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Open RFPs in Maryland (146 live)

146 open federal opportunities name Maryland as the place of performance, plus 3,465 nationwide opportunities open to Maryland businesses. Counted live from SAM.gov, updated June 10, 2026.

Maryland is regularly the busiest state in RFPhound's federal feed, and the roster of buyers explains why. The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda is the largest research funder on earth and a constant procurer of lab services, scientific equipment, and IT. Fort Meade hosts the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, making the Baltimore-Washington corridor the center of gravity for classified IT and cybersecurity contracting. Aberdeen Proving Ground drives Army test, evaluation, and C5ISR work, the FDA in Silver Spring and NIST in Gaithersburg buy scientific and technical services, and Joint Base Andrews, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, and the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn fill out an extraordinary concentration of federal demand.

The State of Maryland runs its own purchasing on eMaryland Marketplace Advantage, known as eMMA, where state agencies and many local entities post, a system with no connection to SAM.gov. The live counts below are federal only: RFPhound's daily SAM.gov scan for Maryland place-of-performance work plus the nationwide pool. For IT, life-sciences, and professional-services firms, Maryland is arguably the strongest single-state federal market in the country.

What is open in Maryland

By category, today.

Counts are Maryland place-of-performance only. Category pages show nationwide volume too.

Fresh from the feed

Newest open opportunities in Maryland.

Listings link to the official notice on SAM.gov. Subscribers get the full Maryland feed with AI summaries and fit scores each morning.

Maryland questions

Asked by Maryland vendors.

How many RFPs are open in Maryland right now?

As of June 10, 2026, RFPhound counts 146 open federal contract opportunities naming Maryland as the place of performance, plus 3,465 nationwide opportunities with no single state named that Maryland businesses can compete for. These counts regenerate every morning from SAM.gov.

Why is Maryland's federal count so high?

An unmatched concentration of buyers: NIH, NSA and Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, FDA, NIST, the Social Security Administration, Joint Base Andrews, and the Naval Academy. Health research, cybersecurity, and technical services drive volume daily.

Where does the State of Maryland post its own solicitations?

On eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA), which covers state agencies and many counties and municipalities. It is a separate registration from SAM.gov, the federal-only source behind the numbers here.

Do I need a clearance to win Maryland federal work?

Not for most of it. Fort Meade's classified work grabs headlines, but NIH, FDA, NIST, SSA, and the VA buy enormous volumes of unclassified services, research support, and equipment. Cleared work is a premium segment, not the whole market.

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