Defense Manufacturing Surge Dominates Market; Small Business Set-Asides Hit 625 New Opportunities
WinAContract · Jun 16, 2026
Manufacturing opportunities jumped to 1,340 new postings in 48 hours, with DoD driving 1,558 awards—signaling a sustained procurement push that heavily favors small business contractors.
2,065
New opportunities (48h)
12,091
Open right now
6
Closing within 7 days
$999,091
Largest recent award
The federal market is experiencing a sharp manufacturing spike. Over the past two days, 2,065 new opportunities emerged across 12,091 open positions, with Defense's appetite for manufacturing work overwhelming other sectors by a 7-to-1 margin.
Where the new opportunities are
New postings by sector (last 48h)
Manufacturing1340
Construction186
Professional Services110
Facilities & Support82
Other Services54
Manufacturing50
IT & Information30
Manufacturing29
New postings by agency (last 48h)
Dept of Defense1558
Veterans Affairs, Department …125
Interior, Department of the92
Homeland Security, Department…57
Health and Human Services, De…43
Agriculture, Department of43
State, Department of24
Commerce, Department of21
Manufacturing captured 1,340 of 2,065 new postings—nearly 65% of all activity—and DoD authored 1,558 of them. This concentration signals focused defense modernization or supply-chain replenishment. For SMBs, this is a window: the remaining 507 non-manufacturing opportunities (Construction, Professional Services, Facilities) are fragmented across multiple agencies, meaning less competition per opportunity in those sectors if you have the capability.
Small business set-asides remain robust at 625 new postings, nearly 30% of all new work. SDVOSB (111), WOSB (24), and HUBZone (11) together represent only 146 opportunities—meaning 479 of the small-business set-asides carry no additional socioeconomic restriction. This is your clearest path to scale without competing against large primes.
Recent awards show outsized wins: JAG Ketchikan's $99.6M Commerce contract dwarfs typical SMB awards, but Polytech Defense Spares' $9,959 DoD win and the sub-$1M Homeland Security and Interior awards confirm steady demand for specialized repair and site-work capacity.
Set-aside activity
New set-aside postings (last 48h)
Small Business625
NONE210
SDVOSB111
WOSB24
ISBEE14
HUBZone11
8(a)7
8(a) Sole Source6
Notable recent awards
Recipient
Award
Agency
3MC MOBILE & MECHANICAL REPAIR …
$999,091
Homeland Security, Depart…
SITE WORK SOLUTIONS
$996,667
Interior, Department of t…
JAG KETCHIKAN, LLC
$99,637,544
Commerce, Department of
Polytech Defense Spares LLC
$9,959
Dept of Defense
KRONE RANCH & CATTLE, INC.
$9,956,379
General Services Administ…
ENGINEERED COIL COMPANY
$99,336
Dept of Defense
Closing this week
Opportunity
Agency
Closes
Forklift
Dept of Defense
Jun 16, 2026
Santa Fe and Taos-Picuris IHC Lab and Rx Case…
Health and Human Serv…
Jun 16, 2026
RELAY PANEL
Dept of Defense
Jun 16, 2026
Maintenance, Repair and Safety Inspection of …
Dept of Defense
Jun 16, 2026
"Freedom 250" Public Events and Outreach Supp…
State, Department of
Jun 16, 2026
ROLLERIZED TRAILERS FOR TLSC- E/A
Dept of Defense
Jun 16, 2026
💡 Takeaway
If you're manufacturing or repair-focused, chase DoD's 1,558 postings this week; if you're in construction or facilities support, target the smaller Interior/HHS/USDA streams where small-business set-asides mean less competition.
ℹ️ How this was made
Generated from SAM.gov data on Jun 16, 2026. Figures are live counts from our index; the analysis is AI-written and grounded strictly in those figures.
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