Federal forecasts

Search federal agency acquisition forecasts, narrow planned requirements, and review one forecast in depth.

Click Federal Forecasts, or open GovTribe, expand the sidebar if it is collapsed, expand Opportunities, and click Federal Forecasts.

Federal Forecasts is available on Launch, Launch Plus, Growth, Growth Plus, and Scale.

Federal forecasts page with the Opportunities sidebar expanded and Federal Forecasts selected — Federal forecasts shows search controls, page actions, and federal forecast result cards.

Search federal forecasts

For reusable guidance on quotes, required terms, alternatives, exclusions, grouped terms, and search-mode behavior across GovTribe search pages, see Choose a search mode and write queries.

To find forecasts for identity and access work, search identity credential access management services, then add Federal Agency, NAICS Category, or Estimated Solicitation Release Date filters.
To review records-management planning records, search "records management support", then sort by Estimated Solicitation Release Date.
To narrow a fraud or analytics review to planned work, search fraud analytics support, then add Forecast Type or Place of Performance filters.
To find forecasts for communications or equipment work, search radio frequency equipment support, then add NAICS Category or Set Aside filters.

Filters and macros

For why some filters can include related records, hierarchy matches, or role-specific relationships, see Filter by related records and hierarchies.

Type	Name	Example question
Macro	No Set-Asides Used	Which forecasts do not list a set-aside value?
Macro	Not Pursuing	Which forecasts has my team not moved into capture work?
Filter	Anticipated Award End Date	Which forecasts have a planned award period ending in the target window?
Filter	Anticipated Award Start Date	Which forecasts have anticipated award starts in the next 12 months?
Filter	Contacts (Contact attribute)	Which forecasts list Hannah Moussa as a contact?
Filter	Estimated Award Value Max	Which forecasts list an estimated value ceiling above my target amount?
Filter	Estimated Award Value Min	Which forecasts list an estimated value floor above my target amount?
Filter	Estimated Solicitation Release Date	Which forecasts have expected solicitation releases in the next 12 months?
Filter	Federal Agency	Which forecasts are tied to Department of Veterans Affairs?
Filter	Forecast Type	Which forecasts are recompetes?
Filter	NAICS Category	Which forecasts are in NAICS 541512?
Filter	Place of Performance	Which forecasts are performed in Virginia?
Filter	Pursuing	Which forecasts are already connected to pursuit work?
Filter	Set Aside	Which forecasts are total small-business set-asides?

Sort options

Name	Direction choices	Example question
Updated	Oldest First / Newest First	Which forecast records changed most recently in GovTribe?
Estimated Solicitation Release Date	Oldest First / Newest First	Which forecasts have the soonest expected solicitation releases in the next 12 months?
Anticipated Award Start Date	Oldest First / Newest First	Which forecasts have the soonest anticipated award starts in the next 12 months?
Anticipated Award End Date	Oldest First / Newest First	Which forecasts have the earliest anticipated award ends?

Actions

Federal forecasts has actions for the current result set, individual result cards, and the detail page after you open one record.

Page actions

These actions apply while you are working from Federal forecasts results.

Save This Search saves the current Federal Forecasts search so you can return to the same forecast set later.
View Saved Searches opens saved Federal Forecasts searches so you can rerun a saved forecast review.
Export Search Results exports the current forecast result set after you narrow it to the planning records you want to review outside GovTribe.
Share Search shares the current Federal Forecasts search with another GovTribe user.
Not Interested marks a visible forecast as not useful so GovTribe can remove it from the current result list and avoid showing it again.
Similar finds records that resemble the selected forecast. Use it when a forecast's work description, agency, category, timing, or source context suggests a market pattern you want to explore.
Create Pursuit starts capture work from the selected forecast. Use Add Pursuit to start new capture work from the forecast. Use Add to Existing Pursuit to connect the forecast to pursuit work your team already tracks.

Result-level actions

Federal forecasts have interest and pursuit actions in the header. For the full workflow, see Create pursuits from records, Pursuits, and Mark results as Not Interested.

Not Interested: Use Not Interested when the selected forecast is not relevant to your current review.
Create Pursuit: Use Create Pursuit when the selected forecast should become new capture work for your team before the solicitation is posted.
Add to Existing Pursuit: Use Add to Existing Pursuit when the forecast belongs with pursuit work your team already tracks.
Pursuing: Pursuing appears when the selected forecast is already connected to pursuit work. Use the dropdown to manage the pursuit connection or connect the forecast to another pursuit.

A New Requirement forecast signals planned work that the agency reports as new demand. In GovTribe, the detail page shows forecast type, estimated solicitation timing, anticipated award dates, estimated value when available, badges, contacts, descriptions, and related tabs. See the New Requirement example in GovTribe.

New Requirement federal forecast detail with estimated timing, tabs, badges, and pursuit action — New Requirement forecasts help you review agency planning signals before a solicitation is posted.

A Recompete forecast signals planned follow-on work or work expected to be competed again. In GovTribe, recompete detail pages are useful for reviewing estimated solicitation release timing, anticipated period of performance, and contact context before the procurement becomes an active opportunity. See the Recompete example in GovTribe.

Recompete federal forecast detail with estimated award value, solicitation release date, badges, and related tabs — Recompete forecasts help you review timing, value range, buyer context, and related opportunity context before solicitation release.

An Exercise of Option forecast signals planned work tied to an option decision or extension. In GovTribe, the detail page can help you distinguish option-related planning from new or recompeted work while still using the same forecast timing, badge, contact, and activity layout. See the Exercise of Option example in GovTribe.

Badges

Badges summarize source fields and connected records on the Overview tab. Many badges include a menu that lets you filter GovTribe search by that value. When a badge says Not listed, GovTribe does not have a displayable value for that field on the selected forecast.

Use the linked attribute pages for canonical definitions:

Forecast timing and value

The status bar shows planning dates and value fields that help you decide when to follow the requirement and whether it fits your target market.

Label	Meaning
Updated	When GovTribe last shows a meaningful update for the forecast.
Sol. Release Date	The estimated solicitation release date reported for the planned requirement.
Award Start Date	The anticipated award start date.
Award End Date	The anticipated award end date.
Estimated Award Value	The value range GovTribe can display from source forecast data.

Use Sol. Release Date to plan monitoring, Award Start Date to estimate transition timing, and Estimated Award Value to judge whether the planned requirement fits your capture thresholds.

Federal forecast detail showing estimated award value, solicitation release date, award start date, and award end date — Forecast timing labels answer different planning questions, so compare the label before using a date in capture planning.

GovTribe AI and descriptions

GovTribe AI appears when AI is available for the selected record and your account can use it. The summary and description area can show AI Summary and Description tabs when GovTribe has generated summary context and source text for the forecast.

If the selected forecast has limited source information, the Overview tab may show fewer details. Forecast records depend on agency planning sources, and those sources do not publish the same timing, value, contact, or set-aside fields for every planned requirement.

Contacts

Contacts shows people or office contacts GovTribe has associated with the selected forecast. The tab can be empty when the forecast source did not provide contact details or when GovTribe has no connected contact references.

For contact search and contact data, see Contacts and Contact data type.

Activity

Activity shows tracked GovTribe activity for the selected forecast. The tab can be empty when GovTribe has not tracked activity for the record or when activity is unavailable.

Opportunity Stack

Opportunity Stack shows opportunity context GovTribe can connect to the selected forecast. Use it to move from early planning context toward later notices when GovTribe can identify related opportunity records.

Similar Forecasts

Similar Forecasts shows comparable forecast records GovTribe returns for the selected forecast. It can be empty when GovTribe does not find comparable forecasts or when access is limited.

Use similar forecasts to move from one planned requirement into related agency demand signals. For the reusable workflow, see Find similar records.

Common questions

For general fixes for too many results, no results, unrelated results, or filters that narrowed the result set too much, see Troubleshoot search results.

Federal forecasts are early planning records from agency acquisition forecast sources. Use Federal contract opportunities for posted procurement notices, Federal contract vehicle opportunities for vehicle-related opportunity notices, and Federal contract awards for awarded contract records.

What does Forecast Type mean?

Forecast Type describes the forecast category reported for the planned requirement, such as a new requirement, recompete, option exercise, or no-longer-required record. Use it when your review depends on whether the forecast signals new work, follow-on work, or another planning category.

Which forecast date should I use?

Estimated Solicitation Release Date helps find when an agency expects to release the solicitation. Anticipated Award Start Date helps estimate when the awarded work may begin. Anticipated Award End Date helps review the expected end of the planned award period.

Why do some forecasts have limited timing, value, or contact details?

Federal forecast records depend on agency acquisition-forecast sources, and those sources do not publish the same level of detail for every planned requirement. Some forecasts include solicitation timing, award timing, estimated value, set-aside, place, contacts, and source links; others only include a planning title, agency, category, or description. Use the fields that are present for early market research, then compare the forecast to later opportunity or award records when the agency publishes more detail.

Choose a search mode and write queries: Write reusable GovTribe search queries and understand search behavior across search pages.
Use saved searches: Return to useful Federal Forecasts result sets later.
Create pursuits from records: Start new capture work from a forecast or connect it to an existing pursuit.
Federal forecast data type: Review the GovTribe data type behind Federal Forecast records.
Federal contract record structure: Choose between federal forecasts, opportunities, vehicles, IDVs, awards, transactions, and sub-awards.