# Federal and Texas Agencies Seek IT Contractors

As of October 5, 162 federal notices sought software, IT services, or staff augmentation, including 74 posted in the preceding week; Texas had 30 open software bids and 30 new bids. Fifty federal opportunities were due within seven days, including the VA Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Support Services notice, due October 7. The notices also included 11 small-business set-asides, while AI/ML appeared in eight federal notices and two Texas bids.

- The VA AI support notice is due **October 7**, one day from the current date; interested firms should review the notice and submit by its stated deadline.
- Small businesses can review the 11 set-aside notices for opportunities matching their capabilities and eligibility.
- The volume of new federal and Texas postings gives IT contractors a near-term pipeline to assess, particularly firms providing AI/ML, software, IT services, or staff augmentation.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 05, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Texas Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)

### Sources
- [This week in government software & IT contracts (Oct 5)

I track open federal (https://t.co/B8mjJG8gjG) and Texas (ESBD) opportunities every day. Of about 5,400 open federal notices, 162 are software, IT services or staff-augmentation work (about 3%). Texas has 30 open software/I](https://x.com/VBierschwale/status/2107102230314623137) - twitter-fed-procurement