Searching for Registered Vendors
Public Vendor Search is a tool that can be used to search for vendors that have a complete registration within the electronic Vendor Portal (eVP). It can be reached by clicking on the ‘Browse Vendors’ button on the public electronic Vendor Portal home page.
For a video demo regarding this topic, click here.
For more detailed step-by-step information regarding this topic in a printable and downloadable format, see the following job aid.
Search filters can be used to refine a search to receive more focused search results.
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In addition to the basic search filters, the public vendor search has advanced search filters. Click the arrow to the right of 'Advanced Search' to view the advanced search filters.
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After the filters are set, a search can be executed by selecting the ‘Search’ button at the bottom of the page. The search results will populate in a table format and can be exported.
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