Welcome back.
24 new federal opportunities entered the RFP Snapshot library this week, each read, structured, and condensed into a downloadable ~4-page Snapshot.
Two patterns define the week.
⏰ Deadlines are compressed
The soonest close is August 18, one day after this email lands. 17 of the 24 close by August 26, with six stacking on that single date.
If you're triaging this list on a Monday morning, start at the top. The opportunities at the bottom can wait.
🎯 OASIS+ is dominating the pipeline
22 of 24 opportunities ran through an OASIS+ pool, up from 16 of 23 the last time we ran the numbers.
Only the Army RS3 task order and NAVFAC's CAP-EX sit outside it.
That concentration matters. If you don't hold the vehicle, most of this week's pipeline isn't available to you.
⭐ THE 24 OPPORTUNITIES
⭐ Marquee
Agency | Opportunity | Vehicle / Set-Aside | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
⚓ U.S. Navy | Capital Execution Contract (CAP-EX), NAVFAC Washington | No vehicle identified / Full and Open | Sep 14 |
Why it stands out: The only opportunity in the week's 24 with no vehicle gate. Full and open, with the opportunity to compete without holding OASIS+, MAS, or another contract vehicle.
🔴 Closing Soon
Agency | Opportunity | Vehicle / Set-Aside | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
🏥 HHS CDC | Data Hub Operations, Technical & Analytic Professional Services | OASIS+ 8(a) SIN 20101 / No set-aside stated | Aug 18 |
🇺🇸 GSA / USSF | HQ CFC Advanced Capabilities Innovation, Integration & Resourcing Support II | OASIS+ SB, OASIS+ UR, MAS / No set-aside stated | Aug 19 |
🛡️ DHS | Office of Health Security Advisory & Assistance Services | OASIS+ SB / No set-aside stated | Aug 21 |
DoD | Cybersecurity Support Services Follow-On | OASIS+ 8(a) Pool 20101 / 100% 8(a) | Aug 21 |
✈️ U.S. Air Force | PKB Telecommunications Trainers Service, JCSE | OASIS+ SB / 100% Small Business | Aug 21 |
✈️ GSA / USAF | Special Air Mission Pilot Indoctrination Training | OASIS+ SB SIN 10216 / No set-aside stated | Aug 24 |
🪖 U.S. Army | RS3 Business & Operations Mission Support | RS3 / 100% Small Business | Aug 24 |
🚀 USAF / Space Force | HQ USSPACECOM Consolidated A&AS Support III | OASIS+ SB Pool 10107 / No set-aside stated | Aug 25 |
🏛️ GSA / DCSA | EEO Complaint Management Professional Services | OASIS+ SB, MAS / No set-aside stated | Aug 25 |
✈️ GSA / USAF | Advisory & Assistance Services, Minot AFB | OASIS+ UR SIN 60205 / No set-aside stated | Aug 25 |
🌎 U.S. State Dept. | Human Capital Consulting & Operational Support Services | OASIS+ SB Pool 10102, MAS 738 X / No set-aside stated | Aug 25 |
✈️ USAF AFMC | Rebalancing the Pacific: Survivability & Lethality Analysis | OASIS+ SB Pool 10101 / No set-aside stated | Aug 26 |
🛡️ DoD OSD | DTRA Arms Control Expertise & Training Support | OASIS+ UR Pool 60215 / Unrestricted | Aug 26 |
⚓ U.S. Navy | NAVSUP WSS Submarine Contract Backlog Management & Post-Award Support | OASIS+ or MAS / No set-aside stated | Aug 26 |
🛡️ GSA / USMC | Protection Program Support: Mission Focused Cyber Hardening | OASIS+ 8(a) SIN 20108 / No set-aside stated | Aug 26 |
🚤 DHS USCG | Logistics Support Services, SFLC Small Boat Product Line | OASIS+ 8(a) SB / 8(a) | Aug 26 |
✈️ U.S. Air Force | FMS MQ-9B Qatar Training Conference | OASIS+ UR / Sole source, exception to fair opportunity | Aug 26 |
🟡 Later in August
Agency | Opportunity | Vehicle / Set-Aside | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
⚖️ DOJ USMS | Executive, Administrative & Professional Support | GSA MAS / No set-aside stated | Aug 28 |
💰 Treasury IRS / GSA | Non-IT Consulting BPA Market Research | OASIS+ SB, MAS / No set-aside stated | Aug 28 |
🏥 GSA / OSW | Revenue Cycle Modernization & CDM Support | OASIS+ SB / No set-aside stated | Sep 1 |
🏢 DCMA | Blue List Program Support Services | GSA OASIS+ SB / 100% Small Business | Sep 2 |
✈️ Department of the Air Force | Logistics & Transportation Support Services | OASIS+ 8(a) Pool 20813 / 8(a) Fair Opportunity | Sep 7 |
🚦 U.S. DOT | Technical Assistance & Support, Safe Streets and Roads for All | OASIS+ SB Pool 10108 / Set-aside TBD | Sep 14 |
🪖 U.S. Army | Transformation Cell: CCoE Transformation Support Services | OASIS+ 8(a) Pool 20406 / SB anticipated | Sep 21 |
🔎 THE SHAPING PLAYS
15 of this week's 24 opportunities are still market research: 14 RFIs and one Army Sources Sought.
And several of them are explicitly asking industry to help shape the acquisition strategy.
🏷️ NAICS is still up for grabs
The DCSA EEO notice has respondents nominating 561611 against the surveyed 541611.
The IRS Non-IT Consulting BPA is weighing 541611 ($24.5M size standard) against 541690 ($19.5M). That choice can determine who qualifies as small.
The Special Air Mission training survey is choosing between 611512 flight training and 611430 management development.
The DHS Office of Health Security notice floats 541690 against 541618.
🏢 Army CCoE is testing the Rule of Two
The Army's CCoE Transformation Support Services Sources Sought makes the strategy particularly clear: the set-aside decision is contingent on two or more qualified small businesses responding.
That's exactly the kind of RFI where industry participation can materially affect what happens next.
📚 ALL 24 ARE ALREADY IN THE RFP SNAPSHOT LIBRARY
Every opportunity in this roundup is saved as a downloadable ~4-page Snapshot in the RFP Snapshot library, ready to open for paid subscribers.
On a free account? You can still run your own Snapshot on any solicitation, free.
👉 Browse and download the Snapshots: RFP Snapshot
👉 Read the full roundup, sorted by deadline: August 17 RFP Roundup
📰 ELSEWHERE IN GOVCON
SBA published its final rule on August 11 removing the rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage for individually owned 8(a) firms and replacing it with an evidence-plus-self-certification test open to any applicant regardless of race.
The rule takes effect September 10 and applies to pending individually owned applications as of that date. Entity-owned firms are unaffected.
That lands directly on this week's roundup, where six of the 24 opportunities ran through OASIS+ 8(a) pools.
⚖️ Experts are split on SBA's 8(a) changes
Federal News Network reports that SBA moved from proposal to final rule in roughly 60 days after receiving more than 100 comments.
The debate now is whether the changes strengthen the program or fundamentally alter what the 8(a) program is intended to do.
🔐 The CMMC comment window closed August 14
After the Department of War suspended CMMC Phase 2 on July 13, pausing the November 10 third-party assessment requirement and standing up a 60-day reform task force, the accompanying industry RFI closed August 14.
The important distinction for contractors: the suspension pauses C3PAO assessments, not the underlying obligation to implement NIST SP 800-171 or flow requirements down to subcontractors.
💰 Pentagon directs up to $244M to Palantir without competition
Washington Technology reported on an August memo from Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg pledging up to $243.9M through March 2027 and directing components to identify additional funding into 2028.
The broader trend is worth watching: non-competitive awards reportedly reached 14.8% of all federal awards in the first half of 2026, up from 12.6% a year earlier.
The Department of War's August 13 contract announcements show Integrity Technologies of Grand Forks, North Dakota receiving a spot on the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC).
The contract has a five-year base beginning August 12, with a ceiling that reaches roughly $65B if the option is exercised.
Task orders will be competed among awardees, making subcontract positioning an important angle for firms that did not receive a prime spot.
See you next Monday,
The RFP Snapshot Team