Use Mini Bids to Drive Business Growth Now

With the government shutdown now officially behind us, federal acquisition activity is beginning to show early signs of acceleration, and contractors are already seeing the first wave of new sources sought notices (SSNs) and requests for information (RFIs) hitting the street. This makes now the perfect time to revisit Mini Bids, Lohfeld Consulting’s newest opportunity-focused blog series spotlighting targeted federal procurements under $10M.

While Mega Bids highlight opportunities over $500M, Mighty Bids cover the $10M–$499M range, and Mystic Bids forecast major procurements up to two years out, the Mini Bids blog focuses on smaller, high-value opportunities that often open the door to new agencies, provide critical past performance, and create stepping stones to larger, more complex contracts. As agencies restart paused programs and prepare new requirements for FY26, these procurements are emerging as some of the earliest indicators of where federal spending is headed, offering early and strategic entry points for contractors.

Mini Bids List

1. Supply Chain Management Enterprise Resource Planning (SCM-ERP) Solution Support for Configuration, Logistics, Maintenance, and Resource Solutions (CLMRS)
   Agency: Dept. of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
   NAICS Code: 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 255835
   RFP Type: Undetermined
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Value: $9.9M
   RFP Date: 1/2026
   Description: The FAA seeks expert advisory services to apply industry best practices for improving its Supply Chain Management (SCM) through the IFS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (a commercial product). The effort aims to enhance efficiency, automate manual processes, and optimize both technical and business applications of the IFS ERP. The contractor will provide FAA-specific advice, training, and knowledge continuity while introducing new technologies that comply with FAA security standards. Additionally, the contractor will support the FAA in developing a long-term Supply Chain Strategic Roadmap and improving investment analysis across the full lifecycle—from requirements definition to cost and benefit analysis.
   Status: The government released answers to 25 questions it received on November 4, 2025. The Q&A noted that the FAA is not pursuing an ERP replacement and instead seeks a vendor with direct IFS Cloud experience to help assess current processes, enhance existing modules, and provide modernization recommendations (especially in supply chain, analytics, AI, and forecasting). While the FAA is open to AI, analytics, and modern best-practice solutions, vendors must first understand the FAA’s current application environment, meet security requirements, and support the agency in an advisory capacity rather than through direct system access. Before the Q&A release, the government released a draft RFP on October 14, 2025, and answers to questions on October 21, 22, and 23, 2025. Responses to the government’s market survey, which asked potential offerors 18 questions primarily focused on their experience with and updates to the IFS ERP, were due on November 5, 2025.
2. USSTRATCOM Facility Operations and Project Management Support – Building 1000
   Agency: Dept. of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, 55th Civil Engineer Squadron
   NAICS Code: 541330 – Engineering Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 215444
   RFP Type: Task / Delivery Order for OASIS+ awardees
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Value: $5.9M
   RFP Date: 01/2026
   Description: The 55th Civil Engineer Squadron requires contractor support to manage facility operations and project oversight for U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)’s Building 1000 at Offutt AFB in Nebraska. This facility supports USSTRATCOM’s global mission by ensuring uninterrupted, secure command-and-control communications vital to national defense and global operations. Contractor personnel will provide both facility operations support (i.e., maintenance oversight, cost analysis, and coordination with engineers), project management, and building information modeling support, including developing cost estimates, monitoring projects, and maintaining digital models. Optional expansion tasks could add up to two additional facility operations and project management staff per performance period, depending on funding availability.
   Status: On June 23, 2025, the government issued a request for information (RFI) and a Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) to OASIS+ unrestricted and small business holders, which was due by July 1, 2025.
3. F-22 Formal Training Unit (FTU) Beddown Support Services
   Agency: Dept. of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, 15th Air Force, 633d Air Base Wing
   NAICS Code: 541330 – Engineering Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 257233
   RFP Type: Task/Delivery Order
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Value: $8M
   RFP Date: 12/2025
   Description: To fulfill the 633d Air Base Wing’s requirement for F-22 FTU beddown contracted support services, the contractor shall provide all management, transportation, tools, supplies, equipment, and labor required to deliver comprehensive support services at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) in Virginia. These services include program management, general engineering, administrative and personnel support, construction inspection, project programming, space planning, contract specialist assistance, cartography, and IT support.
   Status: On January 31, 2025, the government released a draft performance work statement (PWS). The incumbent’s contract expired on August 31, 2025, and nearly all funds have been expended. The Contracting Office confirmed the RFP is expected in the coming months.
4. Statistical Production Modernization and Application Development Support for the Bureau of Economic Analysis-Estimation Information Technology System (BEA-EITS)
   Agency: Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
   NAICS Code: 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 241187
   RFP Type: Undetermined
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Value: $9.4M
   RFP Date: 12/2025
   Description: BEA requires ongoing support for modernizing statistical production and developing applications for its BEA-EITS, which underpins the generation of key national statistics, including GDP, and processes tens of thousands of time series each month. The contractor will lead database and software development aligned with BEA’s One BEA architecture, enhance SQL-based systems, and create secure data gateways compatible with analytical tools like R and Python. Additionally, the contractor will provide SQL training to BEA economists, statisticians, and IT specialists to strengthen in-house analytical and technical capabilities.
   Status: On September 23, 2025, BEA released a draft PWS and RFI. The RFI requested offerors respond to 16 questions regarding their expertise supporting enterprise statistical systems, relevant programming languages and data formats, and their ability to handle increasing data volumes. The responses were due by October 8, 2025.
5. Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Global Internet Connect Program (ICP)
   Agency: Dept. of Defense (DOD), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
   NAICS Code: 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 258882
   RFP Type: Undetermined
   Competition Type: 8(a) Set-Aside
   Value: $3.9M
   RFP Date: 12/2025 (likely to slip)
   Description: The government requires contractor support for the MWR ICP, which provides deployed service members with secure, reliable access to commercial internet services. The contractor will deliver program management, financial analysis, auditing, and process improvement services to enhance the efficiency and oversight of MWR internet cafés worldwide. Tasks include developing business cases, conducting Analyses of Alternatives (AOA) studies, tracking metrics, and supporting DISA’s Infrastructure Executive Transport Division with program documentation and briefings. Contractor personnel must hold Secret clearances.
   Status: On October 16, 2025, the government released an SSN, with responses due by October 31, 2025. The incumbent provider is ITellect, LLC.
6. Development and Maintenance of an Aged Rodent Tissue Bank (ARTB)
   Agency: Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   NAICS Code: 541715 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
   GovWin Opp ID: 220121
   RFP Type: Other
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Value: $1.3M
   RFP Date: 12/2025
   Description: The government requires development and maintenance support for the ARTB to support aging research. The contractor will receive aged mice and rats from NIA colonies, collect and process tissues and fluids, assign identification numbers, maintain detailed inventory records, and store biospecimens under specified conditions. Responsibilities also include managing the transfer of existing tissue bank holdings, shipping samples to investigators, promoting the ARTB resource, and ensuring a smooth final transition at contract completion. The contractor must process approximately 150 animals per year (with most being standard collections). The follow-on contract is anticipated to run from March 15, 2026, to March 14, 2031.
   Status: On July 8, 2025, the government published a draft SOW describing the program’s objectives and requirements.
7. Operations and Maintenance of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Gateway
   Agency: Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
   NAICS Code: 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 198779
   RFP Type: Alliant 2 Unrestricted Task Order
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Value: $5M
   RFP Date: 01/2026
   Description: CISA requires Level 2 and Level 3 operations and maintenance support for applications within the IP Gateway to strengthen its modern IT infrastructure. The task order supports CISA’s mission to protect national cyber and physical infrastructure by enhancing performance, security, and availability across its diverse IT environments. The contractor must deliver well-integrated, standardized, and secure services aligned with ITIL v3 to improve efficiency and consistency across all functional areas. Required services include program and project management, technical solutions engineering and implementation, and full operations and maintenance support.
   Status: Using Alliant 2, the government expects to release the RFP on approximately January 9, 2025.
8. Centrifuge and Research Altitude Chambers
   Agency: Dept. of theAir Force, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Research Laboratories, Aerospace Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing
   NAICS Code: 541330 – Engineering Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 259753
   RFP Type: Undetermined
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Value: To Be Determined
   RFP Date: 01/2026
   Description: The government requires operational support for its Centrifuge and Research Altitude Chambers to advance aerospace human performance research. The contractor will provide research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) expertise to support missions related to acceleration, altitude protection, thermal protection, aircrew training, fatigue, and life-support systems. Work includes technical setup of test equipment, management of human-use research protocols, data collection and analysis, and preparation of reports and presentations. Required expertise spans research scientists, aerospace physiologists, human-factors specialists, and test engineers.
   Status: The government released an RFI and PWS on November 20, 2025. The purpose of the RFI is to obtain the latest information on the ‘art of possible’ from industry with respect to their current and near-term abilities. Responses are due by 12:00 PM ET on December 8, 2025.
9. Automated Pen Test and Vulnerability Tool
   Agency: Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
   NAICS Code: 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
   GovWin Opp ID: 258316
   RFP Type: Other
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Value: $5M
   RFP Date: 4/29/2026
   Description: The government requires a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) automated penetration testing and vulnerability assessment platform to enhance cybersecurity at airport checkpoints. As TSA integrates its Computed Tomography (CT) screening systems into local area networks, this tool will safeguard connected IT and operational technology environments. The platform must perform automated security testing, compliance checks, and risk-based analysis across multiple systems while providing detailed remediation reports. This new requirement supports TSA’s mission to strengthen cybersecurity and maintain the operational integrity of airport screening infrastructure.
   Status: On June 18, 2025, the government released an RFI requesting information from offerors on their ability to provide a COTS solution that can assist TSA with emerging people, processes, and technology capabilities for airport environments, which was due on July 8, 2025.
10. Commissioning Services Market and Verification Re-Commissioning Retro Commissioning Services
    Agency: Dept. of Defense (DoD), Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
    NAICS Code: 541330 – Engineering Services
    GovWin Opp ID: 259766
    RFP Type: Undetermined
    Competition Type: Undetermined
    Value: To Be Determined
    RFP Date: 03/2026
    Description: The government requires third-party commissioning, measurement and verification, re-commissioning, and retro-commissioning services for a variety of U.S. military facility projects. The contractor will assess facilities throughout design, construction, and post-acceptance phases to ensure systems meet the owner’s project requirements, design criteria, and user intent. Services also include verifying compliance with U.S. and Host Nation codes and standards. The overall goal is to confirm that all building systems are fully functional, efficient, and maintainable throughout the facility’s lifecycle.
    Status: The government released an SSN on November 20, 2025, and responses are due by 2:00 PM CT on December 11, 2025. The SSN asks potential offerors about their business size and to include at least three commissioning projects completed within the last three to five years.

Conclusion

Winning a share of these Mini Bids takes more than solid qualifications; it requires focused capture planning, strong differentiators, and proposals that clearly demonstrate value and understanding of the customer’s mission. Lohfeld Consulting helps companies of all sizes identify winnable opportunities, develop strategies that maximize strengths, and produce high-scoring proposals that stand out. Whether you’re pursuing your first prime contract or expanding your federal footprint, our experts can help you win smarter and faster. Contact us to get started.

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By Brenda Crist, Vice President at Lohfeld Consulting Group, MPA, CPP APMP Fellow

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