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How to See Every Federal Contract Your Competitor Has Expiring in the Next 12 Months (2026)

The highest-intent move in federal BD is not another SAM.gov refresh. It is opening a competitor's file and reading which of their awards hit the 12-month clock. Here is the company-intelligence workflow that turns an incumbent name into an expiring-contract list, a recompete calendar, and a capture plan - before the solicitation posts.

Fed-Spend Research Team•August 11, 2026•9 min read
TL;DR · Key Facts
  • ▸In the last two weeks of Fed-Spend product data, the #1 paid gate users hit was the company card - people already looking up a contractor and wanting the expiring-work layer.
  • ▸Every federal recipient leaves a public trail of awards, agencies, NAICS, and period-of-performance end dates. The 12-month window is where recompete capture still has time to work.
  • ▸Fed-Spend's company intelligence surface puts obligations, protest record, and contracts expiring inside 12 months on one page. Free teasers show the shape; Researcher and Professional unlock the full list and alerts.
Source: Fed-Spend analysis of public federal contract data (USASpending.gov, FPDS, SAM.gov, GAO). Methodology and full report below.
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The question that actually makes money

"Who won last year?" is a research question. "What do they have coming due?" is a revenue question.

Most teams still answer it the hard way: export a USASpending dump, guess at legal entities, spreadsheet the PoP end dates, and hope nothing important fell under a subsidiary name. By the time the recompete hits SAM.gov, the incumbent has already shaped the requirement.

The faster workflow starts from the company, not the solicitation.

Why the company file beats another keyword search

Keyword search finds what you already know to type. A company intelligence card finds what the incumbent is quietly finishing:

  • total recent obligations and award count
  • top buying agencies (where they are entrenched)
  • NAICS mix (where they are diversified vs. concentrated)
  • contracts expiring inside 12 months (your capture list)
  • GAO protest history (how they fight - and lose)

    • That last mile - the expiring list - is what turns a profile into a pipeline. It is also the layer most free tools bury or omit.

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  • Pick the rival (or the incumbent on a vehicle you want). Open their company profile.
  • Read concentration. One agency = fragile. Five agencies = harder to unseat everywhere, easier to pick a weak lane.
  • Sort by the clock. Anything inside 12 months is capture-eligible. Inside 180 days is urgent.
  • Check the predecessor award. One offer received last cycle is still the strongest public vulnerability signal (incumbent teardown guide).
  • Move winners into pipeline. Drop each target into a capture room with source tagged so your ROI scoreboard can prove the channel later.
  • Set the alert. Save a search on that agency + NAICS so the recompete email hits you on day one.

    • What "free" should still reveal

    A gated product that shows nothing is a brochure. Fed-Spend's free company view is built to earn the next click with a real number: enough obligation and expiration signal to prove the file is live. The full expiring list, deeper history, and monitoring are what Researcher ($49/mo) and Professional ($199/mo) unlock - depth after the aha, not before.

    That is why company-card gates lead our upgrade intent: people already believe the company matters. They are paying for the clock.

    Pair it with Recompete Radar

    Company intel answers "what is *their* book coming due?" The Recompete Radar answers "what is coming due in *my* market?" Run both. Radar finds strangers. The company card assassinates a named rival.

    Bottom line

    If your BD meeting still starts with "did anyone check SAM this week," you are late. Start with "which of Competitor X's awards expire before next fiscal year-end" - then build the capture plan backward from the date.

    Open any contractor's expiring book - fed-spend.com/search or company profiles. Free teaser on every profile. See pricing when you need the full 12-month list and alerts.

    Same data. 68x cheaper.GovWin $40K/yr · GovTribe $25K/yr · Bloomberg Gov $5.7K/yrSee pricing

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