RECOMPETE

Industries / RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES · NAICS 541710

$1.4 billion in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences comes off the board in the next 180 days.

4 research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences contracts reach the end of their period of performance before February 19, 2027. Every one is work the government still needs done, held by someone who has to win it again.

Order
DaysExpiresValueIncumbentBuying officeContract
8
Closing		2026-08-31$3.2MTHE MITRE CORPORATIONBureau of the Fiscal Service2033H625F00094
53
Near		2026-10-15$184.3MSOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNNM06AA75C
130
Out		2026-12-31$1.1BIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYDepartment of EnergyDEAC0207CH11358
130
Out		2026-12-31$49.4MMTA INCDepartment of the ArmyW31P4Q21FC003

Is any of this winnable

Reserved for small business

0%

0 of 4 contracts · $0K of $1.4B

Held by the top three

100%

of expiring value, across the three largest incumbents

None of the expiring work we have indexed here is set aside. Everything on this board will be competed full and open. The top three incumbents hold most of the value, which usually means a small number of large vehicles rather than many separate opportunities.

Top incumbents

Who holds the most expiring value in this window — the competition you have to beat, not just replace.

  1. 1IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$1.1B
  2. 2SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$184.3M
  3. 3MTA INC$49.4M
  4. 4THE MITRE CORPORATION$3.2M

Top buying agencies

Who is paying for this work — where the recompete solicitation will come from.

  1. 1Department of Energy$1.1B
  2. 2National Aeronautics and Space Administration$184.3M
  3. 3Department of Defense$49.4M
  4. 4Department of the Treasury$3.2M

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What to do with a date

A federal contract is re-bought on a schedule that runs backwards from the day the current one ends — and most of what decides the winner happens before the solicitation is ever published.

By the time a rebid appears on SAM.gov the requirement is written, the set-aside decision is made, and the incumbent has had a year of conversations with the customer. Knowing an end date early is how you get into that year instead of arriving after it.

  1. 18mo → 12mo out

    Research

    The agency is beginning to plan the follow-on. You want to know more about this requirement than the notice will ever tell you.

  2. 12mo → 9mo out

    Shape

    The requirement is being written now. This is when a specification quietly comes to describe one company's way of working.

  3. 9mo → 6mo out

    Sources sought

    The highest-leverage window on the whole clock, and the one most small businesses sleep through.

  4. 3mo → 1mo out

    Solicitation

    The RFP typically posts in this window, and everything about it is fast.

The full sequence, with what closes at each boundary

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