Federal construction leads, before the team is picked
Sources sought notices, RFIs and solicitations from the Department of War, the Department of Veterans Affairs and GSA Public Buildings Service — plus the recompetes and lease expirations that tell you what is coming a year or more before it posts.
1. Early leads: sources sought, RFIs and pre-solicitations
This is the cheapest point to win federal construction work. The contracting office is still deciding how to buy — including whether to set the work aside for small business, 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone or WOSB firms. A capable response here can decide who is allowed to bid later.
- IDIQ multiple award construction contract across the NAVFAC Northwest area — Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming, with most work expected in Washington StateNAVFAC Northwest · Small business · responses Nov 3
- P233 air traffic control tower and flight simulator facility, Keesler AFBNAVFAC Southeast · Sources sought · responses Nov 4New
- Turnkey tenant improvement for the Army Corps of Engineers at the Denver Federal Center — GSA is testing whether there are enough small, HUBZone, women-owned or service-disabled veteran-owned firms to set it asideGSA PBS Capital Construction · Request for information · responses Nov 5
- Mass spectrometry and multiple laboratories, first and second floors of Building 64, FDA Federal Research Center, Silver Spring — capability package by email, 25 MB limitGSA PBS Capital Construction · Request for information · responses Nov 5
- Renovation and repair of multiple buildings at the Marine Corps Reserve Center, Kaneohe Bay — building envelopes, HVAC and interior finishes, competitive design-bid-build, magnitude $5M to $7MUSACE Charleston · Sources sought · responses Nov 11New
- F-35 composite repair and training facility and F-35 maintenance facility, Hill AFB — one competition for both, progressive design-build or construction manager at risk under an Other Transaction, industry day Nov. 17USACE Sacramento · Special notice · 10 U.S.C. 2808a · responses Nov 12
- Architect-engineer indefinite delivery contract for geospatial services, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division — the Corps will decide after this research whether to limit competition to small businessesUSACE Huntington · Sources sought · responses Nov 13New
- Nationwide multidiscipline architect-engineer IDIQs — multiple awards, five-year base and one five-year option, typical task orders above the $350,000 simplified acquisition threshold, anywhere in the United States and its territoriesGSA PBS Centralized Acquisition Services IDV – West · Sources sought · responses Nov 13New
Every early notice from Issue No. 8 (November 2, 2026) →
2. Solicitations with responses due
Open construction and A/E solicitations with the response date — the leads you can bid on now.
- Federal Highway office renovations, Carson City Federal Building — office 225 plus office-wide systemsGSA PBS · Small business · combined synopsis/solicitation · due Nov 2
- Joint Base Charleston multiple award construction contractAir Force 628th Contracting Squadron · due Nov 2
- Power Construction and Services II MATOC — power construction and services in contingency or austere environments, across the CENTCOM area and selected EUCOM countries including Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Bosnia, Norway, Turkey and SlovakiaUSACE Philadelphia · due Nov 3
- FY27 multiple award construction contract, Shaw AFBAir Force 20th Contracting Squadron · Total small business · due Nov 4
- D.C. Metro Area multiple award construction IDIQGSA PBS Centralized Acquisition Services IDV – East · Total small business · due Nov 4
- Design-build and general construction multiple award IDIQ, New York and New Jersey — federally owned and federally leased space, $45M size standardGSA PBS Centralized Acquisition Services IDV – East · Total small business · due Nov 4
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3. Recompetes: the leads a year out
Most federal construction is ordered through multiple-award vehicles — USACE and AFCEC MATOCs, NAVFAC MACCs, GSA PBS and VA IDIQs — and the task orders go only to seat holders. When a vehicle reaches the end of its ordering period, the seats open again. 146 of them do within the next 12 months.
Open the recompete calendar → · All 589 vehicles by contracting office →
4. GSA lease expirations: tenant improvement leads
When a federal lease renews or the agency moves, somebody buys the build-out — and on a GSA lease that is usually the building owner, not the government. 1,555 federal leases across 50 states expire in the next 12 to 48 months.
GSA leases by state → · Washington DC region →
By agency
Department of War
490 active multiple-award construction and A/E vehicles
GSA Public Buildings Service
51 active multiple-award construction and A/E vehicles
Department of Veterans Affairs
48 active multiple-award construction and A/E vehicles
Federal construction leads: common questions
What counts as a federal construction lead?
Any notice or signal that a federal buyer will pay for construction, repair, alteration or A/E work: a sources sought notice or RFI, a pre-solicitation, a solicitation, a task order under a multiple-award vehicle, a vehicle nearing the end of its ordering period, or a GSA lease that will need a build-out. The earlier the signal, the more a firm can do with it.
Where are federal construction opportunities posted?
Most federal contract actions expected to exceed $25,000 are publicized on SAM.gov, the government’s official contract opportunities site. Task orders under multiple-award IDIQs usually are not publicly posted — they go only to the firms holding seats — which is why knowing the vehicles, and their recompete dates, matters as much as watching the notices.
How do I get on a MATOC or MACC?
Only when it is competed or recompeted. Seats on a multiple-award construction contract are awarded at the start of the ordering period and rarely reopened, so the practical path is to watch the recompete calendar, respond to the sources sought notice that usually precedes the recompete, and team with a current seat holder in the meantime.
What is the difference between a sources sought notice and an RFI?
Both are market research and neither is a request for proposal. A sources sought notice mainly asks who is capable and what size and socioeconomic status they are, which drives the set-aside decision. An RFI usually asks for technical or pricing input on a draft requirement. Both are the cheapest point at which to influence an acquisition.
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