BBA Basics

Favoriting, Tracking, and No Bidding

BBA offers multiple tools to quickly manage opportunities

October 2026•4 min read•Berkeley Bridge Advisors Documentation Team

Overview

The below focuses on the basic tools available for quickly managing and tracking Opportunities, Awards, and other data in BBA. Please see the documentation on setting up pipelines and managing pursuits for more advanced options.

Favoriting

Most pages on BBA have a Favorite button in the upper right-hand corner of the page. To favorite the item, click the Favorite button once. To un-Favorite the item, click the button again. If the item is Favorited, a red heart will appear in the button.

To quickly recall your Favorited items, go to the relevant search page and select My Favorites from the dropdown.

Tracking

Tracking allows you to receive email alerts when there is an amendment to the opportunity or award. Tracking is available for Federal Contract and Grant Opportunities and Federal Prime Contracts and Grants awards.

To track an item, click the Track button once. To un-Track the item, click the button again. If the item is Tracked, a red bell will appear in the button.

If the item is updated or amended, you will receive an email that show any key changes

No Bidding

Opportunities, Forecasts, and Existing Award pages all have the option to mark the item as No Bid if you are not interested. To market an item as No Bid, click the No Bid button once. To revert, click the button again. If the item is No Bid, a red Circle X will appear in the button.

To remove No Bid items from your search results, select the Exclude No Bid dropdown in the relevant search.