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New Federal Contracts This Week: Issue #3 (2026-10-27 to 2026-11-01)

A free weekly roundup of new SAM.gov solicitations, built from SAM.gov's official public data with the Federal Contract Opportunities feed. Not affiliated with GSA or SAM.gov. Always confirm details on the notice itself.

This week: 2,609 new solicitations and combined synopsis/solicitations posted.

Who is buying

Agency Notices
Dept Of Defense 2,004
Veterans Affairs, Department Of 166
Interior, Department Of The 79
Agriculture, Department Of 72
Homeland Security, Department Of 66
Energy, Department Of 34
Transportation, Department Of 34
Justice, Department Of 32

Set-asides

Set-aside Notices
No set-aside 1,374
Small Business Set Aside - Total 949
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14) 131
Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) Set-Aside (FAR 19.13) 70
SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Set-Aside (FAR 19.15) 38
8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8) 18
Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise 10

By industry (NAICS sector)

NAICS sector Notices
33 Manufacturing 1,708
23 Construction 249
56 Admin, support & facilities 121
54 Professional/technical services 114
32 Manufacturing 105
31 Manufacturing 53
81 Repair & other services 43
48 Transportation 42

Top places of performance

State Notices
MD 51
CA 45
TX 38
DC 36
FL 35
WA 26
VA 25
IL 21

Picks: still open, closing soonest (due on or after 2026-11-03)

Service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB) set-asides

Women-owned (WOSB/EDWOSB) set-asides

HUBZone set-asides

8(a) set-asides

Construction (NAICS 23)

IT and computer services (NAICS 5415)

Editor's note

New solicitations dipped to 2,609 this week, down from 2,813 in Issue #2. The Department of Defense posted 2,004 of them (about 77%), and manufacturing NAICS codes (31 to 33) again made up most of the volume. Total small business set-asides came in at 949 (998 last week), SDVOSB set-asides held at 131, HUBZone set-asides rose to 70 from 54, and WOSB set-asides nearly doubled to 38 from 21. Maryland led the places of performance with 51 notices.

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Data: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public extract (U.S. government work). Counts cover the notice types Solicitation and Combined Synopsis/Solicitation.

Previous issue: Issue #2 (2026-10-20 to 2026-10-25).

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