Federal contract market update
August 2, 2026: 202 new SAM.gov notices, 10,596 open opportunities, and 915 bids closing within 48 hours.
Open and closing counts as of August 3, 2026.
Federal agencies posted 202 new notices to SAM.gov on August 2, 2026, including 187 solicitations open for vendor response and 3 award notices.
The active bid window is larger than the daily posting flow. Across the government, 10,596 opportunities were open at the latest refresh, including 3,428 solicitations closing within seven days and 915 closing within two.
For vendors, the immediate market is not only the day's new postings. It is the open work still available, and the deadlines already approaching.
What posted on August 2, 2026
August 2 was an active buying day: 93% of new notices were solicitations open for bid, and 50% carried a small-business set-aside. Sources-sought and presolicitation notices pointed to demand forming before formal bids.
| Daily activity | Count |
|---|---|
| Notices posted | 202 |
| Solicitations | 187 |
| Small-business set-aside | 50% |
| Median time to bid | 11 days |
| Notice type | Count |
|---|---|
| Combined Synopsis/Solicitation | 177 |
| Solicitation | 10 |
| Special Notice | 5 |
| Sources Sought | 4 |
| Presolicitation | 3 |
What is open right now
There are 10,596 active opportunities still open for response across the federal government. The near-term window is concentrated: 3,428 solicitations close within seven days (32% of the open pipeline), and 915 within two. Vendors looking for immediate work should start with deadlines, then narrow by agency, NAICS, set-aside, and buyer.
A cross-section of what closes in the next seven days, one solicitation per agency so it spans the government rather than repeating a single high-volume buyer:
| Closes | Agency | Solicitation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 today |
Department of the Army | Heavy-Duty Diesel Forklift (STILL RCD 180 or Equal) for USAG Bavaria (Version 2) |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Defense Logistics Agency Small business |
INTEGRO, PREHEAT SHU |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Department of Agriculture Small business |
GMF(FL) Pasture Fence Replacement |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Administrative Office of the US Courts | Dell PowerEdge R470 Server, Enterprise |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Notice of Intent to Sole Source the Procurement of Weekly Delivery of Turkey, Chicken, G… |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Department of Commerce WOSB |
Site Effluent System |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency | Personal Property Management System |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Bureau of Reclamation Small business |
TSC - LEAP FROG SOFTWARE LICENSE |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Bureau of Indian Affairs | Food and Beverage for BIA Detention Centers |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Bureau of Land Management Small business |
Challis FO WH&B Small Hay Bales |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Agricultural Research Service | Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (TD-NMR) Body Composition Analyzer |
| 2026-08-04 1 day left |
Defense Health Agency (DHA) | American Sign Language Interpreting Services ; NH Beaufort |
What was awarded on August 2, 2026
Award notices show the far end of the pipeline: which opportunities reached an outcome, and which vendors appeared in the award record. The largest single award recorded on August 2, 2026 was $5.6M to IHS, THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES, INC., through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
| Amount | Awardee | Award |
|---|---|---|
| $5.6M | IHS, THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES, INC. | HCHV Medical Respite Services in Oahu, Hawaii for VAPIHCS |
| $72K | TELEDYNE CONTROLS, LLC | PMA271 - Portable Maintenance Access Terminal (PMAT) XS |
| $64K | CD BIOSCIENCES INC | Phage Library Screening |
| $22K | GENSCRIPT USA INC | Bovine IFN Lambda Fc Fusion |
Search the full open pipeline.
This brief is the snapshot. The full API contains all 10,596 open opportunities, with filters for agency, NAICS, set-aside, deadline, title, description, and contracting-office contact.
How these numbers are built
Every figure is calculated from the public SAM.gov notice record at refresh time. Posted counts and awards use the most recent day with data, August 2, 2026. Open and closing counts reflect distinct active solicitations at the time of refresh (August 3, 2026), where a base notice and its amendments count once. The closing-soon table is a cross-section showing one solicitation per agency, breadth across the government rather than one agency's backlog.
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