Professional services
Federal services contracts, delivered every morning.
Ultraria filters SAM.gov daily for federal management consulting, engineering, and R&D contracts matching your NAICS codes — and emails you a focused digest. From $29/mo. 14-day trial, no credit card.
Common professional-services NAICS codes
- 541611 — Administrative Management & General Management Consulting
- 541618 — Other Management Consulting Services
- 541330 — Engineering Services
- 541810 — Advertising Agencies
- 541910 — Marketing Research & Public Opinion Polling
- 541720 — Research & Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
The size of this market
Federal services contracts are the single largest federal contracting category by dollar volume — over $300B/yr in obligations across consulting, engineering, R&D, training, and program management. Many of these are awarded under multi-year IDIQ vehicles (OASIS+, Alliant 2, CIO-SP4) where task orders are released to existing vehicle holders. Sources Sought and Pre-Solicitation notices for new vehicle on-ramps are early signals worth pre-positioning for.
Why pre-RFP signal matters more here
Services SOWs are often co-written with input from incumbents and industry-day attendees during the Sources Sought phase. By the time a full RFP posts, the requirement may already favor a competitor’s past performance. Our Strategy tier surfaces those Sources Sought, RFI, and Pre-Solicitation notices 6–18 months before the RFP — giving you time to submit capability statements that influence the SOW.
Top federal buyers of professional services
- Department of Defense (across all components — DARPA, OSD, services)
- GSA Federal Acquisition Service (under Schedule and BPA vehicles)
- Department of Health and Human Services (CMS, NIH, CDC contract research)
- Department of Energy (national lab program management)
- Department of State and USAID (international development consulting)
What Ultraria sends you each morning
One clean digest by 7 AM ET listing every SAM.gov services opportunity posted in the last 24 hours matching your NAICS and filters, plus (on Strategy tier) Sources Sought + RFI + Pre-Solicitation notices. Each item shows title, agency, NAICS, set-aside, dollar range, and a one-line match explanation.
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