Special NoticePosted Jul 22, 2026·Responses due Jul 23, 2026

Pitchbook software subscription

Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
51321
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
NB301020-26-02126
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
DD01
Place
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Contact
Prateema E. Carvajal (prateema.carvajal@nist.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation NB301020-26-02126 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 8, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Jul 22, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Jul 22, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 3, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, middle of the range Sep 26, 2026.
Measured from 19 past early notices at National Institute of Standards and Technology that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 8, 2026).

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 A COMBINED SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE*** The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing Pitchbook software subscription. If no alternate sources are identified, the Government intends to issue a Sole Source Award to Pitchbook Data Inc., 901 Fifth Avenue Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98164, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 513210, Software Publisher with a size standard of $47.0 M. The Na… (show all)

tional Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) CHIPS Research and Development (R&D) Office requires continued access to the Pitchbook venture capital and private equity market analysis tool platform which delivers data, research, and technology covering private capital markets, including venture capital, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions transactions. This software supports multiple programs including CHIPS SBIR, CHIPS National Semiconductor Technology Center Program, CHIPS National Advanced Packaging and Manufacturing Program, CHIPS Manufacturing USA Program, CHIPS Metrology Program, and the NIST Research Security and Safeguarding International Science program. PitchBook's proprietary data ecosystem and integrated analytical tools include the following key features such as real-time direct data, the Excel plugin for customized modeling, and the Desktop interface are unique to the PitchBook platform and cannot be replicated. These capabilities are critical to the program's operations, and switching to any alternative would require significant retraining, data migration, and workflow disruption, while still failing to match PitchBook's capabilities. HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response. Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact listed at the bottom of this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice. Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company�s Unique Entity ID (UEI). Details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST�s minimum requirements. Whether your company is an authorized reseller of the product or service being cited and evidence of such authorization. For the NAICS code Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business. See the Table of Small Business Size Standards and the associated .pdf download file for small business size standards and additional information. If you believe the NAICS code listed in this notice is not the best NAICS code for the type of product addressed in this notice, identify an alternative NAICS code that you believe would be more appropriate for the planned procurement. If your firm has existing Federal Supply Schedule contract(s) or other contracts for products or services against which the Department may be able to place orders, identify the contract number(s) and other relevant information. Describe your firm�s experience (as a prime, subcontractor, or consultant) providing the products or services described in Background section. Please provide a letter of authorization from the manufacturer showing the relationship as an authorized reseller Provide any other information that you believe would be valuable for the Government to know as part of its market research for this requirement. Please let us know if you would like to engage to get a better understanding of the requirement or need additional information about the Government�s requirement for the products or services described in the Background section. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via email to the Primary Point of Contact and the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice. Questions should be submitted so that they are received by 8:00 a.m.. Eastern Time on July 23, 2026. Questions will be anonymized and answered via sources sought notice amendment following the question submission deadline. IMPORTANT NOTES The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the NIST may appropriately solicit for its requirements in the near future. This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the NIST to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. This notice is not a request for a quotation. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations. No award will be made as a result of this notice. NIST is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Commerce (all)), same industry group (NAICS 5132).

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TELEDYNE DIGITAL IMAGING INC2$1.2MSep 9, 2025
FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC. · $FDS1$879KAug 24, 2026
IRSA UMAR Glen Burnie MD 21060 USA1$418KSep 1, 2026
FORGE BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY LLC1$384KAug 14, 2025
Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC1$308KJul 31, 2025
TELOS CORPORATION · $TLS1$229KSep 30, 2026
HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, INC.1$90KSep 4, 2025
CHMURA ECONOMICS & ANALYTICS, LLC1$78KSep 16, 2026
THE GORDIAN GROUP, INC.1$72KOct 14, 2026
Synegen, Inc1$64KMar 11, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Commerce, Dept of (DOC) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Commerce, Dept of (DOC) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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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.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 372 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 2 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.