# Federal and Texas Agencies Seek IT Contractors

A Nov. 9 market snapshot counted 231 open federal notices for software, IT services, or staff augmentation, up 12 from the prior week, and 28 open Texas bids, down two. AI/ML work is a notable theme, and the federal pipeline includes small-business set-asides. Of 91 federal notices due within seven days of the snapshot, the Dentrix Enterprise electronic dental-record opportunity has responses due **Nov. 11, 2026**.

- Federal contractors can review the listed AI Intelligent Automation Support Services opportunity (N0017827R3105) and the 30 RS Mission Planning Software Tool opportunity, identified as a small-business set-aside.
- Organizations pursuing near-term federal work should assess the Dentrix Enterprise opportunity promptly because responses are due **Nov. 11**; the snapshot also indicates a broader group of notices with near-term deadlines.
- Texas bidders can use the 28 open-bid count as a state-market snapshot; the linked public opportunity view provides the detailed scope and solicitation information.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** November 09, 2026

### Government Entities
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Texas state government

### Vendors
- AMD/Xilinx (Brand-name product manufacturer named in an RFQ)

### Sources
- [This week in government software & IT contracts (Nov 9)

I track open federal (https://t.co/B8mjJG8O9e) and Texas (ESBD) opportunities every day. Of about 7,600 open federal notices, 231 are software, IT services or staff-augmentation work (about 3%) (up 12 from last week). Texas](https://x.com/VBierschwale/status/2119832761842471225) - twitter-fed-procurement