# Government Files

GovTribe aggregates and digitizes Government Files generated as part of the procurement process for most publicly available Contract or Grant Opportunity. For Federal Supply Schedule IDV Awards, this feature provides access to publicly available, vendor provided price lists and terms and conditions. On the Government Files Search page you can search for any document by name or keyword, by type using filters, format type, for any particular Opportunity or Award, and more.

For example, if you search the Government Files page for a certain keyword (i.e., “renovate”, or the name of a product, or a vendor name), GovTribe not only returns a list of files that contain that keyword, it also highlights the keyword within the document in the document preview area.

When you add any Opportunity as a Pursuit on your account, all Government Files associated with that Opportunity are automatically pulled to your Pursuit page. Furthermore, if any updates to those files on a Pursuit will be updated, and a notification of the update will appear in your Activity Feed for the Pursuit.

## The Government Files Search Page

***To access the Vendors Search page:***

**Step 1.**  Go to:  **Main Menu** >> **Files** >> **Government Files**. ([Take me there](https://govtribe.com/file/government-file))

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The *Government Files Search Page* will be displayed, which allows you to view and access Federal Files associated with contracts and grants on GovTribe.

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Please refer to [Search 101](/user-guide/getting-started-understanding-the-basics/search-101.md) for details on how to use this page to search for awards.
{% endhint %}

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When you search using keywords, GovTribe returns files that have that keyword in the file name or anywhere within the file’s content. Use filters to narrow down the list, if needed.
{% endhint %}

## The Government File Detail Page

***To access a Federal Agency Detail Page:***

**Step 1.**  Go to:  **Main Menu** >> **Files** >> **Government Files**. ([Take me there](https://govtribe.com/file/government-file))

**Step 2.**  Search for the desired file, then click on the **Title** of the File listed (or its **View** button).

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You can also access a file’s detail page by clicking on any file’s link throughout GovTribe.
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