# Federal Agencies Seek Software and IT Contractors

As of October 26, the opportunity roundup identified 219 open federal notices for software, IT services, or staff augmentation, including 12 mentioning AI/ML; 103 notices were due to close within seven days. Texas had 30 open software and IT bids, and the prior week brought 98 new federal notices and five new Texas bids. The FY26 JSD SkySafe opportunity is due October 28, 2026, leaving one day for interested contractors to respond as of October 27. The roundup also highlights an AI Intelligent Automation Support Services solicitation and a FEMA request for information on Direct Housing Modernization Capabilities.

- Contractors should assess the FY26 JSD SkySafe opportunity immediately because responses are due October 28, 2026.
- With 103 federal notices closing within seven days, businesses should triage open notices by fit and response deadline; the roundup reports 219 software, IT services, and staff-augmentation opportunities overall.
- Companies with relevant AI capabilities can review the AI Intelligent Automation Support Services solicitation (N0017827R3105) and the AI/ML-related notices identified in the roundup.
- Contractors pursuing Texas public-sector work can review the 30 open software and IT bids listed through the Texas Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD).

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** October 26, 2026

### Government Entities
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Aberdeen Test Center
- Texas Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)

### Sources
- [This week in government software & IT contracts (Oct 26)

I track open federal (https://t.co/B8mjJG8gjG) and Texas (ESBD) opportunities every day. Of about 6,700 open federal notices, 219 are software, IT services or staff-augmentation work (about 3.3%) (up 14 from last week). Te](https://x.com/VBierschwale/status/2114714569876689108) - twitter-fed-procurement