Apex Consulting Group LLC
Three things this week. The DoS training recompete has a narrow CO-introduction window opening now; a VA Sources Sought posted Thursday with a May 12 deadline; and House FY27 appropriations markup flagged a 40% bump to SDVOSB healthcare training set-asides.
What we'd act on this week
- 01DoS training recompete — CO intro window closes in ~60 days.
XYZ Corp's PoP ends Dec 2026. State Dept market research typically starts nine months out, which means the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is already asking around. Your past performance is the cleanest 8(a) fit we see on this requirement. Draft CO intro is in your capture plan — 200 words, references your DoS/OES training project from 2024. Send this week.
- 02VA Sources Sought — response due May 12.
Posted Thursday. Maps to NAICS 541611 and 8(a). Three pages, mostly capability statement. Worth the afternoon even if you don't go further — it builds posture for the RFP likely posting in Q4. Lead with your VA past performance; de-emphasize the HHS work this round.
- 03HHS FY27 budget markup — SDVOSB healthcare training set-aside expansion.
House appropriations markup flagged $340M for SDVOSB healthcare workforce contracts, up 40% from FY26. Solicitations likely Q1 FY27. Position now: update your capability statement with clinical workforce delivery language, and start watching HRSA for Market Research Surveys.
Recompetes in your lane
Missed Sources Sought — Q1 2026
- Department of Education — Workforce Training Capability Survey
Closed April 3. 8(a) set-aside likely. Your 2024 DOL workforce project would have led; instead the response window passed without a capability statement on file.
- HRSA — Clinical Workforce Delivery Market Research
Closed March 27. Three-page response. Would have built posture for the FY27 SDVOSB expansion noted in action 03. Cleared now, but you're starting from behind.
Where your lane is moving
DoS training spending is up 18% week-over-week; three agencies consolidated FY26 training contracts into a single vehicle last month. The Foreign Service Institute recompete may become the master — if so, expect three existing incumbents to compete for one award. VA is continuing to move workforce delivery into HUBZone set-asides; your 22314 designation is current through Q3, which is a win. HHS healthcare training SDVOSB solicitations are pacing about 40% faster than FY25.
One pattern worth noting: three of the last five DoS training awards went to firms with prior USAID education work. Your USAID-ECA past performance from 2023 matters more than the pipeline report suggests. When you write the DoS intro email this week, lead with it.