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Federal contract opportunities and award news for small businesses: new IDIQ vehicles, set-aside solicitations, sources sought notices, agency forecasts, and major award announcements. Find government contracts worth your bid — from SAM.gov opportunities to subcontracting openings with prime contractors — curated and analyzed by Team Integrity Knowledge Center.
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The Trump administration confirmed a deal giving a private company long-term rights to develop 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves, with the Pentagon financing…
September 30 is 34 days away. It is the simultaneous close of FY2026, the Q4 spending deadline, the GSA AI deal expiration, and the last…
SpaceX has announced a $100 billion investment in a new launch facility in Louisiana. The facility represents not just a commercial milestone but a massive…
Parsons secured a spot on the $14B COMET IDIQ supporting missile defense and the Space Intel Center. Here is what COMET is, who else holds…
From counter-drone systems and Army open innovation solicitations to AI modernization and VA community care, August 2026 has more active federal opportunity signals than any…
With 50 days left in FY2026, federal agencies are in the final sprint to obligate remaining budget dollars before September 30. Here is the complete…
GAO sustained a bid protest finding that the Army’s $50 billion MAPS professional services contract violated the Small Business Act by prohibiting small businesses from…
VA’s CCN Next Gen — a decade-long, hundreds-of-billions community care overhaul — begins awarding in August. The primes are health plans; the opportunity for small…
Agencies must publicly post their sole-source and fair-opportunity-exception justifications. Here’s how to turn those postings into a capture pipeline.
The big IT vehicles are awarding in phases and planning on-ramps. Here’s how to get onto Polaris, SEWP VI, or Alliant 3 if you weren’t…
DoD’s APFIT program passed $2B and made its first software-only awards. Built for small and non-traditional firms, it’s one of the fastest paths into defense.
A roundup of early-August 2026 federal awards — Leidos, a small-business space IDIQ, an Alaska sole-source, and a B-21 build — and where subcontractors fit.
