How many federal contract vehicles expire each quarter?
28,698 federal contract vehicles (24.1% of the 119,021 now open) reach the end of their ordering period within the next 12 months; the busiest quarter ahead is Q2 2027 with 8,360 vehicles closing to new orders.
Source: The Federal Contract Vehicles index (complete IDV parent set), BidSparq
Data as of: October 27, 2026 (refreshed weekly)
Sample: 119,021 active vehicles as of 2026-10-27; quarters are calendar quarters counted from the current one.
License: free to cite with attribution to BidSparq
Verify this yourself: USAspending.gov custom award download (filter by IDV award type to pull the same contract vehicle records).
Browse the vehicles behind this number: Vehicles expiring soon, GWACs open for orders, GSA Schedules (FSS) open for orders.
Essential statistics
- Q4 2026: 5,092 vehicles end their ordering period (3,579 IDCs and IDIQs, 1,184 BPAs, 251 GSA Schedules, 0 GWACs).
- Q1 2027: 7,333 vehicles end their ordering period (5,487 IDCs and IDIQs, 1,327 BPAs, 406 GSA Schedules, 0 GWACs).
- Q2 2027: 8,360 vehicles end their ordering period (6,287 IDCs and IDIQs, 1,468 BPAs, 440 GSA Schedules, 27 GWACs).
- Q3 2027: 7,347 vehicles end their ordering period (4,894 IDCs and IDIQs, 1,796 BPAs, 418 GSA Schedules, 5 GWACs).
Vehicles reaching the end of their ordering period, by quarter
| Quarter | Vehicles | IDCs and IDIQs | BPAs | GSA Schedules | GWACs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | 5,092 | 3,579 | 1,184 | 251 | 0 |
| Q1 2027 | 7,333 | 5,487 | 1,327 | 406 | 0 |
| Q2 2027 | 8,360 | 6,287 | 1,468 | 440 | 27 |
| Q3 2027 | 7,347 | 4,894 | 1,796 | 418 | 5 |
| Q4 2027 | 3,539 | 2,230 | 921 | 326 | 0 |
| Q1 2028 | 4,041 | 2,386 | 1,193 | 394 | 0 |
| Q2 2028 | 7,831 | 6,101 | 1,126 | 409 | 56 |
| Q3 2028 | 6,066 | 3,844 | 1,681 | 439 | 1 |
What this means
A vehicle whose ordering period is ending is either recompeted, extended, or replaced, and the recompete is where new holders get on. Tracking the quarter a vehicle closes is how incumbents and challengers time their capture work.
An indefinite delivery vehicle is the umbrella contract agencies place orders under: GWACs, GSA Schedules, IDIQs, BPAs and BOAs. This corpus holds every IDV parent USAspending records with a transaction since fiscal 2008, refreshed daily, so these are counts over the whole population, not a sample. Active means the ordering period ends today or later.
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