OPEN BIDS · 224 FOUND
224 open government bids for Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) in every state
AI MODE
There are 224 open notices: 114 taking bids now, 10 set aside for small businesses, 17 due within 7 days. The soonest deadline is Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 PM ET (NSWC-PHD MATAC OTA Request for Prototype Proposals: Prototypes and Experiments R).
In fiscal year 2026 federal agencies obligated $43.83 billion for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) nationwide. The biggest buyers: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy. Who wins this work →
To bid you need a free, active SAM.gov registration. How to bid, step by step →
FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research Announcement for Office of Naval Research
24 days leftDue Nov 16, 2026, 4:00 PM ET
Department of the Navy · Office of Naval Research
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, Virginia
HERMES BAA CALL: Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine-Combined Cycle (RDRE-CC) Flight Demonstration
24 days leftDue Nov 16, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Department of the Air Force · FA9300 Aftc Pzr
Edwards, California
Edwards, California
Building America Subject Matter Expert Technical Support
24 days leftDue Nov 16, 2026, 8:00 PM ET
Department of Energy · Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC - DOE Contractor
Golden, Colorado
Golden, Colorado
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Research Initiative – FY2026 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)
26 days leftDue Nov 18, 2026, 11:59 AM ET
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · 693JK3 Acquisition Services Div.
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Request for Information – Prophylactic Platform for Medical Countermeasures
26 days leftDue Nov 18, 2026, 4:30 PM ET
Department of the Army · W6QK Acc-Apg
Frederick, Maryland
Frederick, Maryland
Venous Thrombosis (VT)
28 days leftDue Nov 20, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Resilient Ultra Short Pulsed Laser Sources - RFI
28 days leftDue Nov 20, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Request for Proposal (RFP) - Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (RMWT) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Entry Points (GEPs)
31 days leftDue Nov 23, 2026, 4:00 PM ET
Department of the Air Force · FA2401 Space Development Agency Sda
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT) Stage A
38 days leftDue Nov 30, 2026, 9:00 AM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Experimental and Mathematical Biomechanics Injury Research IDIQ
38 days leftDue Nov 30, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · 693JJ9 Nhtsa Office of Acquistion
Place of work not listed · buying office in Washington, DC
Place of work not listed · buying office in Washington, DC
Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide
38 days leftDue Nov 30, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
SYSTEM DELTA 84 (SYD 84/MT) MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT MISSILE WARNING / MISSILE TRACKING EPOCH 3 and EPOCH 4, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
39 days leftDue Dec 1, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Department of the Air Force · FA8810 Space Sensing Ssc/snk
El Segundo, California
El Segundo, California
Tracking Layer Tranche 4 On-orbit Demonstrations and Operations Request for Information
42 days leftDue Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
Department of the Air Force · FA2401 Space Development Agency Sda
Place of work not listed · buying office in Chantilly, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Chantilly, Virginia
Tracking Layer Tranche 4 On-orbit Demonstrations and Operations Request for Information
42 days leftDue Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
Department of Defense · Department of Defense
Place of work not listed
Place of work not listed
HYDROSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, & GEOPHYSICS (HBG) SUPPORT SERVICES II - FINAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (FRFP)
42 days leftDue Dec 4, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt, Maryland
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: PBI High-Temperature Hollow Fiber Membranes
42 days leftDue Dec 4, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Department of Energy · Triad - DOE Contractor
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: SurfGraphPro
43 days leftDue Dec 5, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
Department of Energy · Triad - DOE Contractor
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR)
45 days leftDue Dec 7, 2026, 9:00 AM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
2027 NIAID DMID Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement: Development of Medical Interventions for Infectious Diseases
46 days leftDue Dec 8, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
National Institutes of Health · National Institutes of Health Niaid
Place of work not listed · buying office in Bethesda, Maryland
Place of work not listed · buying office in Bethesda, Maryland
Technology InteGrator and AcceleratoR (TIGAR)
46 days leftDue Dec 8, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
National Institutes of Health · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (arpa-H)
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Liquid Surge
52 days leftDue Dec 14, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
NGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)
52 days leftDue Dec 14, 2026, 11:59 PM ET
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (nga) · Attn: Ms S84 - Ocs
Place of work not listed · buying office in Springfield, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Springfield, Virginia
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Bacterial Lipid Nanodiscs Platform
53 days leftDue Dec 15, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Department of Energy · Triad - DOE Contractor
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Atomically Precise Molecules (APM)
56 days leftDue Dec 18, 2026, 1:00 PM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement
56 days leftDue Dec 18, 2026, 6:59 PM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Heat Pipe Reactor Fire Mitigation and Suppression System
57 days leftDue Dec 19, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Department of Energy · Triad - DOE Contractor
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico
High Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) Modeling and Effects BAA
59 days leftDue Dec 21, 2026, 2:00 AM ET
Department of the Air Force · FA9451 Afrl Rfz
Place of work not listed · buying office in Kirtland Afb, New Mexico
Place of work not listed · buying office in Kirtland Afb, New Mexico
NGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA): Topic # 07 – Lidar Analysis for Surface & Environmental Reconnaissance (LASER)
59 days leftDue Dec 21, 2026, 11:59 PM ET
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (nga) · Attn: Ms S84 - Ocs
Place of work not listed · buying office in Springfield, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Springfield, Virginia
QBI Topic Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
68 days leftDue Dec 30, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research
68 days leftDue Dec 30, 2026, 4:00 PM ET
Department of the Navy · Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) 2026 Announcement
68 days leftDue Dec 30, 2026, 6:59 PM ET
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) · Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Broad Agency Announcement for Advanced Battle Management Systems (ABMS)
69 days leftDue Dec 31, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
Department of the Air Force · FA8612 Aflcmc C3BM C3
Place of work not listed · buying office in Dayton, Ohio
Place of work not listed · buying office in Dayton, Ohio
Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA) for Military Engineering and Engineered Resilient Systems
69 days leftDue Dec 31, 2026, 6:00 PM ET
Department of the Army · Department of the Army
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg, Mississippi
FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
69 days leftDue Dec 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET
Department of the Navy · Office of Naval Research
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Place of work not listed · buying office in Arlington, Virginia
Sources Sought Special Notice 2026
70 days leftDue Jan 1, 2027, 2:59 AM ET
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California
Moffett Field, California
Engineer Research and Development Center Civil Works Strategic Focus Areas
69 days leftDue Jan 1, 2027, 1:00 AM ET
Department of the Army · W2R2 USA Engr R & D Ctr
Place of work not listed · buying office in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Place of work not listed · buying office in Vicksburg, Mississippi
2026 ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
69 days leftDue Jan 1, 2027, 1:00 AM ET
Department of the Army · W2R2 USA Engr R & D Ctr
Place of work not listed · buying office in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Place of work not listed · buying office in Vicksburg, Mississippi
**UPDATE **Special Notice "Opportunity for Small Business Participation in COMET" Defense Intelligence Agency Missile and Space Intelligence Center Industry Engagement Technical Exchange Meeting
70 days leftDue Jan 2, 2027, 1:00 AM ET
Defense Intelligence Agency (dia) · Virginia Contracting Activity
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement
76 days leftDue Jan 7, 2027, 5:00 PM ET
National Science Foundation · Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (tip)
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
ITS4US Deployment Accelerator
80 days leftDue Jan 11, 2027, 9:00 AM ET
Federal Highway Administration · 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Mgt
Place of work not listed · buying office in Washington, DC
Place of work not listed · buying office in Washington, DC
Open notices from SAM.gov, saved Oct 23, 8:49 PM ET. Updated twice a day. Each bid links to its official notice on SAM.gov, where the documents are. How to bid, step by step →