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SAM.gov contract opportunities · August 22, 2026

SAM.gov contract opportunities

As of August 22, 2026, PrimeRFP SCOUT counts 15,962 open federal solicitations posted in the last 90 days, excluding Award notices. Department of Defense accounts for 7,996 of those notices; Department of Veterans Affairs is second at 1,587. 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.

Data as of August 22, 2026posted within 90 daysPrimeRFP SCOUT · get_opportunity_summary
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15,962
Open federal notices
1,172
RFPs
159
Sources Sought
7,996
DoD share of notices

Top agencies in the 90-day federal snapshot (Award notices excluded)

AgencyOpen notices
Department of Defense7,996
Department of Veterans Affairs1,587
Department of the Interior512
Department of State510
Department of Homeland Security306
Department of Agriculture302
Department of Energy252
Department of Justice228
Department of Health and Human Services206
Department of Commerce169

Capture read

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 15,962 open federal solicitations posted in the last 90 days as of August 22, 2026, excluding Award notices. Source: get_opportunity_summary, source_type=federal.
How many federal RFPs are open right now?
1,172 RFPs in the same 90-day federal snapshot. DoD accounts for 868 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 15,962 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 August 22, 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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