Features for Manufacturers:

  • Filtered searching: Filter Form 470s by type of equipment requested, location, size, RFPs, keywords, and more to match applicant requests with your products. Follow what is being requested to look ahead for supply needs.
  • Daily e-mail delivery of leads to manufacturer sales teams and agents: Daily e-mails are sent to your own inside sales team and/or your Service Provider partners with a list of Form 470s filed in the past 24 hours. Each lead in the e-mail has a link to QueryBob's Form 470 detail, which provides more information about the available budgets and which manufacturers' gear entities have purchased in the past.
  • Pre-qualify Leads: Use our webtools to research applicants and identify new 470s you want to bid on.
  • Entity Analysis: See the E-Rate history of an Entity on a comprehensive report detailing purchases and status.
  • 471 History: Quickly look up Contract Expiration dates and review Applicants' purchase histories.
  • Category 2 Budget: QueryBob downloads Budget data from USAC on a daily basis, showing current available funds for prospects.
  • Line Item Data: Review prior award details to see exactly what a prospect's current contract provides and what they pay for it.
  • 471 PDF Reports: View awards by Manufacturer for FRN or Line Item Data and sort them according to your preferences. Reports can be automatically sent via e-mail on a daily or weekly basis.
  • 471 Query Export Wizards: Export query results as customized spreadsheets. Select and arrange fields for prospecting and analysis. Includes FRN, FST, Line Item, and other related data points. FST Exports can be sent automatically by e-mail daily or weekly.
  • FRN Monitor (optional): This add-on tool helps manage large numbers of awards, including by sending out e-mail alerts about significant events (status changes, disbursements, deadlines, etc.) in the funding process.
  • This tool is bundled with several additional Reports in our Standard Reports Menu:
    • Entity Dashboard
    • PIA Worksheet
    • FRN Participants
    • Disbursements
  • Review prior years' FRNs for prospecting: Analyze previous purchases/contracts using Line Item Data. Identify potential customers before new 470s are filed.
  • Standard Reports Menu: Get quick access to Awards Summary, Budget Summary, Line Item Detail, ECF and RHCP Awards reports, filtered by Entity Number, SPIN, or other parameters.
  • Hardware Inventory Tool (optional): Category 2 providers will find this add-on tool useful to identify prospects who favor your equipment brands and/or who have aging equipment in need of replacement. You can also review what your current customers have purchased in the past so you can suggest replacements before they file their next 470.
  • Everyone's needs are a little different. Our team will be happy to hear about yours and, if possible, come up with a solution for you. We regularly do complex customizations of maps and exports, APIs for CRM integration, and special reports.
  • Examples of Custom Requests:
    • APIs to pull Equipment Data into your internal systems for sales analysis
    • Integrations with your CRM for 470 sales leads
    • Mapping for Requests and Sales
    • Sales Reports by Service Provider/Agents
    • Prospecting for equipment over 5 years old
    • Analytic Reports comparing other manufacturers
    • Your Custom Ideas
  • We will give your request full consideration and a firm quote in advance of the work. Occasionally we like a request so much, we incorporate it into QueryBob as a feature for everyone, at no cost to you.