Top Federal Opportunities for FY 2027
The Opportunities That Will Define FY 2027
Historic defense spending and shifting agency priorities are reshaping the federal market. Register for Deltek GovWin’s annual webinar series and see what’s coming before everyone else does.
Top Federal Opportunities Webinars
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Unrestricted
Top 20 Unrestricted Opportunities for FY 2027
Highest-value procurements, including the defense vehicles driving FY 2027’s historic spending surge.
Set-Aside
Top 10 Set-Aside Opportunities for FY 2027
Small business priorities, with many of this year’s biggest vehicles rooted in defense and national security.
Why It Matters
The largest defense spending surge since the Korean War is reshaping the federal market — and 150+ GovWin IQ analysts are tracking it before it’s public.
750+
Years of combined analyst expertise
95%
Of published public sector spending tracked
73%
Of tracked opportunities identified in the forecast or pre-RFP stage
Get Ahead of the Competition
The Top Opportunities series gives contractors the lead time to shape next year's strategy before competitors even start looking.
Find leads years before they drop.
Follow vetted signals long before a solicitation exists.
Shape the work before it’s shaped against you.
Influence requirements while they’re still being written.
Stop wasting your pursuit budget on bids you can’t win.
Know which markets are worth it, before you spend a dollar.
“GovWin IQ is a must-have for federal contractors. It helps us identify early-stage opportunities, understand agency priorities, and build a smarter pursuit strategy.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Get Answers to Common Questions — and How FY 2026 Compares
From how the Top Federal Opportunities series works to what's actually driving FY 2027's surge, these are the questions federal contractors ask us most. We've also pulled FY 2026's top opportunities and small business trends back into the frame, so you can see exactly how this year's market is shifting from where it left off.
It’s an annual thought-leadership series from GovWin IQ, Deltek’s opportunity intelligence platform, analyzing the largest federal contracting opportunities expected in the coming fiscal year. The series pairs insight from 150+ GovWin IQ market analysts with two focused reports and webinars — one covering unrestricted opportunities, one covering small business set-asides.
Every October, at the start of the new federal fiscal year, GovWin IQ publishes the Top Federal Opportunities reports and hosts the companion webinar series. The timing lines up with when federal budgets and agency priorities for the upcoming fiscal year become clearer, giving contractors a head start on planning before solicitations hit the street.
Unrestricted opportunities are open to any qualified contractor regardless of size, and tend to include the largest, most competitive procurement vehicles. Set-aside opportunities are reserved for small businesses and other designated socioeconomic categories, such as women-owned, veteran-owned, or HUBZone firms, giving smaller contractors a defined path to compete for federal work.
FY 2026’s largest unrestricted opportunities included the VA’s Community Care Network Next Gen contract, valued at an estimated $196B, and GSA’s OASIS+ multi-agency vehicle at $172B. Civilian agencies led in total contract value for the year, with professional services dominating both value and volume across the top 20 tracked opportunities.
In FY 2026, small business set-aside opportunities totaled roughly $45B across 10 high-value contracts, while the SBA moved to expand size standards for more than 200 NAICS codes. GSA continued to lead in small business IDIQ vehicles, and Small Disadvantaged Business goals were scaled back to 5% — shifts likely to carry into FY 2027 planning.
Where FY 2027 picks up
FY 2026 was the first wave of the historic defense spending surge. See how it played out — and why being first mattered then just as much as it does now. Get the 2026 reports.