DIBBS guides
Short guides to quoting on DLA's bid board: registering on DIBBS, CAGE codes, reading an NSN and how RFQs are awarded.
How to bid on DIBBS, from registration to your first quoteThe steps to quote on DLA's bid board: SAM.gov, your CAGE code, DIBBS registration and the postcard, then finding and submitting an RFQ.What is a CAGE code?The five character Commercial and Government Entity code: how you get one, how DIBBS uses it, and what the CAGE codes printed in an RFQ tell you.How DLA awards DIBBS RFQs: automated evaluation or buyer reviewWhat a DLA solicitation number tells you, how the automated evaluation picks quotes, and which quotes it will consider.What is an NSN? How to read a National Stock NumberHow the 13 digits of a National Stock Number break down into supply class, country code and item number, and how to use NSNs to find DLA RFQs.A free, faster way to search DIBBSWhat Bid Prospect adds to DLA's daily list of RFQs, and what you still do on DIBBS itself.