What Will Hit SAM.gov at the Start of FY27

The bids appearing on SAM.gov over the next few months are already coming into focus: 100+ solicitations valued above $500M, worth a combined $189B, are expected to post in Q1 FY27, between October 1 and December 31, 2026. That is a dense opening quarter, and unlike the later FY27 pipeline, most of it is already in pre-RFP status rather than sitting further out on the forecast. We’re breaking down what’s coming, profiling the recompetes and multiple award vehicles that are worth watching first, and giving you a checklist and a standing offer to help to get started today.

Overview of Q1 FY27 Bids

Most of the bids in the pipeline for the first quarter of FY27 are defending existing ground: 74 opportunities, or 69%, worth $119B, show a named incumbent, while 33 solicitations, worth $70B, appear to be new requirements—a notably higher share of new work than the FY27 pipeline covering the rest of the fiscal year. Army leads by dollar value with $30B across 23 opportunities, followed by Department of State ($29B across 7 opportunities, driven by two large aviation and diplomatic platform recompetes) and Homeland Security ($19B across 5 opportunities, anchored by TSA’s Gold+ initiative). EPA’s single largest opportunity, the $18.5B Superfund Remedial Acquisition Framework, is worth watching on its own given its size relative to the rest of the EPA’s pipeline.

Professional Services (NAICS 54XXXX) and Construction (NAICS 23XXXX) codes are nearly tied for the largest share of the pipeline, at $45B across 37 opportunities and $43B across 29 opportunities, respectively, with construction code 236220 alone accounting for 21 opportunities worth $37B.

Vehicle types skew heavily toward agency-specific IDIQs—53 of 107—with a mix of task or delivery orders (7), BPAs (3), and a single IDIQ multi-agency contract at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Award structure leans slightly toward single award: 48 opportunities, or 45%, call for one winner; 41, or 38%, are structured for multiple awards worth a combined $129B; and the remainder have not yet specified an award count. Timing is comparatively certain for a near-term quarter: 95 opportunities, or 89%, are already in Pre-RFP status, with only 12 still at the Forecast Pre-RFP stage.

Ten Bids to Put on Your Recompete Radar in Q1 of FY27

Ten of the highest value recompetes expected to hit SAM.gov this quarter are profiled below. Each one currently has a named incumbent, creating a displacement opportunity for a challenger or a defense play for the incumbent. While compiling this list of 10 bids to keep on your radar, we only included those showing confirmed government activity in the past nine months, such as a draft RFP, sources sought, industry day, special notice, amendment, protest ruling, bridge award, or a formally published agency forecast.

1. DOS INL Airwing Worldwide Aviation Support Services (WASS) ($10B)
   This aviation support vehicle keeps DOS flight operations, maintenance, and logistics running worldwide. AAR Corporation is the incumbent, and the current contract is set to expire in October 2026 even though the recompete’s acquisition strategy has not been finalized.
   Agency: Dept. of State (DOS), Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
   NAICS Code: 488190 – Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
   GovWin ID: 235734
   Solicitation Number: 19AQMM26N0198
   RFP Date: 11/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted, Small Business Set-Aside
   Status: Pre-RFP
2. Vaccines for Children 2027-2028 ($9.93B)
   This vehicle supplies pediatric vaccines nationwide, with GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, Pfizer, Bavarian Nordic, and Millipore currently sharing the work. The existing contracts run through March 2027, and a follow-on award is expected before that expiration.
   Agency: Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
   NAICS Code: 325412 – Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
   GovWin ID: 266155
   Solicitation Number: Not yet assigned
   RFP Date: 12/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Status: Forecast Pre-RFP
3. Diplomatic Platform Support Services (DiPSS) II ($8.5B)
   This vehicle carries one of the largest incumbent benches on this list—more than a dozen firms, including Amentum, KBR, Fluor, and V2X. DOS has not yet finalized its acquisition strategy, so the eventual set-aside and award structure remain open questions.
   Agency: Dept. of State (DOS), Global Acquisitions Office (GA)
   NAICS Code: 541614 – Process, Physical Distribution and Logistics Consulting Services
   GovWin ID: 263330
   Solicitation Number: 19AQMM26R0179
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Status: Pre-RFP
4. Veterans Affairs Processing and Automation Services (VPAS) ($5.4B)
   This benefits processing and automation vehicle is currently split among GovCIO, Leidos, Accenture, GDIT, Deloitte, and IBM. No procurement update has been made public yet beyond the October 2026 target.
   Agency: Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
   NAICS Code: 518210 – Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
   GovWin ID: 223015
   Solicitation Number: 36C10D24Q0038
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Status: Pre-RFP
5. Ginnie Mae Master Subservicer (MSS) Support Services ($5B)
   This mortgage subservicing vehicle is held by Carrington Mortgage Services and Selene Finance. HUD forecasts an October 2026 solicitation and an April 2027 award.
   Agency: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
   NAICS Code: 523150 – Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation
   GovWin ID: 256025
   Solicitation Number: APPT2025102
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Status: Pre-RFP
6. Language Support Services for the DOD Language Interpretation and Translation Enterprise Effort (DLITE) III ($3.5B)
   This vehicle already has a draft RFP in circulation, released August 11, 2026, with an incumbent bench of more than fifteen firms, including Valiant Integrated Defense Services, SOS International, and Mission Essential Personnel.
   Agency: Dept. of the Army, Intelligence Security Command (INSCOM)
   NAICS Code: 541930 – Translation and Interpretation Services
   GovWin ID: 249820
   Solicitation Number: W50NH927RA002
   RFP Date: 11/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted, Small Business Set-Aside
   Status: Pre-RFP
7. PEO C3T Handheld Manpack Small Form Fit 2-Channel Leader Radio ($3B)
   This tactical radio program is currently split between Thales Group and L3Harris Technologies. No solicitation timeframe has been made public, and the Army has not indicated whether the incumbent split will continue.
   Agency: Dept. of the Army, Army Program Executive Office, Command, Control, and Communications-Tactical (C3T)
   NAICS Code: 334220 – Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
   GovWin ID: 187780
   Solicitation Number: W15P7T25R0001
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Status: Pre-RFP
8. Facilities Repair and Renewal MATOC (FRR VII) ($3B)
   This contract is expected to be released in the first quarter of FY27, with proposals due in the second quarter and award projected for the second quarter of FY28. More than fifteen firms currently hold pieces of the existing vehicle.
   Agency: Dept. of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
   NAICS Code: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
   GovWin ID: 238055
   Solicitation Number: W912DY25RXFRR
   RFP Date: 12/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Status: Pre-RFP
9. Global Tires Program (GTP) 2.0 ($3B)
   This tire supply program is currently solely held by ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics. The RFP is projected for December 2026, with award not expected until April 2028.
   Agency: Dept. of Defense (DOD), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
   NAICS Code: 493190 – Other Warehousing and Storage
   GovWin ID: 187419
   Solicitation Number: SPE7LX26R0030
   RFP Date: 12/2026
   RFP Type: Other
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Status: Pre-RFP
10. NIH Professional Scientific and Technical Support Services (PSTSS) ($3B)
    This scientific and technical support vehicle hit a snag in August 2026 when a sustained bid protest forced the agency to cancel its solicitation and re-evaluate whether to set the requirement aside for small business. A new timeline has not been announced, so this one is worth monitoring closely to see how the acquisition strategy shifts.
    Agency: Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
    NAICS Code: 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
    GovWin ID: 187230
    Solicitation Number: 75N98026R00042
    RFP Date: 11/2026
    RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
    Competition Type: Undetermined
    Status: Pre-RFP

Several of these—DLITE III, FRR VII, and PSTSS in particular—already have public procurement activity, a draft RFP, a quarterly progress report, or a bid protest, so they are worth prioritizing over opportunities where the agency has gone quiet.

Eight Upcoming Multiple Award Bids at a Glance

Of the 107 opportunities, 41, worth $129B combined, call for two or more awards rather than a single winner. Eight are profiled below, spanning full and open, small business, and specialty set-aside competitions across construction, professional services, and IT. As with our method for highlighting recompetes, we have only selected bids with confirmed agency activity in the past nine months.

1. TSA GoldPlus (Gold+) Commercial Services IDIQ ($12.9B)
   This vehicle combines security screening technology and staffing into a single turnkey award, and it does not currently show a named incumbent. A program of this scale is worth tracking early, before TSA finalizes how many awards it intends to make.
   Agency: Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
   NAICS Code: 488190 – Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
   GovWin ID: 264913
   Solicitation Number: 70T05026R5900N005
   RFP Date: 12/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Expected Awards: Multiple, Number Unknown
   Status: Pre-RFP
2. Programmatic Acquisition for Regional Construction Requirements MATOCs ($4.3B)
   This vehicle supports regional design-build (DB) and design-bid-build (DBB) construction across the South Pacific Division. It splits across full and open and small business tracks and does not currently have a named incumbent.
   Agency: Dept. of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District
   NAICS Code: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
   GovWin ID: 235178
   Solicitation Number: W9123825S0016
   RFP Date: 11/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted, Small Business Set-Aside
   Expected Awards: Multiple, Number Unknown
   Status: Pre-RFP
3. Design Build (DB) Services, Western Region ($3B)
   This vehicle covers major construction, minor construction, and non-recurring maintenance projects across the western United States. It is one of three regional counterparts (Western, Central, and Eastern) hitting the market this quarter, none of which show an incumbent.
   Agency: Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM)
   NAICS Code: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
   GovWin ID: 217281
   Solicitation Number: 36C10F22R0032
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Undetermined
   Expected Awards: Multiple, Number Unknown
   Status: Pre-RFP
4. Construction Multiple Award Contract (C-MAC) ($1.5B)
   This construction vehicle is set aside for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises, a socioeconomic category worth confirming eligibility against early. Sealaska Corporation, Cherokee Nation Businesses, and Doyon Project Services are among the current holders.
   Agency: Dept. of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
   NAICS Code: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
   GovWin ID: 236510
   Solicitation Number: DOIAFBO260102
   RFP Date: 12/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises
   Expected Awards: Multiple, Number Unknown
   Status: Pre-RFP  
5. GEN VI Human Resources Solutions Support: Recruiting Management and Administrative Support (R-MAS) ($1.5B)
   This vehicle supports recruiting, management, and administrative work; currently split among firms including 360 Patriot Enterprises and Canvas, Inc.
   Agency: Dept. of the Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA (ALT))
   NAICS Code: 541612 – Human Resources Consulting Services
   GovWin ID: 233006
   Solicitation Number: Not yet assigned
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Small Business Set-Aside
   Expected Awards: Multiple, Number Unknown
   Status: Pre-RFP 
6. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Biomedical IT, Software Development, and Informatics Support 2 (BITSDIS) ($1B)
   This vehicle currently runs through Deloitte, Essex Management, and Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting the National Cancer Institute’s biomedical IT needs.
   Agency: Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   NAICS Code: 541690 – Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
   GovWin ID: 232457
   Solicitation Number: DOIDFBO260040
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Full and Open/Unrestricted
   Expected Awards: Multiple, Number Unknown
   Status: Pre-RFP 
7. Construction Management (CM) Services IDIQ for the Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) ($700M)
   This vehicle has one of the widest award pools in this quarter’s pipeline. Vali Cooper International and Alares LLC are among the current holders.
   Agency: Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Construction and Facilities Management
   NAICS Code: 541330 – Engineering Services
   GovWin ID: 264844
   Solicitation Number: Not yet assigned
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
   Expected Awards: 14
   Status: Forecast Pre-RFP
8. Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) V, Hill Air Force Base in Utah ($500M)
   This design-build (DB) construction vehicle plans for 10 small business awards, with Nomlaki Technologies and the NVE-HHI joint venture among the current holders.
   Agency: Dept. of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
   NAICS Code: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
   GovWin ID: 251878
   Solicitation Number: FA820126R1005
   RFP Date: 10/2026
   RFP Type: IDIQ – Agency Specific
   Competition Type: Small Business Set-Aside
   Expected Awards: 10
   Status: Pre-RFP

What Capture Managers Should Be Doing Now

With most of this quarter’s pipeline already active and several solicitations landing within weeks, this quarter leaves no room for the long-lead capture planning that the rest of FY27 allows. Triage is the immediate task: fast, disciplined bid and no-bid decisions on the opportunities that matter most, before your team spends limited time and money chasing pursuits it cannot realistically win.

You don’t have to make these calls alone. Lohfeld Consulting Group’s capture managers can run rapid bid and no-bid assessments, competitive intelligence sprints, and Strength-Based Winning^® gap analyses alongside your team—exactly the kind of compressed-timeline work this quarter demands. If you are short on proposal manpower or need an outside read on your win probability before you commit resources, reach out.

• Assess whether you have enough time to collect the intelligence you need to bid intelligently, such as incumbent performance, agency priorities, and evaluation criteria signals, and identify where teaming partners or paid research can close any remaining gaps.
• Identify solution gaps quickly and decide who you need to team with to fill them and mitigate risk, since the strongest partners on short-timeline pursuits get locked up fast by other bidders.
• Make fast bid or no-bid calls based on your potential solution, your demonstrated strengths and expertise, and your organization’s real ability to execute a contract of this size—not just your interest in winning it.
• Take an honest inventory of your proposal resources. If you don’t have the writers, reviewers, or subject matter experts to mount a competitive proposal on this timeline, decide early whether to bring in outside support, such as Lohfeld Consulting, rather than finding out mid-proposal that you need to supplement your workforce.
• Apply a Strength-Based Winning^® assessment to each opportunity: do you have enough genuine strengths, and few enough weaknesses, to realistically compete, or is a better-positioned competitor already holding the advantage?
• Confirm your pricing and business proposal capability. A technically strong solution can still be lost if you can’t develop a competitive price or a compliant business volume in the time remaining.
• Check your compliance and eligibility posture now: security clearances, bonding and financial capacity for construction work, and socioeconomic certifications for set-asides. Discovering a gap late in the process can eliminate you regardless of technical strength.
• Time-box every bid decision. Set a firm go/no-go date for each pursuit so your team isn’t still debating a bid three weeks before it’s due.

Summary

Of the 107 opportunities on SAM.gov between October and December 2026, 89% are already in pre-RFP status. Recompetes carry 69%, or $119B, of the total $189B value, but this quarter also holds a meaningfully larger share of genuinely new work, such as TSA’s $12.9B Gold+ initiative.

Don’t wait for the RFP to drop; with most of this quarter’s pipeline already active, the window to prepare is now. If you need additional support for these bids, contact Lohfeld Consulting.

Additional Reading

• How to Master Capture Management: A curated roundup of Lohfeld’s best capture management guidance, covering the KPIs for gauging capture readiness, building a tactical capture plan, and knowing when to start working a recompete.
• Lessons Learned from Managing Your First Government Proposal: Brenda Crist looks back on what her first proposal effort taught her about customer research, cross-team coordination, and disciplined writing—lessons that still hold up on today’s captures.
• How to Use Free GovCon Intel Sources for Capture Planning: A five-step workflow for turning free government data, GovCon news, and LinkedIn intelligence into a disciplined capture research routine, anchored to a companion list of 100 free intel sources.

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

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