Federal NAICS Codes

NAICS 513210: Software Publishers

Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 513210.

NAICS 513210 federal market metrics

Total obligations
$3.9B
Total awards
11,842 awards
Active obligations
$2B
Size standard
$47,000,000 receipts

What this NAICS covers

NAICS 513210 covers development, publishing, licensing, and distribution of software applications and platforms, including packaged, embedded, and cloud-delivered products, plus updates, documentation, and rights management for commercially released software.

Federal opportunities under 513210 typically involve acquiring commercial software applications or platform licenses and associated maintenance, updates, deployment packages, security compliance artifacts, documentation, and vendor support agreements to meet agency operational or mission software needs.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$1.4B
Awards
3,572
Average award
$390.1K
Change from FY2024
+43.5%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$6,746,802

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Federal Acquisition Service

PIID
47QACA26F0278
PSC
DA10 - IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

$1,294,042

COGNITA IMAGING, INC

Food and Drug Administration

PIID
75F40126C00035
PSC
AJ12 - GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH

$29,334

ANSYS INC

National Institute of Standards and Technology

PIID
1333ND26FNB610126
PSC
DD01 - IT AND TELECOM - SERVICE DELIVERY SUPPORT SERVICES: ITSM, OPERATIONS CENTER, PROJECT/PM (LABOR)

$231,400

SAYARI ANALYTICS, LLC

Office of Procurement Operations

PIID
70RDA226P00000011
PSC
7A21 - IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION SOFTWARE (PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE)

$27,921,024

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

USDA, Departmental Administration

PIID
12314426F0217
PSC
7A20 - IT AND TELECOM - APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE (PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE)

$34,817

APPLIED SOFTWARE INC

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C26226P1090
PSC
DA10 - IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

$28,683

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PIID
80NSSC26P0851
PSC
DA10 - IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

FAQ

What work fits NAICS 513210?
  • License and delivery of commercial off-the-shelf software packages with versioned builds, media or installers, and accompanying license documentation.
  • Delivery of a packaged analytics application with scheduled releases, update notes, and installer images under defined licensing terms.
  • Provision of a licensed desktop or server software product with documentation, end-user license agreement, and planned patch/update deliverables.
  • Supply of a configurable packaged application where deliverables are product releases, release notes, and software license support windows.
When is NAICS 513210 a weak fit?
  • Custom software development contracts focused on design and engineering labor where deliverables are source code artifacts and time-and-materials tasks, missing the packaged productized deliverable.
  • Systems integration procurements where the primary effort is integration of multiple subsystems and hardware rather than licensing and delivering a packaged software product.
  • Managed hosting or cloud operations contracts where the primary deliverable is uptime and operational support rather than transfer or licensing of software product builds.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 513210?
  • Deliverables list versioned builds, installable executables, release notes, and license grant language as contract deliverables.
  • Evaluation asks for product lifecycle information such as planned release cadence, patch delivery timelines, and prior packaged product deployments.
  • Contract line items specify license types, license counts, documentation deliverables, and a maintenance/update schedule rather than labor categories for ad hoc development.

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