HANDSHAKE SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION
Department of Defense (all) · WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES (WHS)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation TB071520261025 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 11, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES. PURSUANT TO REVOLUTIONARY FAR OVERHAUL (RFO) 5.101(a), THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT�S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD TO STRYDER CORP. (HANDSHAKE) FOR AN ENTERPRISE HANDSHAKE PREMIUM SAAS SUBSCRIPTION The Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD), on behalf of the Human Resources Directorate (HRD), intends to perform a sole source award to Stryder Corp. (Handshake) for an enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription to Handshake Premium. The HRD requires an enterprise talent acquisition and digital recruitment platfor… (show all)
m to execute centralized early-career sourcing, targeted outreach, and strategic recruiting campaigns across national higher-education networks in support of select Department of Defense/War Components, the Joint Staff, the Military Departments, the Office of the Secretary, Congress, and the Executive Office of the President. The required package includes 20 Recruiter Seat Licenses, the Handshake Talent Engagement Suite for direct outreach campaigns, the Advanced Brand Page, the Advanced Insights & Reporting Dashboard (Handshake Insights), and Expert Assist Service onboarding and technical support. The estimated value of the contract is The anticipated award will be made under the authority of 41 U.S.C. � 1901 under the procedures of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.201-1, �Simplified procedures.� Handshake is the only vendor that can meet HRD�s requirements as it maintains proprietary, exclusive enterprise partnerships across a national network of more than 1,400+ accredited higher-education career centers spanning all 50 states. Handshake holds exclusive intellectual property and proprietary code rights to its multi-school management system, student interface, and candidate engagement architecture. Furthermore, Handshake maintains no authorized third-party resellers, distributors, or channel partners, and sells enterprise software subscriptions directly to federal government entities. This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability for this scope of work by responding to this notice via email to whs.mc-alex.ad.mbx.ks@mail.mil with a PDF file, referencing notice of intent number TB071520261025, no later than 10:00 A.M. ET, September 14, 2026. All information submitted should support the offerors� capability to provide the services required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to cancel the Sole Source Award. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services with a Small business size standard of $40 Million. Contracting Office Address: Washington Headquarters Services Acquisition Directorate 4800 Mark Center Drive Suite 09F09 Alexandria, Virginia 22350
Who won similar work
114 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same product/service code (PSC) DA10.
Single-winner award sizes (114): middle half $120K to $6.3M, median $497K; range $16K to $652.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP | 7 | $25.2M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| DS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS CORP | 3 | $2.3M | Sep 30, 2026 |
| THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 3 | $340K | Jun 25, 2026 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 2 | $1.3B | Aug 5, 2025 |
| BY LIGHT PROFESSIONAL IT SERVICES LLC | 2 | $791.9M | May 12, 2026 |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH · $11.1B | 2 | $166.2M | Jul 14, 2026 |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION · $IBM · $69.1B | 2 | $119.0M | Oct 27, 2025 |
| LEXISNEXIS SPECIAL SERVICES INC | 2 | $23.8M | Apr 1, 2026 |
| 3DB LABS INC | 2 | $17.9M | Jul 22, 2026 |
| LASTWALL CORP. | 2 | $7.6M | Jun 12, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 114 past awards, $497K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $BAH reported $11.1B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 114 past awards, $497K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $IBM reported $69.1B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 114 past awards, $497K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 1, 2026HSQ TECH, INC.$428KSupervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026DS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS CORP$558KFY26 3DEXPERIENCE Subscription RenewalNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026STRYDER CORP$3.6MSaaS subscription to Handshake PremiumNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$493KSentris Silver Enhanced SubscriptionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2026DATAMINR, INC.$8.9MDataminr, Inc. First Alert AdvancedNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2026CLEARVOYANT CONSULTING, LLC$856KFY27 MPBI Stakeholder Data Analytics SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2026ANARK CORPORATION$441KANARK Sole Source Software ProcurementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 2026CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$479KNOC ServiceNowNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 2026CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$906KISD ServiceNowNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 10, 2026ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$480.4MJoint Enterprise Task Management System (JETMS)Materiality: 0.65% of $ACN revenue (Low) SEC
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (35 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
- $394K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 1 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 3 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.