Forecast intelligence
Department of Transportation: what's coming up before the RFP
Before the DOT posts a formal solicitation, it tips its hand — through Sources Sought, Presolicitation, and Special Notices. These are the early signals of DOT work that's coming, drawn live from SAM.gov, so you can position before your competition sees the RFP.
What's Coming Up/DOT
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How to read this
These are pre-solicitation signals, not formal DOT forecasts. The Department of Transportation publishes Sources Sought, Presolicitation, and Special Notices while it's still researching and planning — weeks or months before the formal RFP. We surface them as a leading indicator of demand: a way to spot, shape, and prepare for DOT work before it becomes a deadline-driven competition. Always confirm the specifics against the source notice on SAM.gov.
What the DOT is planning to buy
Early DOT demand by sector
Pre-solicitation activity from the Department of Transportation, rolled up by NAICS sector — where this agency's demand is building. Click any to jump into that market within the DOT.
Just signalled by the DOT
The latest DOT early notices
The most recent pre-solicitation notices from the Department of Transportation. Each links to the full notice — get in early.
WA ERFO FS GIFPN603 2022-1(1), Gifford Pinchot ERFO Repairs 2022
Transportation, Department of
Engineering Design Software Tool (AIA-Standards Compliant) Market Survey
Transportation, Department of
MT FLAP SILVER 2021(1), Roosevelt Drive Safety and Realignment Project
Transportation, Department of
Thomson Linear Jackscrews - Intent for Brand Name
Transportation, Department of
USMMA - Industrial Hygienist
Transportation, Department of
RFI - REPLACEMENT OF THE FULL MISSION SHIP SIMULATOR (FMSS) - USMMA
Transportation, Department of
Recording Available: “Doing Business with TSA” June 2026 Webinar
Homeland Security, Department of
CO NP BLCA 10(1) South Rim Drive
Transportation, Department of
WY NP YELL 15(2), Madison River Bridge
Transportation, Department of
Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program FY 2026 Data Science Solicitation
Transportation, Department of
Average Annual Daily Traffic - Data Collection
Transportation, Department of
Notice of Intent to Acquire Using Other than Full and Open Competition- Enhanced Metal Detectors
Homeland Security, Department of
Aerosol Testing
Transportation, Department of
PHMSA Support Services
Transportation, Department of
Why getting in early wins DOT contracts
- Responding to a DOT Sources Sought can shape the requirement — and the set-aside — in your favour before it's locked.
- Presolicitation notices buy you weeks to build the right team and capture plan, instead of scrambling at RFP release.
- Special Notices and DOT industry days put you in front of the contracting officer while the field is still small.
- By the time the formal DOT RFP posts, the firms that engaged early already have the relationships and the inside track.
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Methodology. "Coming up" signals are notices whose SAM.gov notice type is Sources Sought, Presolicitation, or Special Notice — the early stages an agency posts while researching and planning a procurement. DOT notices are matched on the agency name across department and parent-org fields, so figures are a close approximation rather than an exact org-chart roll-up. They are leading indicators of buying intent, not formal agency procurement forecasts, and not every signal becomes a solicitation. Counts are of the live US federal opportunity corpus WinAContract tracks, sourced from SAM.gov and refreshed daily. As of June 2026. Always verify any specific notice against the source on SAM.gov.