Four official agency forecast sources
Download current acquisition-planning records and observed changes from DHS, Energy, Education and Justice. Use the free files to find possible demand earlier—then verify any actual notice, requirement and deadline on SAM.gov.
Read before qualification
Coverage: v1 combines DHS APFS, DOE Headquarters and Federal Field Office, Education, and Justice forecast records. It is not all federal agencies and not every forecast published by a covered department.
Collection versus publication: WebTruffle checks the sources daily. Agency publication cadences vary from source to source, so daily collection does not mean agencies add or revise records every day.
Planning only: projected requirements, values, dates, competition and set-asides can change or disappear. These records are not pre-solicitation synopses, invitations for bids, requests for proposals or commitments to buy.
Absence is not cancellation: not_in_current_snapshot records an observed source-state change only. Verify the official source and SAM.gov before acting.
Manifest-gated products
A download is enabled only when the latest release manifest names it. Use the forecast snapshot for current-source analysis and the changes product for differences from the prior accepted edition.
One row per stable source forecast key in the latest accepted combined snapshot. Use this product to evaluate the current records visible across the four covered agency sources.
New, updated and not-in-current-snapshot observations relative to the prior accepted edition. Absence is an observation, not a cancellation decision.
Verified Python workflow
Pin one release, verify all four source partitions, measure field coverage, normalize NAICS only for comparison, and keep additions, updates, and source absences in separate review queues. The guide includes a tested DuckDB recipe and explicit handoff to official agency records and SAM.gov.
September 2026 data audit
The September 2 edition resolves to 42 source requirements after one APFS changed-record marker pair is reconciled. The dated audit separates first appearances, a reappearance, material schedule and status revisions, and unresolved source absences.
Rows before registration
The preview reads bounded byte ranges from the manifest-verified us-federal-procurement-forecasts.jsonl asset. It does not load the full release into the page process, and each available link returns to the official agency record.
| Forecast | Requirement | Agency | Contracting office | NAICS | Planned strategy | Projected timing | Estimated value range | Source updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dhs_apfs:*F2021054660 | ALCO 251 PARTS | Department of Homeland Security | CPD1/MECPL (Contracting) | 333618 | New Requirement, No Contract · None | 2026-03-28 · 2026-09-30 · 2026 · Q4 2026 | Over $100M | 04 Oct 2024 |
| doe_acquisition_forecast:derived-e456638471af96a13502697b5ff0b377 | PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF TWO (2) TRUCKS WITH MOUNTED AERIAL WORK PLATFORM, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION. | Department of Energy | Not provided | 336112 | No set aside used | Not provided | R2 – $250K–$7.5M | Not provided |
| education_acquisition_forecast:FY26-AP-4444 | December 2026 Federal Student Aid Training Conference (FSATC) | Department of Education | FSA | 561920 | TBD | 2026 · Q4 | >= $1M and < $5M | Not provided |
| dhs_apfs:*F2022059566 | Replace Tanks/Pumps at Consolidated Fueling Facility, Kodiak, Alaska (PN 33-Q04077) | Department of Homeland Security | CEU Juneau (Contracting) | 236220 | True · New Requirement, No Contract · 8(a) | 2026-08-06 · 2026-09-15 · 2026 · Q4 2026 | $2M to $5M | 05 Jun 2026 |
| doe_acquisition_forecast:derived-e4585108b5b3f2ccf0660eb771846d9a | THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TRAINING COURSE ON THE TOPIC OF INSIGHTS DISCOVERY FY26 | Department of Energy | Not provided | 611430 | No set aside used | Not provided | R1 – $25K–$250K | Not provided |
| education_acquisition_forecast:FY26-AP-4471 | Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Training Course | Department of Education | ED | 611430 | TBD | 2026 · Q3 | < $15K | Not provided |
| dhs_apfs:*F2023063249 | Communications & Support Services | Department of Homeland Security | MEO Contracting Division (70RCSJ) | 541613 | True · Follow-on to Existing Contract · WOSB | 2026-09-01 · 2026-09-28 · 2026 · Q4 2026 | $20M to $50M | 21 Aug 2026 |
| doe_acquisition_forecast:derived-e47f598b67dae971507a6fc380808ce3 | Establish a stand-alone contract for economic modeling support services. | Department of Energy | Not provided | 541690 | No set aside used. | Not provided | R2 – $250K–$7.5M | Not provided |
| education_acquisition_forecast:FY26-AP-4472 | Court Reporter for Case 261215-02014 | Department of Education | ED | 561492 | TBD | 2026 · Q4 | < $15K | Not provided |
| dhs_apfs:*F2023064025 | Construction Inspection Services, Base Charleston Utility Infrastructure, Roads & Clinic, Base Charleston, SC | Department of Homeland Security | FDCC (Contracting) | 541330 | New Requirement, No Contract · TBD | 2026-01-31 · 2027-06-08 · 2027 · Q3 2027 | $350K to $500K | 23 Sept 2025 |
| doe_acquisition_forecast:derived-e482b10e9d20f29acf2266aaccc9aa62 | PGH Building 83-104A/B AV Renovation Project Period of Performance: 6 months after award | Department of Energy | Not provided | 541519 | 8(a) Sole Source | Not provided | R1 – $25K–$250K | Not provided |
| education_acquisition_forecast:FY26-AP-4473 | Court Reporter for Case 250924-09953 | Department of Education | ED | 561492 | TBD | 2026 · Q4 | < $15K | Not provided |
Read current forecasts with DuckDB
SELECT agency_name, naics_code, title, estimated_value_range
FROM read_json_auto('us-federal-procurement-forecasts.jsonl', format = 'newline_delimited')
WHERE naics_code IS NOT NULL
ORDER BY agency_name, naics_code
LIMIT 50;How to read this preview
Open schema & data dictionary ↓Responsible uses
Filter covered records by agency, contracting office, NAICS and place of performance to find possible demand aligned with your capabilities.
Review source-published set-aside and competition fields as early indicators, not final acquisition decisions.
Use projected solicitation, award and performance timing only as planning ranges, then monitor SAM.gov for the actual notice.
Route newly observed and updated records for review. Investigate disappearance without silently labelling it cancellation.
Official sources & freshness
Federal procurement forecasts are distributed across agency systems. WebTruffle preserves the source identity and link instead of presenting the normalized snapshot as an authoritative record.
Acquisition Planning Forecast System (APFS)
DHS describes APFS as anticipated contract actions over $350,000 and a planning resource for prospective prime and subcontracting opportunities.
Agency cadence: DHS policy calls for quarterly review and updating; the live system can change between reviews.
Headquarters and Federal Field Office Acquisition Forecast
The collected DOE product covers the Headquarters and Federal Field Office forecast linked by DOE and described there as updated monthly.
Agency cadence: DOE describes this source as updated monthly.
Forecast of ED Contract Opportunities
The current official source is ED's FY 2026 forecast. ED says items depend on appropriated funds and may be delayed or cancelled. The adapter excludes footer rows whose only populated cell starts with Disclaimer:, Discalimer:, or Note:; source health reports source, published and excluded-footer row counts.
Agency cadence: Education publishes dated editions; its page does not promise a regular update schedule.
Source rows 372 · published 370 · footer rows excluded 2
Forecast of Contracting Opportunities
DOJ describes its forecast as FY 2026 and later planned procurements above $250,000, with quarterly source updates.
Agency cadence: DOJ says forecasts are updated quarterly.
Schema & data dictionary
The 62-field public schema keeps source provenance, uses nulls where a concept is not published, and does not infer missing values, final procurement decisions or personal contact data. Exact DOJ solicitation and award dates stay separate from quarter or other planning text in the corresponding timing fields.
For DOJ, source_identifier_method is unique_action_tracking_number only when the published reference is unique and not a placeholder. Missing, placeholder or duplicate references use derived_composite_missing_placeholder_or_duplicate_tracking_number. The derived DOJ composite includes place_of_performance and place_of_performance_country alongside its other normalized identity inputs.
content_hash excludes source_url and observation-only provenance. The official link remains in every row, but a link-only change does not become a substantive content update. Any retained narrative containing an email address is replaced wholesale with [contact information omitted].
Free data or managed delivery
The free edition is a daily snapshot from four official agency forecast sources, with observed changes and no bulk contact fields. Managed work can add longer history, more agency systems, forecast-to-SAM.gov or award matching, qualification rules, alerts and tailored delivery without changing the public edition's stated boundaries.
| Free public edition | Managed feed |
|---|---|
| Fixed public sources and schema | Agreed sources, fields and qualification rules |
| Latest public edition | History, snapshots or incremental changes |
| Manual CSV, JSON or JSONL download | Scheduled API, cloud or file delivery |
| Published checks and limitations | Agreed validation, monitoring and maintenance |
Methodology
Run a same-day America/New_York collection against the four declared official sources; agency publication cadence remains independent.
Require each adapter to satisfy its own completeness and validation contract. An unreachable or malformed source does not become a successful empty result.
Map shared planning concepts while preserving source identity, nulls, official links and source-specific coverage notes. Replace a retained narrative wholesale when it contains an email address.
Hash substantive normalized content while excluding source_url and observation-only provenance, emit current and change products, validate checksums and publish only manifest-declared assets.
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Questions
Yes. Manifest-present CSV, JSON and JSONL files can be downloaded without an account, email address or payment details.
Version 1 covers four official sources: DHS APFS, the DOE Headquarters and Federal Field Office forecast, the Department of Education forecast, and the Department of Justice forecast. It is not a government-wide inventory.
No. Federal forecasts remain distributed across agency systems. GSA's centralized FCO tool was not reliably reachable from the production collector during v1 validation, so it is documented as a known gap rather than counted as coverage.
No. They are planning records, not invitations for bids, requests for proposals or commitments to purchase. Verify actual notices, requirements and deadlines on SAM.gov and the official agency source.
Not necessarily. WebTruffle checks the covered sources daily, while agency publication cadences vary. A fresh edition with no observed changes is therefore a valid result.
It means a previously observed record was absent from the latest accepted source snapshot. It does not prove cancellation, deletion or award and should be investigated at the official source.
No. Values are source-published estimates or ranges and dates are projections. Funding, requirements, acquisition strategy, competition and timing can change before solicitation.
No. The free bulk edition omits named contacts, email addresses and phone numbers. If any retained narrative field contains an email address, its entire value is replaced with [contact information omitted], rather than partially redacting the address and leaving adjacent contact details. Use source_url to review the current official record.
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