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Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Commerce is planning to buy "Sonnet Software and Maintenance Support". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in Gaithersburg, MD, USA. Responses are due Nov 28, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 5 companies, usually for about $78K per award. An award is expected between January 2027 and March 2027.
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Every notice posted under solicitation 571018-27-0011 in this department, oldest first.
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software license maintenance, security upgrades, and technical support for NIST Sonnet software packages. Replacing the software license with another product would result in the following: - Require the purchase of new start-up licenses of the competing product at approximately 4-5 times the cost of purchasing this maintenance and support. - Retraining all staff in the use of the replacement product. - Rewriting all the code written in this product in the format/language/syntax of the new product. Failure to renew Sonnet Software and support will prevent NIST from supporting the current version of the product as it becomes available, including IT security patches and updates. Additionally, NIST will not be able to open tickets for vendor support, and critical IT support will fail to function. Sonnet Software is the only known vendor capable of providing software licenses and maintenance support. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 513210 � Software Publishers. The small business size standard is $47.0 M. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on November 28, 2026 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Prateema Carvajal at Prateema.carvajal@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at Prateema.carvajal@nist.gov no later than the aforementioned due date.
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST), same NAICS 513210.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $64K to $90K, median $78K; range $34K to $879K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC. · $FDS · $2.5B | 1 | $879K | Aug 24, 2026 |
| HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, INC. | 1 | $90K | Sep 4, 2025 |
| CHMURA ECONOMICS & ANALYTICS, LLC | 1 | $78K | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Synegen, Inc | 1 | $64K | Mar 11, 2025 |
| BUBBLERAN Biot 06410 FRA | 1 | $34K | Sep 28, 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. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
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For the 5 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
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.
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.
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.
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