Office of Personnel Management Contract Opportunities

What OPM buys

OPM pain points

What OPM is actively trying to fix — sourced from agency strategic plans, IG reports, and FY26 budget justifications. Map your capabilities to these and you're writing toward an evaluator's actual problem.

• 1

  USAJOBS modernization - improving federal hiring platform serving 500K+ job postings annually

• 2

  Retirement services backlog - processing claims for 2.7M+ federal annuitants with 6-month average wait

• 3

  Background investigation systems - post-NBIB transition to DCSA coordination and data sharing

• 4

  Federal employee health benefits administration - managing FEHB marketplace for 8M+ enrollees

• 5

  HR shared services modernization - USA Staffing and other platforms for agency hiring support

• 6

  Cybersecurity for personnel data - protecting SF-86 records after 2015 breach impacting 22M+ records

FY26 funding priorities

Where the money is moving inside OPM in the current and upcoming fiscal years.

• OPM allocated $150M for IT modernization under the Technology Modernization Fund to upgrade legacy HR systems, with contracts for cloud migration and software development expected in FY2025.
• OPM investing $80M in the USAJOBS platform enhancements, seeking contractors for user experience design and data analytics support through FY2026.
• OPM budgeted $25M for cybersecurity improvements post-2015 breach, focusing on endpoint detection and response tools with procurements planned for FY2025.
• OPM allocating $50M for the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) processing automation, with RFPs for case management software solutions expected in early FY2025.
• OPM committing $30M to security clearance process reforms under the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative, offering opportunities for background investigation support services through FY2026.