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Free, public intelligence on federal agency spending, contract award history, top awardees, recompete pipelines, and open opportunities — all powered by PrimeRFP SCOUT’s live connection to federal procurement records.
Data coverage: All pages show contracts ≥ $100K — covering 98%+ of all federal contract dollars. Free to read — no login, no view cap. See the full picture — FY27 Sprint →
SCOUT Durability, a contract read · named incumbent · receipts you can trace
Top 10 Agencies · Trailing 12-mo · ≥$100K Floor · Obligations Only
Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT (USASpending-derived)
$708.2B
Top 10 Agencies · Obligated
295,996
Award Actions
$2.4M
Avg. Action Value
DoD
Largest Buyer
Trailing 12-mo
Window
≥$100K
Award Floor
Same-day federal contract award announcements, published as they are reported — often weeks before the award posts to FPDS, enriched as official records catch up.
- $181KSeptember 1, 2027VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF.VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF.256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256)
TECHNOLOGISTY LLC
TECHNOLOGISTY LLC
- $69KAugust 17, 2027AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF.FOREST SERVICE.Black Hills National Forest
HWS Fab & Services LLC
HWS Fab & Services LLC
- $56.2MOctober 13, 2026NAVY
Huntington Ingalls Inc.-Newport News Shipbuilding
Huntington Ingalls Inc.-Newport News Shipbuilding
- $26.5MOctober 13, 2026NAVY
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
- $15.1MOctober 13, 2026NAVY
Raytheon Co.
Raytheon Co.
- October 8, 2026DEFENSE FINANCE ACCOUNTING SERVICE
Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
September 2026
SCOUT Signal — Monthly GovCon Intelligence Report | September 2026
Published September 20, 2026. Headline findings are on the page; the full PDF is emailed.
Civilian-agency only
$46.5B
Task-order $ (12 mo)
+7.9%
Value cadence
−24.7%
Volume cadence
81.7%
Ceiling headroom
Government Task Order & Procurement Velocity Trends
October 2026 buying-patterns print: descriptions matching “task order” obligated $46.5B across 30,805 orders through Oct 2. Value rose 7.9% while volume fell 24.7%. The 30-day pulse is a 23-day floor.
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$39.90B
Task-order $ (12 mo)
+9.2%
Value cadence
−24.6%
Volume cadence
$1.46M
Avg order (recent)
Fewer, Larger Orders: Federal Task-Order Buying Through August 2026
Award descriptions matching “task order” obligated $39.90B across 27,268 orders through 2026-08-04. Value rose, volume fell. A SCOUT one-month lookback on Sep 10 prints 1,869 orders / $2.31B.
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$1.20T
≥$100M wall (18mo)
1,577
Contracts ≥ $100M
45%
DoD share of dollars
28
DOE contracts, 22% $
The 2026–2027 Federal Recompete Wall: $1.2 Trillion Coming Due
SCOUT's complete ≥$100M pull: 1,577 contracts, $1,195.02B estimated (exercised options, not obligated) with PoP end inside 18 months. DoD holds 45%. DOE holds 22% on 28 contracts. Track the clock, not the SAM.gov feed.
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$353.55B
DoD Recompete Wall (18mo)
213
Contracts Expiring
$37.9B
TRICARE West (same week)
11.1%
GAO Merit Sustain
Department of War Contract Awards: How to Track the $354B DoD Recompete Wall
“Department of War” and “Department of Defense” are the same buyer — and SCOUT tracks $353.55B across 213 DoD contracts reaching a PoP end inside 18 months. The two TRICARE West contracts alone are ~$37.9B expiring the same week. Track the clock, not the SAM.gov feed.
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$56.55B
541512 Obligated (24mo)
+86%
2024 → 2025 Spend
$40.99B
Recompete Wall (18mo)
42,163
Awards Tracked
NAICS 541512 Opportunity Discovery: The $56B Computer Systems Design Market, Decoded
541512 is the workhorse code of federal IT: $56.55B obligated across 42,163 awards in 24 months, spend nearly doubling year-over-year. DoD, GSA, VA, and DHS drive it; a $40.99B recompete wall (VSolvit's $3.08B DOJ contract, VA EHRM, CDM DEFEND) opens inside 18 months.
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Federal Spending Pulse
Obligations by sector, vehicle, agency, and set-aside — sourced from PrimeRFP SCOUT.
Methodology note: The Industry tab compares two scopes over the same trailing-12-month window — the authoritative PSC / OMB Category headline total (what the government bought) against the NAICS companion total (firm classification). Any gap between the two bars is a lens-gap, not growth. The Vehicles and Agencies tabs show true CY2024 vs CY2025 year-over-year. Set-Aside figures reflect explicitly set-aside designated contracts using USASpending’stype_set_aside field — not total dollars to certified firms (SBA Procurement Scorecard definition, which is larger). All figures use obligations_only and a ≥$100K floor.
Agency Intelligence
View all 17 agencies →Per-agency total award value, top awardees, open solicitations, and recompete pipeline — trailing 12 months (Oct 2025 – Oct 2026), sourced directly from PrimeRFP SCOUT.
Federal Spending by Industry — PSC / Category Headlines
Each card shows the authoritative PSC / OMB Category headline total for the sector (what the government bought), the largest buyer, and the top obligated awardees in that scope. NAICS companion views are available on each industry page — they are firm-classification lenses, not market-sizing measures. These scopes overlap in places (for example, cybersecurity PSCs sit inside the IT Category) and should not be summed to a federal total.
Construction & Infrastructure
$176.5B
63,486 awards
Federal construction, facility modernization, and infrastructure spending — covering military real estate, border infrastructure, VA medical construction, national-lab facility work, civil works, and government facility operations.
Top awardees · OMB Category Management definition — PSC-based market size.
Companion (NAICS): Firm-classification companion; not the headline market-size lens. · $74.5B — firm classification lens (not market sizing).
IT & Software
$49.0B
15,994 awards
Federal information technology and software spending — spanning IT services (D-series), software, hardware, and cloud / managed services under the OMB IT category.
Top awardees · Authoritative market-size lens for federal IT spend.
Companion (NAICS): Firm-classification companion; not market size. · $68.6B — firm classification lens (not market sizing).
Cybersecurity
$9.6B
3,796 awards
Federal cybersecurity services under PSC DA10 — Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.
Top awardees · Strict PSC scope for cyber services (not full OMB IT category).
Companion (NAICS): Illustrates why NAICS cannot size the cyber market. · $68.6B — firm classification lens (not market sizing).
Research & Development
$44.1B
16,601 awards
Federal R&D spending under the OMB R&D Category — basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development across DoD, NASA, DOE, HHS, and other agencies.
Top awardees · R&D category market-size lens (MCP category key: research and development).
Companion (NAICS): Firm-classification companion. · $62.1B — firm classification lens (not market sizing).
Healthcare & Medical
$61.3B
27,615 awards
Federal medical spending under the OMB Medical Category — clinical services, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and related products.
Top awardees · Medical category obligations (≥$100K, TTM).
Companion (NAICS): Healthcare-provider firm lens; excludes pharmacy distribution. · $11.4B — firm classification lens (not market sizing).
Logistics & Supply Chain
$11.9B
4,661 awards
Federal transportation and logistics services under PSC V-series — freight, air transport, mail and package delivery, relocation, and related logistics support.
Top awardees · PSC-based lens (OMB Transportation & Logistics category string not yet in SCOUT).
Companion (NAICS): Firm-classification companion. · $19.9B — firm classification lens (not market sizing).
Drill deeper in SCOUT: search by NAICS, filter by set-aside type, track specific awardees, and get alerts when new awards hit.
Work this lane in the FY27 Sprint →NAICS Code Intelligence
Browse all NAICS →Drill into specific NAICS codes — total obligations, award counts, top agency buyers, top prime awardees, and recompete pipeline for the most active federal contract categories. 12-month snapshot · ≥$100K · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026.
Contract Vehicle Intelligence
View all vehicles →The six most active GWACs and IDIQs by task order volume — ceiling, prime awardee count, top agency users, and what each vehicle means for your BD strategy.
Alliant 3
$75B
Ceiling
90
Prime Awardees
DoD, DHS, HHS
Top Buyers
GSA's flagship large-business IT IDIQ. Replaced Alliant 2. Task orders being issued now — early mover advantage for on-contract holders.
OASIS+
$50B per pool
Ceiling
2,339
Prime Awardees
DoD, DHS, DOT
Top Buyers
Multi-pool professional services IDIQ replacing OASIS and HCaTS. Separate pools for SB, 8(a), and unrestricted. High task order velocity.
SEWP VI
$20B
Ceiling
210
Prime Awardees
VA, Treasury, State
Top Buyers
NASA's governmentwide IT products and cloud solutions vehicle. Fastest order-to-award cycle of any major GWAC — often under 5 business days.
CIO-SP4
$50B
Ceiling
300
Prime Awardees
HHS, VA, DHS
Top Buyers
NIH's IT services GWAC with a heavy HHS and civilian agency user base. Small business set-aside pools. Strong foothold for health IT and clinical informatics firms.
STARS III
$22.5B
Ceiling
632
Prime Awardees
DOL, Treasury, HHS
Top Buyers
The primary IT vehicle for 8(a) small businesses. Growing rapidly as agencies use it to meet small business goals. Strongest task order growth of any SB IT vehicle.
GSA MAS
No ceiling
Ceiling
17,000
Prime Awardees
GSA, DoD, VA
Top Buyers
The entry point for most new federal contractors. Lowest barrier to entry of any vehicle — but highest competition. Best used as a foundation alongside a more targeted IDIQ strategy.
See who’s winning task orders on each vehicle: SCOUT shows live task order history by vehicle, agency, and NAICS.
See who’s taking task orders — FY27 Sprint →Set-Aside Spending Breakdown
View all set-asides →How federal contract spending is distributed across socioeconomic set-aside categories — and which certifications have the most BD leverage right now.
Small Business
$179B
28% of total
The federal government awarded $179B to small businesses in FY2025 — 28% of eligible contracting, still above the 23% statutory goal but down from the FY2024 high of $183B (28.8%).
FY2025: $179B · 28% — first YoY dollar decline in a decade
Full intel →8(a) Business Development
$24.3B
3.7% of total
SBA's 8(a) program gives certified firms sole-source access up to $4.5M (services) or $7.5M (manufacturing). FY2025 primes: $24.3B (3.7%) — still one of the most potent certifications in federal BD.
FY2025: $24.3B · 3.7% — down ~$1.5B from FY2024
Full intel →Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
$32.5B
~5% of total
VA's mandatory SDVOSB-first policy anchors this category. Service-disabled veteran-owned firms received $32.5B in FY2025 — slightly under FY2024's $32.8B but still meeting the 5% goal.
FY2025: $32.5B — met 5% goal
Full intel →Women-Owned Small Business
~$27B
4.2% of total
WOSB reached 4.2% of eligible contracting in FY2025 (missed the 5% goal). Dollar total not published by SBA; ~$27B derived from share × eligible base. HHS, GSA, and DHS remain active buyers.
FY2025: 4.2% — missed 5% goal
Full intel →HUBZone
~$17B
2.66% of total
Historically Underutilized Business Zones give qualifying firms a 10% price evaluation preference. FY2025 share was 2.66% (~$17B derived) — still short of the 3% goal.
FY2025: 2.66% — missed 3% goal
Full intel →Unrestricted (Full & Open)
~$460B
~72% of total
Full and open competition makes up the majority of eligible federal spending but is dominated by large businesses and primes. For mid-market firms, teaming and subcontracting are the primary entry strategies.
Dominated by large primes; mid-market window is subcontracting
Find set-aside opportunities in SCOUT: filter live solicitations and award history by certification type, agency, and NAICS.
Find your set-aside recompetes — FY27 Sprint →Recompete Radar
View recompete radar →Federal Contract Recompete Intelligence
SCOUT surfaces federal contracts entering their recompete window — with incumbent, estimated value, and expiry date — up to 5 years before SAM.gov solicitations appear. Early identification is the highest-ROI activity in federal BD.
SCOUT Durability, a contract read · named incumbent · receipts you can trace
Market Insights
View all insights →Quarterly Recompete
The 90-Day Window: Federal Contracts Expiring Q4 2026
921 contracts worth $15.87B ($5.62B ex-TRICARE West and LOGCAP V) ending Oct 1–Dec 31 across cybersecurity, IT/cloud, logistics, and healthcare — incumbents, PIIDs, values, and the December cliff.
Methodology
One BD Analyst, 200 Opportunities: How Small Firms Triage Federal Pipeline Without a BD Team
The same 217-opportunity pool triaged two ways — a forwarded aggregator digest (29% noise, zero incumbent data) versus an intelligence layer that filters, ranks, and pre-attaches incumbent and award-history data. ~36 hours of raw triage per cycle collapses to ~2.
Agency Deep Dive
DHS Language of Buying: How the Largest Civilian Agency Structures IT Modernization
$11.34B in DHS IT obligations across NAICS 541512 + 541519. PIID-prefix to program-office map (CBP, USCIS, ICE, FEMA, CISA, TSA, USCG), dominant primes per component, vehicle landscape (EAGLE Next Gen, FirstSource III, CDM DEFEND, CIO-SP4), and a 188-contract / $11.76B recompete pipeline.
Competitive Intelligence
The OASIS+ Recompete Clock: Which Incumbents Are Vulnerable in 2026
$364M in OASIS+/OASIS task order ceiling, 62% concentrated in a single incumbent, and a 2.9× spend jump into CY2025 — SCOUT names the incumbents, maps the recompete timeline, and identifies four displacement lanes for small-to-mid primes.
AI Compliance
Is Your AI Proposal Tool GSA-Compliant? Navigating GSAR 552.239-7001
GSA proposed GSAR 552.239-7001 on March 6, 2026 — a significant new AI safeguarding clause expected via Refresh 32. No-Train rule, 72-hour incident reporting, Unbiased AI Principles. 5-step checklist + free PDF.
Protest Intelligence
GAO Protest Landscape & Macro Correlation Analysis
1,495 protests tracked against DOGE terminations, government shutdowns, and federal spending cuts — interactive correlation charts, agency rankings, and top protester profiles.
Small Business
The Small Business Set-Aside Landscape: Where $5M–$25M Contracts Actually Go
$47.6B in set-aside awards across 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, and HUBZone — agency breakdowns, NAICS concentration, and the recompete pipeline for small business GovCon CEOs.
Quarterly Recompete
The 90-Day Window: Federal Contracts Expiring Q2 2026
200 federal contracts worth $1.2B+ expiring this quarter across cybersecurity, IT/cloud, logistics, and healthcare — with incumbents, values, and expiry dates.
Competitive Analysis
Beyond the Inbox: What a Translation & Interpretation RFP Digest Actually Tells Your BD Team
We analyzed a real RFP aggregator email — 65 listings — against Scout's federal intelligence layer. 29% weren't actionable. Here's the data.
Cybersecurity
5 Trends Reshaping How Government Buys Cybersecurity in 2026
Evidence-backed analysis from Scout's live federal and SLED feed: CMMC gates, CISA expansion, ZTA mandates, and Q1 2026 solicitation windows.
Platform Analysis
GovCon Intelligence Tools Comparison — Platform Index Q2 2026
August 2026 Precision@5 replay: Scout 0.840 vs. GovContractData 0.467, GovTrove 0.369, GovDash Discover 0.347, BidsUSA 0.309, and HigherGov 0.253 — plus the Q2 landscape, capability matrix, and evaluation guidance.
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