Notification of the SEC’s Intent to Award a Single Source Purchase Order to Allium Labs, Inc.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price purchase order to Allium Labs, Inc. for its Allium Explorer platform, a web-based interface providing enterprise-grade access to parsed, indexed, and normalized blockchain data across more than 150 distributed ledger networks, including crypto asset securities, commodities, stablecoins, and prediction market contracts. The acquisition, conducted under NAICS code 518210 and governed by Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Part 12, is justified on the grounds that Allium Labs is the only vendor with the exclusive combination of SOC 1 and SOC 2 certifications, comprehensive blockchain network coverage, low-latency query performance, and deeply decoded smart contract data accessible through a unified SQL Explorer interface. The contract has a one-year base period of performance from August 1, 2026, to July 31, 2027, with delivery to the SEC’s Office of the Chief Operations Officer in Washington, D.C., and uses FOB Destination terms. The award, anticipated on or about July 1, 2026, will be made through a lowest priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) process, where technical acceptability is a mandatory pass/fail gate based on alignment with the Statement of Work. The contract imposes stringent security, accessibility, and compliance obligations. All encryption must be FIPS 140-3 certified at level 2, and all handling of SEC nonpublic information must comply with NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2 and applicable SEC policies. The contractor is required to maintain at least one dedicated security resource to support the SEC Security Operations Center and grant the government access to its facilities, systems, and databases within 72 hours for inspection. The platform must comply with Section 508 accessibility standards, requiring submission of a VPAT 2.4, with remediation of any non-compliance at the contractor’s expense. Deliverables must be labeled as Controlled Unclassified Information and must be submitted via the SEC’s Delphi eInvoicing portal, adhering to Prompt Payment Act requirements, including detailed invoice formatting with CLIN-level billing and COR identification. Offerors must confirm active SAM registration, provide UEI and CAGE codes, and submit quotes electronically to designated SEC points of contact by June 17, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The contract incorporates critical clauses including those on