{"studyTitle":"2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities","publisher":"RFPCapture","publicationDate":"2026-09-03","lastUpdated":"2026-09-04","canonicalUrl":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark","canonicalPath":"/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark","recommendedCitation":"RFPCapture. 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. September 3, 2026. Retrieved from https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark.","datasetSize":"71,161 opportunities with an authoritative posting date after scanning 74,255 titled catalog rows (3,094 lacking authoritative posted date excluded).","datasetStatement":"Counts of opportunities, agencies, NAICS, PSC, notice types, set-aside labels, and posting months are derived by RFPCapture from public SAM.gov/Grants.gov fields. They are analysis products, not official SAM.gov statistics. Response-window rankings are not published on this page.","methodologyUrl":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark#methodology","shortSummary":"The RFPCapture shared catalog contained 71,161 federal opportunities with usable posting dates in this snapshot. Dataset: 71,161 opportunities with an authoritative posting date after scanning 74,255 titled catalog rows (3,094 lacking authoritative posted date excluded).. Publisher: RFPCapture. Canonical: https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark.","headlineStatistics":[{"id":"stat-1-the-rfpcapture-shared-catalog-contained-71-161-f","value":"The RFPCapture shared catalog contained 71,161 federal opportunities with usable posting dates in this snapshot.","quoteLine":"The RFPCapture shared catalog contained 71,161 federal opportunities with usable posting dates in this snapshot. — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"},{"id":"stat-2-dept-of-defense-dla-land-and-maritime-accounted-","value":"DEPT OF DEFENSE › DLA LAND AND MARITIME accounted for 10.6% of observed opportunities (7,540 notices).","quoteLine":"DEPT OF DEFENSE › DLA LAND AND MARITIME accounted for 10.6% of observed opportunities (7,540 notices). — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"},{"id":"stat-3-naics-236220-commercial-and-institutional-buildi","value":"NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) was the largest industry code at 5.2% of opportunities with a NAICS value.","quoteLine":"NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) was the largest industry code at 5.2% of opportunities with a NAICS value. — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"},{"id":"stat-4-the-most-common-notice-type-was-combined-synopsi","value":"The most common notice type was “Combined Synopsis/Solicitation” (52.4% of notices with a typed classification).","quoteLine":"The most common notice type was “Combined Synopsis/Solicitation” (52.4% of notices with a typed classification). — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"},{"id":"stat-5-among-51-029-notices-with-an-explicit-set-aside-","value":"Among 51,029 notices with an explicit set-aside field value, 86.8% carried a set-aside designation and 13.2% were labeled unrestricted / no set-aside used.","quoteLine":"Among 51,029 notices with an explicit set-aside field value, 86.8% carried a set-aside designation and 13.2% were labeled unrestricted / no set-aside used. — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"},{"id":"stat-6-28-3-of-opportunities-had-a-blank-or-unspecified","value":"28.3% of opportunities had a blank or unspecified set-aside field and are excluded from the set-aside vs unrestricted split.","quoteLine":"28.3% of opportunities had a blank or unspecified set-aside field and are excluded from the set-aside vs unrestricted split. — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"},{"id":"stat-7-response-window-medians-and-agency-naics-turnaro","value":"Response-window medians and agency/NAICS turnaround rankings are published in the Federal Proposal Timeline Benchmark, which uses authoritative posting dates only and excludes amendment-like notices from the primary sample.","quoteLine":"Response-window medians and agency/NAICS turnaround rankings are published in the Federal Proposal Timeline Benchmark, which uses authoritative posting dates only and excludes amendment-like notices from the primary sample. — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"},{"id":"stat-8-among-opportunities-with-a-populated-psc-psc-53-","value":"Among opportunities with a populated PSC, PSC 53 was the most frequent classification (5.4% of PSC-tagged notices).","quoteLine":"Among opportunities with a populated PSC, PSC 53 was the most frequent classification (5.4% of PSC-tagged notices). — 2026 Federal Opportunity Benchmark: Analysis of SAM.gov Opportunities. https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark"}],"relatedResearch":[{"href":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/federal-proposal-timeline-benchmark","label":"Federal Proposal Timeline Benchmark"},{"href":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/federal-bid-no-bid-benchmark","label":"Federal Bid/No-Bid Decision Benchmark"},{"href":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-it-opportunity-benchmark","label":"2026 Federal IT Opportunity Benchmark"},{"href":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/2026-federal-set-aside-benchmark","label":"2026 Federal Small-Business / Set-Aside Benchmark"}],"mediaContact":{"url":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/media","email":"hello@rfpcapture.com"},"chartAssetsAvailable":true,"chartAssetsNote":"Downloadable SVG chart exports include RFPCapture attribution. Prefer citing the canonical study URL alongside any graphic.","chartAssets":[{"id":"opp-volume-headline","title":"Federal opportunity catalog headline","url":"https://www.rfpcapture.com/research/charts/2026-federal-opportunity-benchmark-headline.svg","attribution":"Source: RFPCapture Research · https://www.rfpcapture.com"}]}