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Long Range Acquisition Forecasts

Long Range Acquisition Forecasts or 'LRAFs' offer a wealth of market research for government contracting small business business development. They signal anticipated business needs for each agency. Use this information to discover and build relationships with current and potential industry partners.

What are Federal Long Range Acquisition Forecasts?

Also known as Procurement Forecasts, Long Range Acquisition Forecasts list upcoming contracting opportunities at federal agencies and helps vendors learn about potential contracting opportunities early in the procurement process.

Many forecasts include projections of anticipated contract above the simplified acquisition threshold that small businesses including small disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses may be able to perform under direct contracts with the government, or through subcontracting.

Federal agencies are required to provide Long Range Acquisition Forecasts of expected government contracting opportunities, including those that small businesses can do.

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Explore the GovCon Chamber's complete list of FY 2025 Federal Long Range Acquisition Forecasts (LRAF)

100+ Federal Agency LRAFs with Thousands of Upcoming Opportunities
Includes links to agency LRAF websites for you to follow and stay current of agency updates
UPDATED Regularly with Changes and Additions

How do Agencies use Long Range Acquisition Forecasts?

According to the Office of Naval Research, Long Range Acquisition Estimate (LRAE) acts as an aid for advanced acquisition planning for vendors to gain a better understanding of Office of Naval Research (ONR) requirements.

In addition, it is ONR's policy that small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses receive a fair and equitable share of the contracts awarded by this activity.

The estimate is a tool that helps the small business community market their technology and services to the cognizant components within ONR. ONR's LRAE includes projects of all anticipated actions above $750,000. Download the current LRAE which includes requirements for both ONR HQ and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).

United States Code Title 15, Section 637(A)(12)(C), requires the Department of the Navy to prepare a forecast of expected contract opportunities for next and successive fiscal years and make the forecast available to the small business community.

ONR will fulfill this requirement by publishing this estimate on an annual basis and more frequently as updates become available. The long-range acquisition estimate is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a commitment nor an offer by ONR to fund, in whole or in part, the opportunities identified herein.

What do you do when you discover an opportunity in a Long Range Acquisition Forecasts?

Once your company has identified some potential opportunities in the LRAFs, you can then begin to qualify those opportunities.

This involves researching the agency, understanding the needs of the agency, and developing a capture plan.

As NAVSEA explains, agencies disseminate Long Range Acquisition Forecast (LRAF) and host small business forums to communicate contracting opportunities to the small business community, which includes veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran owned, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses.

Future acquisition forecasts are prepared by a number of organizations within DoD.

Forecasting methodologies vary by service and constitute the best estimate of each. Forecast information is provided for planning purposes and is subject to change.