2026 Federal IT Opportunity Benchmark

Executive summary

Scanned 74,255 titled rows; 71,161 had authoritative posting dates; 4,109 matched the IT rule (3,375 NAICS-only, 325 PSC-only, 409 both). 67,052 dated notices were not IT under this definition. Median IT response window: 10 days (n=3,934).

IT eligibility definition

Federal IT eligibility = (NAICS in the documented FEDERAL_IT_NAICS_CODES list) OR (normalized PSC equals a FEDERAL_IT_PSC_CODES value OR starts with D3). Inclusion path is recorded per notice (naics | psc | both). Not based on CaptureIQ public_vertical alone.

Key findings

1. Using the documented NAICS/PSC IT rules, 4,109 federal opportunities qualified as Federal IT after scanning 74,255 titled catalog rows (71,161 with authoritative posting dates).
2. IT inclusion paths: 3,375 NAICS-only, 325 PSC-only, 409 both.
3. VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF › TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B) led IT opportunity volume at 5.2% (213 notices).
4. NAICS 541519 was the largest IT NAICS at 22% of IT notices with a qualifying NAICS.
5. Among IT notices with a populated PSC, PSC DA10 was most frequent (14.1%).
6. Among 2,171 IT notices with an explicit set-aside field, 42.7% carried a set-aside designation and 57.3% were unrestricted / no set-aside used.
7. 47.2% of IT notices had a blank/unspecified set-aside field (excluded from the set-aside vs unrestricted split).
8. The most common named set-aside program among IT notices was Total Small Business set-aside (619).
9. Median response window for IT notices with both authoritative posted date and deadline was 10 days (n=3,934).
10. Most common IT notice type: Special Notice (23.9%).

What the data shows right now

• Using the documented NAICS/PSC IT rules, 4,109 federal opportunities qualified as Federal IT after scanning 74,255 titled catalog rows (71,161 with authoritative posting dates).
• IT inclusion paths: 3,375 NAICS-only, 325 PSC-only, 409 both.
• VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF › TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B) led IT opportunity volume at 5.2% (213 notices).
• NAICS 541519 was the largest IT NAICS at 22% of IT notices with a qualifying NAICS.
• Among IT notices with a populated PSC, PSC DA10 was most frequent (14.1%).
• Among 2,171 IT notices with an explicit set-aside field, 42.7% carried a set-aside designation and 57.3% were unrestricted / no set-aside used.
• 47.2% of IT notices had a blank/unspecified set-aside field (excluded from the set-aside vs unrestricted split).
• The most common named set-aside program among IT notices was Total Small Business set-aside (619).

Cite with care

• IT is defined only by the documented NAICS/PSC lists — not title keywords.
• Figures are RFPCapture-derived catalog analysis, not official SAM.gov statistics.
• Catalog-wide turnaround rankings remain on the Federal Proposal Timeline Benchmark.

IT opportunity volume

Set-aside mix (IT slice)

Set-aside 928 · Unrestricted 1,243 · Unspecified 1,938.

IT response windows

Median 10 · Mean 26.1 · P25–P75 6–15.8 · Sample 3,934 · Invalid/outlier discarded 172. Catalog-wide turnaround rankings remain on the Federal Proposal Timeline Benchmark. Track new IT-relevant notices with free SAM.gov opportunity alerts.

run_utc and created_at_utc are never used. Authoritative posting dates come from opportunities.posted_date, raw_json, or sam_summary_json source fields.

Source notes

Public-source figures come from SAM.gov, Grants.gov, or other primary listings stored in the catalog. RFPCapture-derived figures are analysis products computed from those fields and are labeled separately.

• RFPCapture-derivedIT NAICS/PSC eligibility listsFederal IT eligibility = (NAICS in the documented FEDERAL_IT_NAICS_CODES list) OR (normalized PSC equals a FEDERAL_IT_PSC_CODES value OR starts with D3). Inclusion path is recorded per notice (naics | psc | both). Not based on CaptureIQ public_vertical alone.
• Public sourceSAM.gov / Grants.gov notice fieldsRFPCapture shared federal opportunity catalog (SAM.gov / Grants.gov structured fields). IT slice applied after authoritative posting-date filter.
• RFPCapture-derivedUnsupportedIncumbent / recompete winner identity — not reliably present on opportunity rows Award obligation dollars as IT market size — not used from sparse award_floor/ceiling or USASpending context IT classification via title keywords alone — not used Period-over-period IT growth % — withheld when prior-window coverage is sparse relative to trailing window

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