centralized location to quickly run your most frequent keywords. You can access your most searched terms and queries– whether they’re simple or crammed full of advanced syntax– from either a user's Bid Banana account settings or directly in the search results page.

Instead of manually retyping complex phrase strings or advanced prohibit operators every time you log in, you can save– then conveniently recall– these parameters. This includes any applied search filters as well. This means users can not only save their search, but also save any result filters for specific locations, industries, issuing agencies, or NAICS codes.

This helps you quickly see what matters most, saving valuable time and streamlining the overall search process.

Create, run, edit, and run your saved searches right from the results screen.

Never Miss an Opportunity With Daily Alerts

The most significant advantage of the Saved Search feature is its automated monitoring capabilities. Once you've saved your search, the Bid Banana platform can essentially hunt opportunities for you. 

You will receive daily email notifications whenever your saved search criteria returns new bid opportunities. This 24/7 monitoring alerts you immediately to relevant fresh postings. Custom automated search result alerts for new posts can play a huge role in your bid search strategy-- especially if you're interested in submitting responses for multiple opportunities.

Start Saving Your Searches With Bid Banana Today

In the highly competitive world of procurement, preparation and timing are everything. By using Bid Banana's Saved Search feature, you can automate your lead generation, sort through fewer bid pages, continuously monitor our database without manual effort, and ensure your business never misses out on the perfect contract opportunity. But Bid Banana offers much more than advanced search options. Every part of our service —from our database to our features and tools —has been carefully designed to help develop a better, more fruitful search process. Bid Banana is also only $49.99 per month! Ready to give us a try? Sign up for your free 7-day trial today.