Forecast intelligence
Utilities: what's coming up before the RFP
Before an agency posts a formal solicitation in Utilities, it tips its hand — through Sources Sought, Presolicitation, and Special Notices. These are the early signals of Utilities work that's coming, drawn live from SAM.gov, so you can position before your competition sees the RFP.
What's Coming Up/Utilities
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early signals tracked
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new this week
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new this month
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agencies signalling
How to read this
These are pre-solicitation signals, not formal agency forecasts. Federal buyers publish Sources Sought, Presolicitation, and Special Notices in Utilities while they're 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 Utilities work before it becomes a deadline-driven competition. Always confirm the specifics against the source notice on SAM.gov.
Who's planning to buy
The agencies signalling most in Utilities
Federal buyers with the most early-stage Utilities notices in the tracked corpus — these are the agencies actively researching their next Utilities buys. Click any to see what they're signalling.
Just signalled in Utilities
The latest Utilities early notices
The most recent pre-solicitation notices in Utilities. Each links to the full notice — get in early.
Request for Information (RFI) on Opportunities and Business Models Regarding AI Supercomputing Capability at Argonne National Lab…
Energy, Department of
Available for Licensing: Behind-the-Meter Energy Management Technology for Peak Shaving and Load Shaping
Energy, Department of
Y--GRCA 257282 - Replace South Rim Wastewater Treatment Plant, Grand Canyon, AZ
Interior, Department of the
Hydropower Testing Network (HyTN) Round 2 — No-Cost Technical Assistance Vouchers for Small Businesses
Energy, Department of
Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source to City of San Angelo
Dept of Defense
Z--Rehabilitation of Water and Wastewater System
Interior, Department of the
Y--GRCA 257282 - Replace South Rim Wastewater Treatment Plant, Grand Canyon, AZ
Interior, Department of the
H946--Water System Chemical Treatment Services for the VA Salt Lake City UT
Veterans Affairs, Department of
Z2DA--Notice of Intent to Sole Source VISN 22 Phoenix UESC Phase 2
Veterans Affairs, Department of
Bulk Potable Water Delivery - Schofield Barracks
Dept of Defense
Sources Sought/Market Survey - Rough River Axtel Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement
Dept of Defense
MAINTENANCE FOR ELECTRICAL RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES, AND SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM…
Dept of Defense
Reverse Osmosis system preventative maintenance
Veterans Affairs, Department of
Solicitation Amendment for Solar Photovoltaic system Preventive Maintenance Services for U.S. Embassy Kampala, Uganda
State, Department of
Why getting in early wins Utilities contracts
- Responding to a Utilities 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 industry days put you in front of the contracting officer while the field is still small.
- By the time the formal 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. Utilities notices are matched on the 22 2-digit NAICS prefix. 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.