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Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NB688000-26-02391 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 21, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334519.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC. | 1 | $124K | Mar 27, 2026 |
| DIRECT DIMENSIONS INC | 1 | $108K | Jun 26, 2026 |
| ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC · $ITW | 1 | $106K | Sep 9, 2025 |
| LABLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $77K | Jul 18, 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.
- Jun 26, 2026DIRECT DIMENSIONS INC$108KAward Notice for Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS)
- Mar 27, 2026TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$124KCHIPS R&D: Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer
- Sep 9, 2025ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC$106KReplacement Forming Limit Machine Controller
- Jul 18, 2025LABLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.$77KLiquid Scintillation Counter
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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.
- 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.