Government roofing contracts and roofing contracts for bid
Government roofing contracts post on SAM.gov every week, but there are never many open at once. On October 19, 2026 the public SAM.gov file held 13 open roofing solicitations out of 6,789 open federal solicitations, and 9 of them carried the roofing NAICS code 238160. The rest sat under building construction codes, with titles like "Mission Critical Roofs Phase II" or "Cooling Tower, Roofing, and Structural Construction". FederalContracts reads every new federal notice the morning after it posts, scores it out of 100 against your trades, codes, set-asides and states, and sends one short list with the best fits first.
A five person reroofing crew in Idaho and a veteran owned commercial roofer bidding VA medical centers in New York should not be reading the same list.
| Match | Solicitation and agency | NAICS | Set-aside | Place of performance | Response due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Building 13 Stair and Roof Replacement at Castle Point VAMC | 236220 | SDVOSB | New York | 4 Nov |
| 76 | Mosquito Lake Control Tower Structural Standing Seam Metal Roof Replacement | 238160 | Total small business | Not stated | 26 Oct 7 days left |
| 76 | GAOA Mesa Falls VC Roof Repairs in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho | 238160 | Total small business | Idaho Falls, Idaho | 1 Dec |
| 75 | Z2DA--561-26-104 Repair Operating Room (OR) & Bathroom Leaks | 236220 | SDVOSB | Not stated | 4 Nov |
| 74 | Multiple Award IDIQ Contract for Design Build & General Construction Services - New York & New Jersey | 236220 | Total small business | New York, New York | 28 Oct |
Where do I find government roofing contracts?
You find federal roofing contracts on SAM.gov under Contract Opportunities, filtered by NAICS 238160 (roofing contractors) and construction service codes Z1 and Z2, since most roof work is posted as maintenance, repair or alteration of real property. Also search notice text for "roof", because many replacements post under 236220. State, county and school district roofing bids are on each buyer's own portal.
| Where the work is | Typical buyers | What it looks like | How you get in |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAM.gov construction notices | VA medical centers, Army garrisons, Forest Service, National Park Service, GSA | Roof replacements, reroofs of single buildings, roof and hatch work on towers and stations | |
| Roof maintenance and repair contracts | VA networks, Air Force wings, Navy installations | Multi-year repair and maintenance requirements contracts priced per call or per task order | |
| Roofing IDIQs and MATOCs | NAVFAC, Corps of Engineers districts, Air Force civil engineering | Multiple award pools for repair and replacement across a region, often five years | |
| Design and assessment work | VA, GSA Public Buildings Service | Roof deck assessments and architect engineer design of roof replacements | |
| State and local portals | School districts, counties, housing authorities, universities | Summer school reroofs, housing authority roof programs, cooperative purchasing contracts |
The ranked list covers the SAM.gov side every morning. On Capture it adds New York City bids from the City Record, so a city housing reroof and a VA roof replacement land in the same list. Other states and cities are not covered yet.
Roofing contracts for bid in a typical month
In the 30 days before October 19, 2026, federal buyers posted 26 roofing solicitations, presolicitations and sources sought notices, and 24 of them were roof work rather than supply buys for roofing material or roof parts. All are public records, and the mix shows where the federal roofing money goes.
- VA medical centers. Nine of the 26 came from Veterans Affairs: a roof replacement at the Wilmington VAMC in Delaware, a second floor roof replacement, a stair and roof replacement at Castle Point in New York, "Mission Critical Roofs Phase II", a comprehensive roof maintenance and repair contract in Texas and the A/E design of flat roof replacements at Canandaigua.
- Forest Service and other land agencies. Ranger station roof replacements in Idaho, roof repairs at a visitor center in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, housing unit reroofs funded by the Great American Outdoors Act, a pumping plant roof for the Bureau of Reclamation in Colorado and a roof replacement at Denali for the National Park Service.
- Army and Corps of Engineers. A standing seam metal roof replacement on a lake control tower, roof repairs at Fort Meade in Maryland, a powerhouse roof replacement at Dworshak Dam in Idaho and a roof replacement in Berlin.
- Federal buildings and labs. A roof safety project at a federal building in Washington DC for GSA, a combined cooling tower and roofing project for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and a high bay roof replacement at a Department of Energy lab in Illinois.
- Towers and small sites. Roof and hatch replacement on an FAA air traffic control tower in Hawaii, and roof repair at a USDA plant inspection site in North Carolina.
Notice the titles. "Z2DA, NRM Replace 2nd Floor Roof" at least says roof. "Cooling Tower, Roofing, and Structural Construction" buries it in the middle, and VA project numbers rarely say who the job is for, which is why reading the full notice text matters.
Most federal roofing work is set aside for small business
Of the 26 roofing notices in those 30 days, 13 were total small business set-asides, 7 were set aside for service disabled veteran owned small businesses and 1 was a veteran owned set-aside under the VA's own rules. Only a handful were open to any size of company.
That is good news for a small roofing company. The SBA size standard for NAICS 238160 is 19 million USD in average annual receipts, so nearly every roofer counts as small. A job posted under 236220 carries a higher limit and lets bigger general contractors in, so check the size standard on each notice. If you are veteran owned, government contracts for veterans explains how VA Veterans First and SDVOSB set-asides work, because the VA alone posted a third of last month's roofing work.
Roofing NAICS and service codes the matching reads
Put every code you can perform on your profile. The same roof replacement can post under 238160 at one office and under 236220 at another, depending on how the contracting officer wrote it up.
| Code | What it covers | Typical federal notice |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS 238160 | Roofing contractors | Roof replacement, reroofing, repair, metal and membrane roofing |
| NAICS 236220 | Commercial and institutional building construction | Roof work bundled with HVAC, masonry, stairs or structural repair |
| NAICS 238390 | Other building finishing contractors | Roof coatings and specialty finishing on some notices |
| NAICS 238170 | Siding contractors | Gutters, downspouts and siding work posted next to roofing |
| NAICS 541330 | Engineering services | Roof deck assessments and A/E design of roof replacements |
| PSC Z1 and Z2 | Maintenance, repair and alteration of real property | Z2DA hospital buildings, Z1DA VA facilities, Z2AA office buildings |
What decides whether you win a government roofing contract
- Davis-Bacon wages. Reroofing a federal building is construction, so contracts over 2,000 USD carry Davis-Bacon prevailing wages and certified weekly payroll at the roofer rates in the attached wage determination. Price labor from that determination, not from your commercial crew rate.
- Bonds. The Miller Act requires performance and payment bonds on federal construction over 150,000 USD, usually each at 100% of the price, and sealed bids need a bid guarantee. A full roof replacement on a hospital building can outrun a small roofer's bonding line quickly.
- Specifications and warranties. Many notices name a roof system, an insulation R value and a manufacturer's warranty, often 20 years, which means you need to be an approved installer for that manufacturer. Defense roofs follow the Unified Facilities Criteria for roofing, UFC 3-110-03.
- Safety plans. Federal roofs need a written fall protection plan, and Corps of Engineers jobs follow the EM 385-1-1 safety manual with an accident prevention plan before work starts. Older roofs may also need an asbestos survey before tear off.
- Small jobs first. Contracts under the simplified acquisition threshold, now 350,000 USD, use faster procedures and are usually set aside for small business. A ranger station reroof or a tower roof there builds the past performance that IDIQs and hospital roofs ask for.
- Site visits. Most roofing notices hold one site visit, and the core cuts, deck condition and access you see there decide your number. A list that shows the site visit date on day one beats a longer list you read a week late.
How roofing bid matching works
- Describe your work in one line. Roof replacement, repair, standing seam metal, single ply membrane, built up roofing, gutters and roof drains. The matcher reads the full notice text against it, so a notice titled by a VA project number still reaches you when the scope is a reroof.
- We read every new notice. Each federal solicitation, presolicitation and sources sought notice is read in full the morning after it posts, not only the title and the NAICS code.
- Each notice gets a score out of 100 with a reason. Scope fit, set-aside eligibility, place of performance and days left to respond, so a reroof inside your service area ranks above a tower roof across the Pacific.
- You get one short list. The best fits first, with the due date and the award history of similar contracts, so you know who did the last roof at that medical center before you price the next one.
Who pays for a roofing bid list
- Commercial roofing contractors. Firms that already reroof schools, warehouses and hospitals add federal buildings within driving distance of their crews.
- Veteran owned roofing companies. An SDVOSB near a VA medical center sees the set-aside roof work ranked above notices it cannot bid.
- Metal roofing and specialty crews. Standing seam, membrane and coating specialists see the tower, powerhouse and lab roofs that general roofers pass on.
- Estimators and owners pricing their own bids. A roofer who prices three federal jobs a month needs the right three on Monday morning with the site visit date, not sixty construction notices to sort.
Ways to find roofing bids compared
| Option | What you get | What it costs | Where it falls short |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAM.gov saved searches | Every federal notice by keyword or code, emailed raw | Free | |
| Construction bid services | Private and public plans and bids, mostly building projects | Typically several hundred to a few thousand USD a year | |
| Bid aggregators | Federal, state and local notices in one feed | From about 599 USD a year for one state on BidNet Direct to five figures nationally | |
| Research databases | Award history, forecasts, contacts | GovTribe from 1,500 USD a year, GovWin IQ quoted in five figures | |
| FederalContracts | Federal notices scored out of 100 against your work, codes and set-asides, with the reason and the deadline | 129 USD a month, or 768 USD a year on Bid Desk |
If most of your roofing is private commercial work from general contractors and property managers, a construction plans room does more than we do. If the problem is catching the few federal roof notices a week that fit your crew before the site visit, the ranked list is what saves the time. Government bidding sites compared lists the official portals and paid services side by side.
What roofing contractors get on each plan
- Bid Desk, 129 USD a month or 768 USD a year. Federal solicitations, 1 company profile, 3 seats, 5 saved searches, a daily ranked digest, deadline reminders and 3 years of competitor award history, so you see who won the last reroof at that base before you price.
- Capture, 349 USD a month or 2,088 USD a year. Federal solicitations plus New York City bids from the City Record, 5 business lines (for example reroofing, roof maintenance contracts and sheet metal as separate lines), 15 seats, per business line digests and full award history with exports.
Every plan feature is on pricing. Annual billing costs half of twelve monthly payments.
How to get government roofing contracts?
To get government roofing contracts, register in SAM.gov with NAICS 238160 and the related codes you perform, claim every set-aside you qualify for and bid roof notices within reach of your crews. Start with single building reroofs under the simplified acquisition threshold, price labor from the Davis-Bacon wage determination and use those jobs as past performance for roofing IDIQs.
What is the NAICS code for roofing?
The NAICS code for roofing contractors is 238160, Roofing Contractors. Its SBA small business size standard is 19 million USD in average annual receipts. Federal roof work also posts under 236220 when it is bundled with other building work and under 541330 for roof assessments and design, so list those too if you do that work.
Who is the largest buyer of federal roofing work?
Veterans Affairs posted more roofing notices than any other agency in the 30 days before October 19, 2026, 9 of 26, mostly roof replacements and repair contracts at medical centers. The Forest Service, the Army and the Corps of Engineers, and Interior agencies such as the National Park Service and the Bureau of Reclamation follow.
Do roofing contractors need to be bonded for government work?
Yes for federal construction over 150,000 USD. The Miller Act requires a performance bond and a payment bond, usually each at 100% of the contract price, and sealed bids need a bid guarantee. Smaller roof repairs use other payment protections, so many first federal roofing jobs need no bond at all.
Does Davis-Bacon apply to roofing contracts?
Yes. Reroofing or repairing a federal building is repair or alteration of real property, which is construction, so contracts over 2,000 USD carry Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for roofers and certified weekly payroll. The wage determination attached to the notice sets the rate by county, and it often sits above a commercial roofing rate.
Are government roofing contracts profitable?
Government roofing contracts can be profitable because payment is reliable, most jobs are set aside for small firms and specified roof systems keep out bidders who are not approved installers. Margins depend on pricing the wage determination, seeing the deck condition at the site visit and staying close enough to keep crews on schedule.
See today's roofing contracts ranked for your company
Choose the roofing profile above, or type your own work, state and NAICS codes. Bid Match ranks a dated snapshot of public federal solicitation records against them, so you see the list you would get each morning before you pay anything.
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