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BidBenchmark Software Development Price Index

Latest (2027)

31.2

Periods

14

Current vintage

Nov 3, 2026

bbi-software-development · index@2026.08.1 · Underlying benchmark

Series

PeriodValueAwardsNote
FY2014100.010incomplete coverage, thin sample
FY201553.724incomplete coverage, thin sample
FY201631.935incomplete coverage
FY201789.740incomplete coverage
FY201885.242incomplete coverage
FY201992.964incomplete coverage
FY202097.296incomplete coverage
FY2021186.7156incomplete coverage
FY2022196.7174incomplete coverage
FY2023177.0245incomplete coverage
FY2024157.8353incomplete coverage
FY2025114.7365incomplete coverage
FY202650.72784
FY202731.211partial year, thin sample
Index points, first published fiscal year = 100. Periods are federal fiscal years, October to September. Awards column is the sample behind each period; a partial year had not ended when the index was computed, a thin sample has fewer than 30 awards, and incomplete coverage marks a fiscal year whose award records are only partly loaded, so its median describes a different mix of awards and the movement into or out of it is not a price change.

Revisions

Every change to a published value, with its cause. Prior vintages remain retrievable at the value they carried.

VintagePeriodToChangeCause
Nov 3, 2026202650.7+26.3More awards reported for a period already published
Nov 3, 20262025114.7+33.9More awards reported for a period already published
Nov 3, 20262024157.8+44.7More awards reported for a period already published
Nov 3, 20262023177.0+56.8More awards reported for a period already published
Nov 3, 20262022196.7+43.8More awards reported for a period already published
Nov 3, 20262021186.7-54.3More awards reported for a period already published
Nov 3, 2026202097.2-241.1More awards reported for a period already published
Nov 3, 2026201992.9-7.1More awards reported for a period already published
Oct 4, 2026202624.4+20.5More awards reported for a period already published
Oct 4, 2026202580.8+67.7More awards reported for a period already published
Oct 4, 20262024113.2+95.5More awards reported for a period already published
Oct 4, 20262023120.2+101.3More awards reported for a period already published
Oct 4, 20262022152.9+129.1More awards reported for a period already published
Oct 4, 20262021241.0+202.1More awards reported for a period already published
Oct 4, 20262020338.3+238.3More awards reported for a period already published

Historical vintages

Each vintage is the series exactly as it was published on that date. The digest lets you prove the file you hold is the file we published.

VintageCoverageSHA-256
Nov 3, 20262014–2027 (14)—pending
Oct 4, 20262019–2026 (8)1f079df353a242c5…Download CSV
Sep 4, 20262020–2026 (7)9b61edebd016fcbf…Download CSV

Methodology

Each index tracks the median current award value for a fixed benchmark category, rebased so that the first published period equals 100.

The cohort definition is held constant across periods, so movement reflects award values rather than a changing mix of contracts. A period is published only when its underlying benchmark snapshot met the minimum sample size. Revisions are issued as new dated vintages; previously published vintages remain retrievable.

Machine access to these values, including as-of queries against any vintage, is available through the licensing API.