# Contractors Turn Forecasts Into Capture Plans

The capture-management guidance recommends treating agency procurement forecasts, AI-inferred recompetes, and published solicitations as opportunities with different levels of certainty—not as equivalent commitments. It uses DHS’s PACTS III procurement to illustrate the need to verify forecast-to-solicitation links, teaming-project eligibility, and access to the proposed contract vehicle: DHS cancelled PACTS III on June 27, 2025, and identified GSA OASIS+ and Multiple Award Schedule as intended alternatives. The guidance also points contractors to the 2026 Homeland Security Summit on November 10, 33 days from October 8, for discussion of DHS priorities and its acquisition outlook.

- For each pursuit, contractors should document the rationale, owner, next action, deadline, resource limit, and stop condition, then close or re-scope the effort if the agency changes acquisition direction.
- Companies considering DHS work should validate the actual solicitation, eligibility requirements, and vehicle access rather than rely on a forecast or an inferred recompete alone.
- The PACTS III cancellation makes checking whether an opportunity is moving to OASIS+ or the Multiple Award Schedule relevant to capture and teaming decisions.
- The Homeland Security Summit on November 10 offers a near-term forum to discuss DHS priorities and its acquisition outlook; no registration deadline is specified in the signal.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Public Safety
**Topics:** Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** October 08, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- General Services Administration (GSA)
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)

### Vendors
- CLEATUS (AI procurement-intelligence platform provider)

### Sources
- [How to Turn a Procurement Forecast Into a Capture Plan](https://www.govconwire.com/articles/yigit-guney-govcon-expert-cleatus-procurement-forecast-capture-plan-ai) - GovCon Wire