Sources SoughtPosted Aug 10, 2026·Responses due Aug 17, 2026

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Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541380
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
OFPM_TEAM_SS26-33
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
H342
Place
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation OFPM_TEAM_SS26-33 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 10, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 6, 2026 to Dec 15, 2026, middle of the range Oct 29, 2026.
Measured from 19 past early notices at National Institute of Standards and Technology that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 10, 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.

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Commerce (all)), same NAICS 541380.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
The Regents of the University of Colorado Boulder CO 80303 USA1$7.9MAug 17, 2026
JONAH VENTURES, LLC1$34KSep 24, 2026
GLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED1$23KAug 27, 2026
NASCENCE GROUP LLC1$21KJul 16, 2025
JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION LP · $JCI1$17KJul 13, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.1$14KJun 29, 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 6 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 Commerce, Dept of (DOC) since 2024 (4 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Commerce, Dept of (DOC) job
  • $27K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • 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
  • 372 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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 2 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.