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Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation ACQ-26-0362 in this department, oldest first.
- Dec 16, 2025Special NoticeOpen
- Feb 18, 2026 · this noticeAward NoticeIP.COM I, LLC · $5.1M
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
- Follow the agency to see the next notice for this work.
What the notice says
The USPTO conducted market research from September 2025 through November 2025 and the results indicate that IP.com I, LLC is the only known qualified source. As a result of the USPTO�s exemption from the Competition in Contracting Act, the subject requirement is being procured using the Alternate Competition Method in accordance with the Patent and Trademark Acquisition Guidelines (PTAG) and the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act, 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(4)(A).
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Commerce (all)), same product/service code (PSC) DA10.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $100K to $594K, median $144K; range $33K to $13.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLINGSHOT AEROSPACE INC | 1 | $13.3M | Nov 26, 2024 |
| FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC. · $FDS · $2.1B | 1 | $879K | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC | 1 | $308K | Jul 31, 2025 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NW 5957 P. O. BOX 1450 Minneapolis MN 55485 USA | 1 | $144K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| KITWARE INC | 1 | $137K | Aug 15, 2025 |
| Synegen, Inc | 1 | $64K | Mar 11, 2025 |
| URNER BARRY PUBLICATIONS, INC. | 1 | $33K | Sep 23, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $FDS reported $2.1B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 7 past awards, $144K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Aug 24, 2026FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC.$879KEnterprise Financial and Market Intelligence Platform
- Sep 24, 2025REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NW 5957 P. O. BOX 1450 Minneapolis MN 55485 USA$144KD--Satellite Imagery Processing Enhancements
- Sep 23, 2025URNER BARRY PUBLICATIONS, INC.$33KD--Urner Barry (Expana) Online Seafood Market and Onl
- Aug 15, 2025KITWARE INC$137KD--1305M325C0032 Steller Sea Lion AI
- Jul 31, 2025Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC$308KD--Systems Tool Kit (STK) Software Licenses (8/1/2025
- Mar 11, 2025Synegen, Inc$64KLearning Management System for Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP)
- Nov 26, 2024SLINGSHOT AEROSPACE INC$13.3MPresentation Layer of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)
Competitive landscape
For the 7 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
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
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.
- 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.