Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Renewal of $AVRS & TRMS from Software Engineering of America
Agriculture (all) · USDA, OCP-POD-ACQ-MGMT-BRANCH-FTC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation AG-1177112 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 2, 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
The United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Chief Information Officer, Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC) intends to award a purchase order on a Sole Source bases to Software Engineering of America for the RENEWAL of our current $AVRS & TRMS Program Products. The USDA mainframe platform relies on these specific tools and cannot function without their maintenance and support. Software Engineering of America is the sole developer, manufacturer, licensor, and maintainer of the $AVRS and TRMS Program Products. These tools are proprietary and require access to SEA�s source cod… (show all)
e for maintenance, bug corrections, updates, and license support. No other vendor is legally authorized to provide maintenance or updates. SEA has no resellers, and the Government verified only SEA may service these products. The nature of the software, coupled with proprietary restrictions, makes Software Engineering of America the only capable source of providing the necessary support services. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS/QUOTE. Responsible sources may submit a capability statement in response to this requirement. Any response must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities, pricing, and other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the Governments Requirement. A determination by the Government to compete the requirement based on the responses to this Special Notice is solely the discretion of the Government. All information received from this notice shall be used for planning and market research purposes only. The Government will not pay for the preparation of any information submitted or use of such information.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541519.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarity24 LLC | 1 | $19.1M | Jan 6, 2025 |
| UNISON SOFTWARE INC | 1 | $7.1M | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Fathom, LLC · $FTHM | 1 | $2.5M | Sep 8, 2026 |
| DATACAMP, INC | 1 | $85K | Aug 25, 2025 |
| Chicago Soft, LTD | 1 | $61K | Aug 20, 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.
- Sep 8, 2026Fathom, LLC$2.5MPRATUS Platform Training and Implementation
- Feb 13, 2026UNISON SOFTWARE INC$7.1MUSDA PSD PRISM Annual Software Maintenance
- Aug 25, 2025DATACAMP, INC$85KDATACAMP
- Aug 20, 2025Chicago Soft, LTD$61KMVS Software
- Jan 6, 2025Clarity24 LLC$19.1MUSDA/Food and Nutrition Service (FNS): Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) Digital Services
Competitive landscape
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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 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.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 132 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.