DEPT OF DEFENSE NAICS 236 volume spike: +172.0%

Federal procurement posted 244 opportunities totaling $9.5M in estimated dollar volume during the week of 2026-02-15 through 2026-02-22. The dominant buyer by dollar volume was DEPT OF DEFENSE at $3.1M, with 163 solicitations (+34.4% vs. 90-day baseline). Leading NAICS-3 family: 336 with 47 solicitations totaling $14K. 6 notable signals surfaced across the five anomaly categories (6 volume spikes, 0 net-new buyers, 0 large-dollar opportunities, 0 tight-response solicitations, 0 IDIQ task-order concentrations). Average response window across the week: 17.2 days.

Volume spikes (agencies buying more this week)

• DEPT OF DEFENSE NAICS 236: 11 awards this week vs. a 90-day baseline of 4.04/week (+172.0%). Total dollar volume: $0. Anchor: 8208b712395248e5b3ea5d82869c95e2.
• VETERANS AFFAIRS NAICS 541: 10 awards this week vs. a 90-day baseline of 2.26/week (+343.3%). Total dollar volume: $302K. Anchor: 1febee1901bd4f0d86a6d2b9f1a7803a. Historical: $396.8M obligated last 12 months across 36 awards (-85.0% YoY). Top vendor: BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC (43.1%).
• VETERANS AFFAIRS NAICS 621: 8 awards this week vs. a 90-day baseline of 0.78/week (+928.6%). Total dollar volume: $5.5M. Anchor: 27ae79bb632d4a289641587635c09184. Historical: $806.6M obligated last 12 months across 371 awards (-73.3% YoY). Top vendor: BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC (21.2%). (Agency-only FPDS match; no NAICS-specific history found.)
• VETERANS AFFAIRS NAICS 339: 7 awards this week vs. a 90-day baseline of 1.17/week (+500.0%). Total dollar volume: $0. Anchor: 9b67b9fa002f4a26b0f2f6810dc4cc76. Historical: $260.2M obligated last 12 months across 209 awards (+322.6% YoY). Top vendor: FIRST NATION GROUP LLC (17.1%).
• VETERANS AFFAIRS NAICS 238: 7 awards this week vs. a 90-day baseline of 2.49/week (+181.2%). Total dollar volume: $0. Anchor: 1ecd62ef43114a17964331ff74d02e55. Historical: $806.6M obligated last 12 months across 371 awards (-73.3% YoY). Top vendor: BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC (21.2%). (Agency-only FPDS match; no NAICS-specific history found.)

About this brief

This brief is a structured factual summary of the prior 7 days of SAM.gov bulk-ingest opportunities. Every number above traces back to either the aggregate buckets in the context.json the aggregator wrote, or a specific notice_id cited inline. The aggregator computes five deterministic anomaly categories (volume spikes, new buyers, large-dollar opportunities, tight-response solicitations, IDIQ task-order concentration). Editorial themes -- the "what this means for vendors" overlay a Cowork-driven Monday session adds on top -- are NOT included in templated briefs. A future Cowork session for the same ISO week may overwrite this brief with analyst prose; the structured signals stay intact across updates.