Manufacturing Surge Dominates 2000 New Postings; DoD Spending Accelerates While Small Business Set-Asides Flatten
WinAContract · Sep 24, 2026
Manufacturing captured 62 percent of new postings over two days as DoD activity reached 1334 opportunities, but small business set-asides grew only modestly despite 7115 total open contracts.
2,000
New opportunities (48h)
7,115
Open right now
6
Closing within 7 days
$999,999,999,999
Largest recent award
Federal contracting posted 2000 new opportunities in 48 hours, with manufacturing alone accounting for 1249 of them. The Department of Defense continues its outsized dominance, posting more than seven times the volume of the second-place agency. Small business set-asides remain the largest category at 580 postings, yet this represents only 29 percent of new work.
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