Recompetes, surfaced while you can still do something.
samsearch tracks federal contracts approaching the end of their period of performance and surfaces them as recompete opportunities years before a solicitation exists. Each one carries the incumbent, the contract value, the agency, the expiry date and an assessment of how likely the work is to be competed again.
Capture on a serious recompete takes a year. The response window takes thirty days. The whole game is which of those you start in.
Book a DemoBy the time the solicitation posts, it is usually over
A company that first learns about a recompete when the RFP drops has thirty days to do what the incumbent has had five years to do.
The incumbent has the whole record
Programme knowledge, relationships, performance history and an understanding of the requirement that no amount of proposal writing replicates in a month.
The useful window opens far earlier
Eighteen months to two years from expiry. That is when agencies conduct market research, issue sources sought notices and form a view about whether the requirement should change.
Derived from award data, not a notice
Period of performance, option years, obligated and potential value and the incumbent are all published. samsearch computes the expiry from them rather than waiting for anyone to announce it.
Not every expiry is an opportunity
Some requirements end. Some are absorbed into a larger vehicle, extended, or consolidated. Each record carries an assessment of how likely the work is to be competed again.
What to do with two years of warning
Qualify the target, not the notice
Value, agency, scope and incumbent are known long before a solicitation exists. Decide whether the work deserves two years of attention before spending any of it.
Learn the requirement from the current contract
The existing award, its modifications and its spending history tell you what the programme actually buys, where it has grown, and which parts have been troublesome.
Be present for market research
Respond to sources sought and requests for information. This is when a requirement can still be shaped and when set-aside status is decided.
Team before the field closes
The partners worth having commit long before the RFP. A recompete tracked from two years out is one where you choose a team rather than join someone else's.
Graded against your profile, years out
A pipeline of expiring contracts is only useful if you can tell which twenty of the two thousand are yours.
Scored on scope, not keywords
The requirement is matched against your capabilities and past performance, with the reasoning cited so you can judge whether the match is real.
Set-aside movement flagged
A requirement previously full and open may come out set aside, or an 8(a) contract may come out unrestricted. That decision is made during market research and it changes everything.
Incumbent strength visible
The awardee, its size and status at award, and the other work it holds with the same agency. You learn whether you face a specialist or a large holder with one more contract.
Filtered to your market
Agency, NAICS, place of performance and value band applied before scoring, so a two-year watchlist stays a watchlist rather than becoming a feed.
Ask the contract anything
Sammy reads the current award and the solicitation it came from, then answers with the source beside the answer.
Questions capture leads actually have
- What is really in scope on this contract
- How has it grown through modifications
- What was the original evaluation basis
- Was it set aside, and at what size standard
- Which options have already been exercised
Answered against
- The award record and every modification
- The original solicitation and attachments
- Spending history on the contract
- Related sources sought and forecast entries
With the receipts
- Document and page on every answer
- The phrase it came from, highlighted
- An honest 'not stated' when it is not stated
When the solicitation finally lands, you are already writing
Two years of capture is wasted if the response starts from a blank page.
The capture record carries forward
Everything gathered over two years, the notes, the documents, the decisions, is attached to the pursuit rather than scattered across inboxes.
A grounded first draft
Structured to Section L, addressing each extracted requirement, written from your approved content and the past performance you built while waiting.
The matrix stays live
Requirements are tracked against the draft, so what is unanswered is visible weeks out rather than on the final weekend.
Amendments still tracked
When the solicitation is amended mid-response, the package is re-read, diffed and everyone working the bid is notified.
What is on a recompete record
- The contract
- Contract and order number
- Agency, sub-agency and contracting office
- Award date and period of performance
- Option years exercised and remaining
- Obligated value and potential value
- Contract vehicle and competition type
- The incumbent
- Awardee and its unique entity identifier
- Business size and set-aside status at award
- Other awards held with the same agency
- Whether the work was originally set aside
- The judgement
- Estimated expiry from the period of performance
- Likelihood the work is recompeted
- Whether set-aside status may change
- Related sources sought and forecast entries
- Fit against your own capabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a contract recompete?
How can I find contracts coming up for recompete?
How far in advance should I start on a recompete?
How is a recompete different from a new opportunity?
Will every expiring contract be recompeted?
How do you identify the incumbent?
Can set-aside status change at recompete?
Can I ask questions about the current contract?
Will I be alerted when a contract in my market approaches expiry?
Should I bid a recompete against a strong incumbent?
Are state and local recompetes covered too?
Can I track a recompete for two years without losing it?
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