SAM.gov contract opportunities · October 16, 2026
SAM.gov contract opportunities
As of October 16, 2026, PrimeRFP SCOUT counts 9,890 open federal solicitations posted in the last 90 days, excluding Award notices. Department of Defense accounts for 7,354 of those notices; Department of Veterans Affairs is second at 381. This is a dated snapshot of SAM.gov-class federal notices — not a live clone of SAM.gov — and it is the starting count for finding government contract opportunities.
Top agencies in the 90-day federal snapshot (Award notices excluded)
| Agency | Open notices |
|---|---|
| Department of Defense | 7,354 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 381 |
| Department of the Interior | 107 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 94 |
| Department of Agriculture | 92 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 88 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 85 |
| Department of Energy | 82 |
| General Services Administration | 80 |
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SAM.gov remains the system of record. SCOUT’s job is the count you can cite, the notice types that hide in keyword search (Sources Sought), and the handoff to expiring awards and forecasts. FedBizOpps and beta.SAM.gov are historical names for this same federal notice layer — they redirect here.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many SAM.gov contract opportunities are open?
- PrimeRFP SCOUT counted 9,890 open federal solicitations posted in the last 90 days as of October 16, 2026, excluding Award notices. Source: get_opportunity_summary, source_type=federal.
- How many federal RFPs are open right now?
- 812 RFPs in the same 90-day federal snapshot. DoD accounts for 605 of those RFPs.
- Is this the same as SAM.gov?
- SAM.gov is the official posting system. This page is a dated SCOUT snapshot of SAM.gov-class federal notices, with classification and a path into awards, recompetes, and MCP query. It is not a live mirror of every SAM.gov field.
- What happened to FedBizOpps and beta.SAM.gov?
- FedBizOpps (FBO.gov) and beta.SAM.gov were earlier public names for the federal opportunity feed now posted at SAM.gov. Those URLs on this site redirect to this page.
- Do you publish an 8(a) open-opportunity count?
- Not from this pull. A set-aside filter on the opportunity snapshot did not change the 9,890 federal total, so no 8(a) open-count is published. Use the 8(a) intel page for awarded-dollar context.
Methodology
get_opportunity_summary, source_type=federal, exclude_notice_types=Award, posted_within_days=90, pulled October 16, 2026. Separate calls for notice_types=Sources Sought and notice_types=RFP. Set-aside open counts are held unless the filter changes total_active.
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