Sources SoughtPosted Sep 2, 2026·Responses due Sep 8, 2026

Business Establishment Time Series for the United States

Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
519290
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1232SA26SS1170140
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
DA10
Place
Beltsville, MD, USA
Contact
Jessica Hadley (jessica.hadley@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26SS1170140 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 2, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 3, 2026 to Nov 26, 2026, middle of the range Nov 3, 2026.
Measured from 43 past early notices at Agricultural Research Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 2, 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

The USDA/ARS/APD is conducting market research to identify responsible and capable businesses�particularly Small Business, WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB, and SBA?certified small business concerns�that can provide a national establishment?level time?series dataset covering all U.S. business establishments from 1990 through 2025. This notice is issued strictly for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), or a promise to issue a solicitation. This notice seeks to assess marketplace capabilities and determine the appropriate acquisiti… (show all)

on strategy, including potential small?business set?aside considerations. Requirement Description USDA requires access to a commercially available dataset or data service that provides: Complete establishment?level microdata for all U.S. business establishments, 1990�2025 Business name, address, geocodes (latitude/longitude), and DUNS?derived identifiers Headquarters linkages and corporate �family tree� Industry classification (NAICS to 6?digit) Employment and sales, including growth indicators Indicators such as foreign?owned, minority?owned, women?owned, import/export, and government contracts flags Move/relocation history with origin/destination FIPS Availability in tab?delimited ASCII and SQL Server formats Vendor?provided technical assistance for the duration of the license Two?year license period Requested Information from Industry Interested parties shall submit a capability statement (no more than three (3) pages) including: Organization Name SAM.gov UEI Business Size Status for NAICS 519290 Point of Contact (name, email, phone) Statement of Interest in potential solicitation Statement of Capability showing the ability to meet each element of the data requirements Description of dataset provenance, methodology, and coverage history Confirmation of active SAM.gov registration Do NOT submit pricing, proposals, or quotes. Do NOT submit proprietary or classified information. Submission Instructions Responses must be submitted via email no later than: DATE: September 8, 2026 TIME: 10:00 AM EDT Submit Response To: Jessica Hadley at jessica.hadley@usda.gov Email Subject Line Must Read: �1232SA26SS1170140 SSN Response � Business Establishment Time Series� Disclaimers This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The Government will not pay for responses. Respondents will not be notified of review results. Any future solicitation will be posted only on SAM.gov. Information may be used to determine whether to issue a small?business set?aside, an unrestricted solicitation, or a sole?source procurement�depending on market capability. No telephonic inquiries will be accepted.

Who won similar work

1981 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Multiple Washington DC USA153$1.7BSep 25, 2026
RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC15$1.9MAug 28, 2026
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC10$1.7MSep 3, 2026
BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ9$1.8MSep 28, 2026
TYSON FOODS INC. · $TSN8$120.9MAug 31, 2026
THREE STRIPES CONTRACTING LLC8$748KSep 15, 2026
Xplicit Technologies LLC7$396KApr 30, 2026
PARLIAMENT LLC6$1.2MSep 8, 2026
KING MATTHEW R De Pere WI 54115 USA6$168KMay 14, 2026
Covington Firelake JV, LLC5$31.7MSep 23, 2026

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (11 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
  • $178K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • 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
  • 132 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
  • 1 insider buys and 0 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.