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Federal Construction By the Numbers

Real data on who's winning federal construction work, where the money is, and what it takes to compete. Pulled live from SAM.gov every day.

0

Active Opportunities

Construction & renovation

0

DoD Contracts

Army · Navy · Air Force

0

Set-Aside Reserved

Small biz · SDVOSB · 8(a)

$100B+

Construction Spend / Year

Federal construction only

SAM.gov API · Construction NAICS only (23xxxx) · Active notices with valid deadlines · Refreshed: Apr 03, 2026

Updated daily from SAM.gov and normalized by RenovationRoute filters: construction NAICS codes only (all codes starting with 23), active notices with non-expired deadlines, and publications within the last 90 days where no deadline is set. Numbers shown here reflect opportunities contractors can realistically bid right now. Set-aside counts are based on the typeOfSetAside field from SAM.gov. Contract value tiers are AI-estimated from solicitation text using GPT-4o and are approximate. Agency counts parse the fullParentPathName field to top-level department.

Data sourced from the U.S. federal procurement system

SAM.gov Federal contract registry
USASpending.gov Award database
USACE Army Corps of Engineers
VA Dept. of Veterans Affairs
GSA General Services Administration
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Trade Breakdown

Open Federal Notices by Specialty

SAM.gov notices by construction trade, including solicitations open for bid, presolicitations, and sources sought. Commercial building leads across all notice types, with HVAC, electrical, and civil work showing steady pipeline activity.

#1  236220

344

Commercial Building

DoD bases, VA hospitals, federal offices & institutional buildings.

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#2  238220

146

Plumbing & HVAC

Mechanical specialty contracts on existing federal & military buildings.

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#3  237990

139

Heavy Civil

Drainage, site work, utility install on federal land.

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Agency Split

DoD vs. Civilian Agencies

Military agencies have the largest and most consistent construction pipeline. Understanding the split helps you target your BD efforts.

1,075

Total Active

Department of Defense
442  (41%)

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, DARPA, DLA, and more

Civilian Agencies
633  (59%)

VA, GSA, DHS, USACE, National Park Service, and others

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Set-Aside Programs

Who Are Contracts Reserved For?

The majority of federal construction contracts are reserved for small businesses. If you qualify for a set-aside category, you're competing in a much smaller pool.

622

Total Small Business

Open to any certified small business, the largest set-aside category

162

SDVOSB

Exclusive access for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses

28

8(a) & HUBZone

SBA 8(a) program and HUBZone economic development set-asides

Where to Focus

Top Agencies by Open Notices

The departments issuing the most active construction notices right now. These are your busiest BD targets.

#1 Defense
442
#2 Veterans Affairs, Department Of
218
#3 Interior, Department Of The
166
#4 Agriculture, Department Of
103
#5 Transportation, Department Of
29
Geographic Distribution

Where the Work Is

Hover any state to see its active notice count. Heavily military states (TX, NC, VA) lead, driven by base construction, barracks, and facility O&M spend.

Fewer
More notices

39

TX

active notices

33

NC

active notices

29

IL

active notices

28

CA

active notices

Contract Size

Where the Money Is

Two views of the market: value estimates on open contracts that have enough detail, and what agencies actually paid on confirmed past awards from USASpending.gov.

Open Right Now

Estimated · 318 of 1075 active

14

Micro Under $150K

4%

58

Small $150K – $1M

18%

41

Mid $1M – $5M

13%

68

Large $5M – $20M

21%

137

Major $20M+

43%

Value estimates cover 318 of 1075 active contracts (solicitations with enough scope detail for GPT-4o to read).

What Agencies Actually Paid

USASpending.gov · 153 confirmed awards since Feb 2026 · avg $1.0M

90

Micro avg $50K

59%

38

Small avg $427K

25%

17

Mid avg $3.0M

11%

7

Large avg $8.5M

5%

1

Major avg $27.7M

1%

Covers all ingested solicitations, not just currently open ones. Exact and solicitation-number matches only. Fuzzy matches excluded to prevent IDIQ ceiling inflation.

The Bigger Picture

Federal Contracting at a Glance

Public data from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and the SBA Annual Report (FY2024).

53K+

Construction Firms in SAM.gov

Active, non-expired construction companies registered in SAM.gov and eligible to bid on federal work right now.

$163B

Went to Small Business (FY2024)

The government exceeded its 23% small business goal for the 9th year in a row.

$100B+

Federal Construction / Year

Facilities, bases, hospitals, courthouses, and infrastructure O&M combined.

23%

Statutory Small Business Goal

Federal law mandates 23% of all contract dollars go to small businesses. Construction set-asides are how agencies hit it.

3%

SDVOSB Goal

Service-disabled veterans get a dedicated 3% of federal contracting dollars, roughly $21B/year. Construction is a top category.

Oct 2026

CMMC Compliance Deadline

All DoD contractors must file a SPRS cybersecurity score by Oct 31, 2026 or face automatic disqualification.

222

Opportunities tracked this month

New SAM.gov notices ingested, analyzed, and matched to contractors

184

New notices in last 72 hours

Construction NAICS only, active + valid deadline

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DoD Cybersecurity Requirements: Oct 31, 2026

The single biggest risk in federal construction bidding right now isn't competition. It's automatic disqualification for missing a compliance filing that most contractors don't know about.

442

Active DoD Contracts

Army · Navy · Air Force · Marines · DARPA

100%

Require SPRS Score

DFARS 252.204-7012 applies to all DoD prime contracts

Oct 31

Hard Disqualification Date

CMMC Level 1 self-attestation required by Oct 31, 2026

DFARS 252.204-7012

Safeguarding Covered Defense Information

Required on all DoD solicitations. Mandates that contractors implement NIST SP 800-171 controls and report cyber incidents within 72 hours.

SPRS Score

Supplier Performance Risk System

You must self-assess your cybersecurity posture (NIST 800-171), calculate a score between -203 and +110, and enter it into the SPRS database before bidding.

CMMC Level 1

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

Basic cyber hygiene for DoD contractors. 17 practices. Self-attestation required by Oct 31, 2026. Level 2 (110 practices) required for CUI-handling contracts.

Missing your SPRS score = automatic bid rejection on all 442 active DoD notices.

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FAQ

Common Questions

Two sources. The opportunity counts, NAICS breakdowns, set-aside numbers, and state rankings all come directly from the SAM.gov API, which is the official federal contract posting system. We pull it every morning at 9 AM Mountain Time. The "What Agencies Actually Paid" section on the right side of the contract size chart comes from USASpending.gov, which is the government's public spending database. We match past awards back to SAM.gov solicitations by PIID and solicitation number to get real dollar figures.
The main counts (1,075 active opportunities, the NAICS chart, state rankings, set-aside breakdown) are a snapshot of what is open right now, not an annual total. A contract that closed last month is not in those numbers. The historical award data in the "What Agencies Actually Paid" panel covers all confirmed matches we have in our database going back to when we started ingesting data in February 2026, so that one does accumulate over time.
Based on confirmed USASpending.gov award data matched to SAM.gov solicitations, 36% of confirmed awards fall in the $150K to $5M range. That is the core of the small business market. The most common award for an SDVOSB or 8(a) set-aside in construction is typically a single-trade task order between $250K and $2M: a facility repair, HVAC replacement, or roofing project on a military base or VA campus. The $20M+ "Major" tier gets press coverage but it is a small fraction of total award count.
The fastest path is filtering by state and DoD-affiliated agency. 442 of the 1,075 currently active notices come from Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or other defense components. The states with the most DoD construction activity are typically Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, California, and Georgia, driven by major installations like Fort Bragg, JBLM, and Langley. You can sign up for a free RenovationRoute account and filter by your state and NAICS code to get a daily digest of exactly those notices.
The top three right now are #1 236220 (Commercial Building) with 344 active notices, #2 238220 (Plumbing & HVAC) with 146 active notices, #3 237990 (Heavy Civil) with 139 active notices. NAICS 236220 (Commercial Building Construction) covers the broadest range of federal work: DoD barracks, VA hospitals, federal office buildings, and courthouse renovations often all fall under this code. NAICS 238220 (Plumbing & HVAC) is second because federal facilities constantly need mechanical upgrades and energy efficiency retrofits. If you do specialty trade work (electrical, roofing, site prep), those codes consistently appear in the middle of the leaderboard with dozens of active solicitations at any given time.
No. Based on confirmed USASpending.gov award data, the most common contract size is in the small to mid range ($150K to $5M). The "Major" tier ($20M+) gets attention but it is a smaller slice of actual awards. More importantly, 622 of the currently active notices are specifically set aside for small businesses, meaning the big primes cannot compete on those. If you are certified as a small business, SDVOSB, or 8(a), you are looking at a much smaller and more winnable pool.
Use it to focus your business development time. If you do HVAC work (NAICS 238220) and you see it ranks second by volume, that tells you demand is real and consistent. If you are in Texas or Virginia, you have more opportunities within driving distance. If you hold a set-aside certification, the 721 reserved notices mean you are not competing against large primes. RenovationRoute lets you filter the full opportunity list by your NAICS codes, state, set-aside type, and deadline, so you can go straight from this overview to the actual contracts worth pursuing.
The value estimates come from reading the solicitation description and scope of work. About 318 of the 1,075 active notices have enough text in them for a reliable estimate. The rest are presolicitations, sources sought, or short-form notices that do not include enough detail about project scope or budget. We only show an estimate when there is enough information to make it meaningful.
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Updated daily from SAM.gov · April 04, 2026