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Federal construction work is decided three to five years before a solicitation exists. We track it from the budget line forward — MILCON, VA and GSA PBS.

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The federal construction market, counted FPDS via USASpending.gov and GSA IOLP · extracted 12 September 2026
589
Active multiple-award construction and A/E vehicles
490
Department of War — USACE, NAVFAC, AFCEC
51
GSA Public Buildings Service
48
Department of Veterans Affairs
235
Reach end of ordering period in 2027 or 2028
131
Recompeting in calendar 2027 — DoW 91, PBS 28, VA 12
104
Recompeting in calendar 2028 — DoW 92, VA 9, PBS 3
3,910
Contractor seats held across all vehicles
Of 2,130 firms holding seats, only 10 hold them at DoD, VA and GSA simultaneously. 45% of firms that cross agency lines are service-disabled veteran-owned, against 15% of those that don't.
Vehicle-by-vehicle recompete dates, awardee rosters, lessors of record and engagement windows are in the data store. See what's inside →
$92.4B
Programmed and planned construction tracked
589
Active multiple-award vehicles, with recompete dates
8,405
Federal leases monitored for refresh timing
36–60
Months of lead time before a solicitation posts

This week's issue

No. 31 · Week of 14 September 2026
Closing

14 solicitations close between Tue 15 and Mon 21

Courthouse envelope repairs, Tyler TX · Barracks renovation, Fort Campbell KY · Clinic addition, Loma Linda CA — and 11 more, each with its SAM link.

SAM.gov
re-checked before send
Award

$651.8M — Electrical distribution replacement, Yigo, Guam

Black Construction–Tutor Perini JV · NAVFAC Pacific F&I MACC · largest single order of FY2026

FPDS · USASpending
Coming

GSA National Large Construction IDIQ — draft RFP posted

$10B ceiling, 40–50 awards, three tiers. First movement since the April RFI. Comments due 2 Oct.

SAM.gov notice
The read

Guam is quietly eating the Pacific construction budget

Fourteen deadlines between 15 and 21 September, the draft RFP on GSA's National Large Construction IDIQ, and why three of the ten largest orders this fiscal year all landed on Guam.

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The data store

Working spreadsheets. No portal, no seat licence.

GSA Lease Refresh Watchlist

Every GSA lease in the engagement window, scored on refresh potential, with the lessor of record named and sorted by when to make contact. On a succeeding lease the building owner prepares the offer and buys the tenant improvement work — not GSA.

Source
GSA PBS IOLP live feature service
Lessor join
GSA Lease Inventory · Aug 2026
Extracted
12 Sep 2026
Rows
2,333 (2,080 leases)
Rebuild
Monthly
Sheet
DS-01 · Rev C

Vehicles & Teaming Index

Every active multiple-award construction and A/E vehicle across DoD, VA and GSA PBS, with who holds each seat, what has been ordered under it, and when it recompetes.

Source
FPDS via USASpending.gov API
Scope
DoD · VA · PBS · NAICS 236/237/238
Extracted
12 Sep 2026
Rows
589 vehicles · 3,910 seats
Rebuild
Quarterly
Sheet
DS-02 · Rev B

VA Capital Plan — Outyear

Every project in VA’s long-range capital plan that was not proposed for funding in the FY2027 budget. VA requested four new major construction projects for FY2027. The volume is here.

Source
VA FY27 Budget, Vol. 4, Table 2-8
Published
April 2026
Parsed
12 Sep 2026
Rows
1,754 projects
Rebuild
Annually, with the budget
Sheet
DS-03 · Rev A

PBS Prospectus Tracker

Every capital investment and leasing prospectus GSA sent to Congress for FY2026 and FY2027, parsed from the source PDFs, with the full cost breakdown and the occupying agencies named by GSA itself.

Source
GSA Prospectus Library
Coverage
FY2026 and FY2027 submissions
Extracted
12 Sep 2026
Rows
43 documents
Rebuild
Annually, with the budget
Sheet
DS-04 · Rev A

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The reference library

The criteria, rules and primary sources a federal construction submittal is actually judged against — UFC and UFGS, GSA P-100, VA PG-18, FAR Part 36 and the agency supplements, and where each project is announced. Free, no signup.

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