OCTOBER 2026 EDITION
A quiet board, a busy year, and one date that matters.
October opened the way the continuing resolution said it would: thin by law, not by weak demand. Underneath the quiet month is a year that ran well ahead of the last one, a funding deadline on December 11 that nothing has yet moved, and a set of rule changes that are slower and smaller than the headlines suggest. This edition covers what changed since September 22, what did not, and two corrections to the September edition.
DLA's buying ran 24% ahead of last year through June.
December 11 is still the date.
Nothing changed for CMMC, and the cyber liability grew.
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OCTOBER 2026 EDITION
October 2026 DIBBS Market Report
The headline findings from each section of the October edition. The full edition, with the monthly obligation chart, the class deviations, the trade actions and the dates to plan around, is a free PDF.
DLA's buying ran 24% ahead
USAspending shows $45.1 billion in DLA prime contract obligations from October 2025 through June 2026, against $36.3 billion in the same months a year earlier.
December 11 is still the date
No new continuing resolution has been enacted and no FY2027 defense appropriations bill has passed either chamber. The funding that started October 1 runs out on December 11.
CMMC unchanged, cyber liability up
The Phase 2 pause stands under the same deviation. The latest False Claims Act cyber settlement, Honeywell Aerospace on September 1, is four times the size of the one the September edition cited.
Regulatory and policy watch
The CMMC Phase 2 pause stands under Class Deviation 2026-O0025 Revision 3, with no fourth revision as of October 8. The latest cyber False Claims Act settlement is Honeywell Aerospace, $2,042,518, on September 1. Comments on the four FAR overhaul proposed rules close October 19. Two class deviations were revised October 7, and DLA Weapons Support renamed its local procurement notices on October 1.
Budget and funding outlook
Public Law 119-103 funds the government through December 11. No new continuing resolution has been enacted, and no FY2027 Defense appropriations bill has passed either chamber.
DIBBS market activity
DLA obligated $45.1 billion on prime contracts from October 2025 through June 2026, 24 percent above the same months of FY2025 (USAspending.gov, queried October 18, 2026).
Actionable opportunities
Keep quoting through a thin October, map old DLA notice numbers to the new Procurement Guidance Notices, and confirm your Supplier Performance Risk System affirmation.
Looking ahead
October 19, November 18, and December 11 and 12.
Sources
The full October edition, with the monthly obligation chart and every section in full, is a free PDF. Ask for it with the form at the top of this page.
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