201 Federal Contracts Worth $151.5B Expire Between Oct 1 and Dec 31, 2026: The Q1 FY2027 Recompete List

201 federal contracts worth at least $20M each have a current end date between Oct 1 and Dec 31, 2026. Combined, the government has obligated $151.46B on them so far.

That is the Q1 FY2027 recompete wall, and 114 of the 201 hit in December.

Most of it is Defense: 134 contracts, $114.95B, led by Electric Boat's $20.21B SSN 792 long-lead contract ending Oct 20. But 67 contracts and $36.51B are civilian, and that is the list a firm without a shipyard can actually work. NASA, VA, DHS, GSA, HHS, DOE, State, and SSA all have nine-figure clocks running out inside 108 days.

If you did not know one of these was yours to chase until the RFP dropped, you were already late. The whole point of this page is that the end date is public, today, and it has been for years.

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How we built the list

USASpending does not let you filter by end date directly. So we pulled every contract (award types A-D) with an award amount of $20M or more and at least one action between Sep 13, 2025 and Sep 13, 2026, then kept the ones whose current period-of-performance end date falls between Oct 1 and Dec 31, 2026. Sorted by amount, 25 pages, deduplicated.

Three caveats, because they matter:

By agency

VA has the most civilian clocks (18). NASA has the most civilian dollars ($10.68B on just 8). GSA's 6 are all task orders on GWACs, which means the recompete is a task order competition among existing holders, not a fresh solicitation. Know which one you are looking at before you spend a capture dollar.

By month

December is not a coincidence. Fiscal-year awards from FY2021 and FY2022 that ran five-year bases with a calendar-year alignment all land on Dec 31, 2026. If your target list has a Dec 31 date on it, the follow-on solicitation or the bridge decision is being written right now, in September.

By NAICS

Strip out the platforms (ships, aircraft, missiles) and the health insurance carriers, and the services market that a mid-size firm competes in is 541512 + 541330 + 621111: 42 contracts, $18.0B, ending in one quarter.

The 20 largest

Two health rows are worth a second look. TriWest's $8.53B TRICARE West contract and Evernorth's $2.37B pharmacy contract both end Dec 31. Those are not going to a small business, but every subcontracting tier under them is being re-papered this quarter.

The 12 largest civilian

The GSA rows (SAIC $1.21B, CACI $975M) are Alliant or OASIS-style task orders. The recompete happens inside the vehicle, among holders. If you are not on the vehicle, your play is teaming, and you need to be on a team by October, not December.

The ICE charter air order (CSI Aviation, $1.28B, ends Oct 31) is a FY2026 call order that was funded in one shot. Expect a follow-on call in October rather than a new competition.

What to do this week

Bottom line

201 contracts. $151.46B. 108 days. The Pentagon side is spoken for. The 67 civilian contracts worth $36.51B are where a firm with a capture budget under six figures can still change the outcome, and the ones ending Dec 31 are being decided this month.

Find yours. Recompete Radar is the same query with your filters. Score the incumbent when you find one worth the fight.

Primary sources: USASpending.gov /api/v2/search/spending_by_award/, award types A-D, award_amounts lower_bound $20,000,000, action dates Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 13, 2026, 25 pages sorted by Award Amount, locally filtered on End Date Oct 1 to Dec 31, 2026 and deduplicated on generated_internal_id. Pulled Sep 13, 2026.