Federal Contract Recompetes & Expiring Awards
Recompetes are the most predictable opportunities in federal contracting. Because most government work runs on multi-year contracts, every one of them eventually ends and gets re-competed — on a timeline that is usually public long before the RFP drops. If you know which contracts are expiring in your space, you can build a pipeline 12 to 18 months ahead of everyone waiting for the solicitation.
Use the free tool below to see open SAM.gov bids that match your business and presolicitations you can prepare for now. Then open a prepared dossier preview to see the match analysis, award history, pricing context, and AI-assisted next steps you can use when you find your own opportunities.
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Add your NAICS codes and service area to count current SAM.gov notices. A paid account adds historical award and incumbent context that helps you identify expiring work and prepare before the next solicitation.
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GovSentry's full Search also checks relevant state and local procurement portals using your business description and service areas. Those harder-to-find opportunities are additional to this SAM.gov-only preview.
Choose an industry suggestion or enter an exact six-digit NAICS code and select Add code.
Find your NAICS codesPro tip: include nearby states if you can travel. If you work remotely or ship nationwide, choose nationwide to widen the search.
This free first look counts SAM.gov notices. A paid search lets you investigate relevant notices and also checks state and local portals.
Prepared dossier preview
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Explore a prepared GovSentry report preview. Where we have a historical notice or award, it is labeled as closed; otherwise the example is explicitly illustrative. The award comparisons, fit estimates, and AI guidance show the workflow—not verified facts about the same contract. Run Search for your company to apply these tools to current matches.
One example, not a contract-size ceiling
Your matched results can include simplified purchases and smaller service jobs, low-million-dollar contracts like this example, and larger prime or teaming opportunities. The mix depends on your NAICS codes, capabilities, certifications, and service area.
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GovSentryOpportunity Overview
Design and Build Covered Parking Structure for Fighter Aircraft
An illustrative construction dossier showing how a completed report organizes notice details, profile fit, award comparisons, and next steps. These example figures are not a verified current opportunity.
Target & Match Score92%
Eligibility Assessment
Eligible with verification items
Profile data indicates a fit; confirm all official solicitation requirements before pursuing.
NAICS alignment
NAICS 236220 appears in the prepared construction-company profile.
Small-business competition
This sample illustrates how a set-aside would be checked against a company profile.
SAM.gov registration
Verify the company UEI and registration renewal date before bidding.
Market Context
89
Records analyzed
$1.85M
Average award
$764K
Median award
Strong
Illustrative fit signal — not a win probability
Competition signal
Recent Department of Defense construction awards under $10M show a broad small-project market with meaningful small-business participation.
| Comparable market | Winner signal | Award value |
|---|---|---|
| Same NAICS and agency family | Example comparable awardee | $2.03M illustrative award |
| Historical award set | Multiple public winners | $764K median |
Related Award Context
Example comparable awardee
$2.03M illustrative award
A related awardee is market context, not proof that it held the exact requirement. A live dossier should link the award record and distinguish a confirmed prior contractor from a broader comparable.
Pricing Intelligence
$21.7K–$9.77M
Comparable range
$1.85M
Average
$764K
Median
The awarded value was $2.03M. Use that amount and the comparable-award distribution as context, then price the active solicitation from its actual drawings, labor, material, bonding, and schedule requirements.
Related Opportunities
Executive Summary
Recommendation: Pursue when scope and bonding fit. The prepared profile has strong NAICS, small-business, and geographic alignment. A contract near $2M is substantial but within reach for many established specialty and general contractors.
Market Context
⚠️ NAICS-Based Data Limitation: Market data includes all contracts under this NAICS code, which can range from $10K local projects to $1B+ specialized systems. Past award sizes and winners may not reflect this specific opportunity's scope. Always review the solicitation details to assess fit.
89 comparable awards were analyzed. The average award was $1.85M and the median was $764K. Recent Department of Defense construction awards under $10M show a broad small-project market with meaningful small-business participation..
Similar Contract Winners
These are comparable awards selected by available NAICS, agency, or location fields. The search can broaden to NAICS-only results, and cached awards can be older than two years. They are not confirmed predecessors for this solicitation.
⚠️ Note: Awards shown may be for vastly different scopes/sizes under the same NAICS category. A $500M system and a $50K service contract can share the same NAICS code.
Related award context: Example comparable awardee — $2.03M illustrative award. A related awardee is market context, not proof that it held the exact requirement. A live dossier should link the award record and distinguish a confirmed prior contractor from a broader comparable.
Positioning Strategy
Lead with comparable design-build work, airfield or secured-facility experience, local subcontractor coverage, safety performance, and a schedule that minimizes disruption to flight operations.
Pricing Guidance
Comparable range: $21.7K–$9.77M. The awarded value was $2.03M. Use that amount and the comparable-award distribution as context, then price the active solicitation from its actual drawings, labor, material, bonding, and schedule requirements. Firm-fixed-price design-build construction; validate scope before using historical awards as a bid target.
Recommended Next Steps
Verify SAM.gov registration and the prepared profile
Review drawings, bonding, and site-access requirements
Research the awardee and comparable winners
Build a labor, material, and contingency model
Track related recompetes and new construction notices
📋 Important Disclaimers
- • Market data is indicative, not definitive
- • Always review the actual solicitation documents for requirements and scope
- • GovSentry scores and AI judgments are screening aids, not calibrated win probabilities
- • Follow linked source records for factual claims; some estimates have no direct source link
- • Past performance data may include contracts of different sizes under the same NAICS code
- • GovSentry provides intelligence to inform your decision—final pursuit decisions require your expertise
Prepared by GovSentry AI; review the underlying notice before acting.
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Open the full dossier at normal sizeWhy recompetes matter
When a contract is posted on SAM.gov as a new solicitation, the clock is already running — and the incumbent has had years to build the agency relationship. By the time the RFP is public, you are often too late to do anything but react.
Recompetes flip that. The expiration date of an existing contract is a signal you can act on months in advance: time to research the requirement, meet the contracting office, line up teaming partners, and shape your approach before the competition even knows the opportunity exists.
How to find expiring contracts
The raw data is public. Federal award records in USAspending.gov and FPDS include the recipient, award value, NAICS code, agency, and period of performance — including the base period and option years. Filter awards in your NAICS codes by end date and you have a list of upcoming recompetes.
- 1.Identify your NAICS codes. Recompetes only matter if they match what you do. Not sure which codes fit? Use the NAICS Code Finder.
- 2.Pull award history. In USAspending, search awards by NAICS and agency, then sort by period-of-performance end date to find contracts expiring in the next 12 to 18 months.
- 3.Research the incumbent. Who holds it, what they were paid, and where the gaps are. That tells you whether the recompete is winnable and how to position against them.
- 4.Engage early. Contact the contracting office, get on the list for industry days, and start shaping your approach before the RFP.
How GovSentry surfaces recompetes
Doing this by hand across thousands of award records is slow. GovSentry's cross-reference engine indexes 40,000+ historical federal awards and flags contracts nearing expiration in your NAICS codes — with the incumbent, the award value, and pricing benchmarks from comparable contracts attached. Recompete signals show up alongside active solicitations in your search results and pipeline.
And a deliberate design choice makes this work: expired and expiring opportunities are kept and marked, never deleted. The history is the point — you cannot plan for a re-award you can no longer see.
Go deeper
Two guides walk through the full recompete playbook step by step:
Frequently asked questions
What is a federal recompete?
A recompete is a contract that is coming up for re-award because the current contract is expiring. Most federal work is on multi-year contracts, so when they end, the agency re-competes the requirement. Recompetes are predictable because the expiration date is usually public well in advance.
How early can you find a recompete?
Often 12 to 18 months ahead. Award records in USAspending and FPDS include the contract end date and any option periods, so you can identify expiring contracts long before a new solicitation is posted on SAM.gov — giving you time to position before incumbents lock in the relationship.
Where does recompete data come from?
Primarily USAspending.gov and FPDS, which publish historical award data including the recipient, value, NAICS code, agency, and period of performance. GovSentry cross-references 40,000+ historical awards to flag contracts nearing expiration in your NAICS codes.
Does GovSentry delete expired opportunities?
No. Expired and expiring opportunities are kept and marked, never deleted. That history is exactly what makes recompete tracking possible — you need to see what is ending and when in order to plan for the re-award.
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