Find the Contract before the RFP Drops
Opportunity Forecast is a new capability in GovDash Discover that surfaces federal contracts before they are formally solicited, so capture and BD teams get a head start well before an RFP is public.
Early engagement provides a competitive edge, letting teams shape requirements, build relationships, and secure key personnel well before RFP release.
This proactive approach ensures you compete on merit and have the time to fully qualify, shape your solution, and craft a compelling proposal well before the solicitation hits the public market.
Opportunity Forecast moves the starting line back. It shows anticipated awards and likely recompetes alongside active solicitations in one searchable view, so the work is visible while there is still time to influence it.
What it does
Opportunity Forecast combines agency-published forecasts with recompetes GovDash calculates itself, in a single normalized list inside Discover.
The published forecasts come from:
- DHS
- GSA
- EPA
- Several US Army Corps of Engineers districts
- Select state and local sources such as New York, Miami-Dade, and Texas DIR
Two engines feed the view:
- Agency-published forecasts are ingested and normalized so you stop stitching forecast PDFs and spreadsheets together by hand. The recompete engine flags any active federal contract expiring within the next 24 months as a likely upcoming recompete, with the incumbent, vehicle, and period of performance where available. Since recompete RFPs typically publish months to a year before the incumbent contract ends, that surfaces the work well before the solicitation is public.
- Every forecast carries a Forecast Confidence Index, calibrated against historical forecast-to-solicitation-to-award outcomes, with the confidence drivers visible on the record. Forecasts are treated as probabilistic and scored, not published as a flat static list.
How teams use it
Open Discover and go to the Forecasting view. Filter by agency, buyer, NAICS or PSC, set-aside, timeframe, value band, or confidence, in the same interface as active solicitations. Save a forecast to a watchlist, or convert it into a pre-solicitation opportunity in Capture with its provenance and confidence attached. From there, Dash surfaces related awards, prior solicitations, and teaming candidates.
When a forecast converts to a live solicitation, Discover alerts you and hands the opportunity off to Proposal with context already attached.
Discover finds the work early; you build the relationships and shape the scope while there is still time to.
Who it is for
Capture managers get room to start capture before competitors see the work, align teaming while the window is open, and hand off to Proposal with context intact.
BD directors build a net-new pipeline, spot whitespace early, and prioritize outreach by agency, buyer, and market from one calendar of industry days, RFIs, and sources sought.
Strategy and planning teams map forecasted demand to their capabilities and past performance, and time headcount, partnership, and R&D investment to demand instead of reacting to it.
Why it is different
Most intel tools stop where GovDash starts. A database hands you a list; a writing add-on helps you respond. Opportunity Forecast puts pre-solicitation pipeline and active RFPs in the same filtered interface, and keeps forecast to capture to proposal as one continuous workflow rather than an export to a separate system.
Recompetes surface automatically from expiring-contract logic, without manual award mining. And because forecasts are scored with visible evidence, your team can tell which ones are worth pursuing.
Opportunity Forecast is live in GovDash Discover today. Watch a live walkthrough here.
See it on your own pipeline. Book a demo now.