Use Mystic Bids to Forecast Business Growth Now

Brenda Crist

Lohfeld Consulting’s list of Mystic Bids provides a forward-looking view of significant opportunities the federal government is likely to release over the next two years. The Mystic Bids blog complements our ongoing series—Mega Bids, which highlights active opportunities valued at more than $500M; Mighty Bids, which range from $10M to $499M; and Mini Bids, which are valued at less than $10M. We define “active opportunities” as those where the government has already conducted market research, hosted an industry day, or otherwise engaged with potential offerors.

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Use Mighty Bids to Drive Mid/Small Company Growth Now

Brenda Crist

This month, we’re featuring 17 Mighty Bids valued at more than $3.2B coming from the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Homeland Security, NASA, and Defense agencies. We noticed a great variety of opportunities available from $10M to $99M, so we caution bidders not to overlook this value range.

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Use Mini Bids to Drive Business Growth Now

Brenda Crist

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.

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Use Mega Bids to Drive Business Growth Now

Brenda Crist

The government shutdown caused most mega bids originally scheduled for October or November to push further into 2025 or early 2026. However, the long-awaited Navy Integrated Training Environment bid (SeaPort NxG NITE; GovWin ID: 206014) was released on October 20, 2025, and proposals are due on January 5, 2026. The government is also expected to release the Unaccompanied Alien Children Legal Services contract (UAC LSP; GovWin ID: 230209) on November 24, 2025. Therefore, we added the new mega bids to our top 20 list. Both the bids listed below have active sources sought notices (SSNs)/requests for information (RFIs).

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