Features for Service Providers:

  • Filtered searching: Filter Form 470s by category, location, size, RFPs, keywords, and more to match applicant requests with your products/services.
  • Daily e-mail delivery of leads to sales teams: Daily e-mails are sent 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 the applicant's 471 History.
  • 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.
  • Category 2 Budget: QueryBob downloads Budget data from USAC on a daily basis, showing current available funds for prospects.
  • Mapping: Utilize mapping features to check prospects' proximity to your network.
  • Line Item Data: Review prior award details to see exactly what a prospect's current contract provides and what they pay for it.
  • Daily E-Mail FRN Alerts: Daily e-mails are sent when funding requests of interest to you are updated at USAC. These may be based upon your SPIN(s), the BENs of your customers, 470s you bid on, or other criteria.
  • 471 PDF Reports: View awards by Service Provider 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 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.
  • Find expiring contracts: Identify your own and your competitors' expiration dates to make a pitch for improvements prior to the Entity's filing of a Form 470.
  • Looking to expand into a new territory?: Research purchase history by location and use the information to create a filter in the 470 Query tool to identify potential prospects.
  • Everyone's needs are a little different: We can help with complex customizations, CRM integration, and special reports.
  • Examples of Custom Requests:
    • Integration with your CRM for Sales Leads
    • APIs to pull data into your internal systems for sales analysis
    • Mapping tools customized with your network map (Private to your account)
    • Special Sales Reports (by regions or other break-down)
    • Special Prospecting Reports
    • Management Analytic Reports
    • Your Custom Requests
  • 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.