What it shows
- Every contract ending in the next 18 months, by NAICS code, agency and value, with the incumbent, the buyer and what is being bought.
- Task orders grouped the way they are recompeted. Orders from the same vendor, agency, NAICS and product code that end in the same month are shown as one opportunity, not forty rows.
- A “Why?” for every row. The score broken into its parts, how long the incumbent has held this kind of work at this agency, and an estimated solicitation window.
- No inflated totals. IDIQ ceilings and government-owned, contractor-operated facility contracts are excluded, because they would swamp every ranking with money nobody is competing for.
The public version of this data is open to browse without an account: federal contracts expiring in the next 18 months.
How the urgency score works
Every expiring contract gets a score from 0 to 100, the sum of four parts. Nothing is hidden in it, and the “Why?” panel shows the breakdown for each contract.
| Part | Points | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Time to expiry | 0–40 | Peaks when the contract ends in about 12 months, the middle of the capture window, and falls off on either side. |
| Contract value | 0–25 | Log-scaled: roughly $100K scores 0, $10M scores 12, $1B scores 25. |
| Incumbent known | 0–20 | 20 when the incumbent's UEI is on the record, 10 for a name only, 0 when unknown. |
| Competition | 2–15 | 15 for a competed contract, 7 when mixed or unknown, 2 for sole source. |
Scores of 75 and above are act now, 55–74 seed, 35–54 monitor.
Questions
What is a federal recompete?
When a contract reaches the end of its period of performance and the agency still needs the work, it solicits a follow-on contract. The follow-on is usually solicited six to eighteen months before the current contract ends, and that window is when a capture team can still meet the customer and shape the requirement.
Where does the data come from?
USASpending.gov award data (which comes from FPDS), refreshed nightly. Only definitive contracts and task orders are used; IDIQ ceilings are excluded because a ceiling is not money anyone has obligated.
Does FedSift tell me when the follow-on solicitation is posted?
No, and it deliberately does not guess. Matching an expiring award to the solicitation that replaces it cannot be done reliably from public data, so the estimated solicitation window is labelled an estimate and you confirm on SAM.gov.
Is it included in the free plan?
Yes. The recompete radar is part of Starter, which is free forever.
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