NSN Now

NSN-Now is a commercial, subscription-based service that alerts aerospace and defense suppliers to U.S. government parts solicitations and contract awards, and provides a searchable parts/drawings locator. It was developed in 1999 around the concept of using email notifications to flag relevant government solicitations to subscribing companies. It is operated by NSN-Now, a private company — not a federal agency or DoD system.

What it is

NSN-Now describes itself as a research tool that matches daily government solicitations to a company's profile, and also offers a digital drawings library and an inventory/parts listing service. Its own site states plainly, "We are an information service provider. We do not sell parts." The public-facing homepage displays running counts of open solicitations and historical awards, framing the service as a vendor-side procurement-intelligence tool built around National Stock Number (NSN) activity.

Who operates it

NSN-Now is operated by the company of the same name, based at 8200 Republic Airport, Hangar 43, Farmingdale, NY 11735. It is a commercial vendor service, not a Department of Defense or federal system of record.

Access

The public homepage and a limited public search are viewable without an account, but the solicitation-matching, drawings library, and inventory features require registration through the site's subscription/registration page. No public pricing tiers are posted; prospective users register or contact the company directly to learn terms.

How logisticians use it

NSN-Now is primarily a vendor/supplier-facing tool — aerospace and defense contractors use it to track solicitations tied to NSNs and to research parts and technical drawings relevant to bids. It is not the tool a government logistician would use to source parts or verify stock numbers; for authoritative federal procurement data, contracting officers and the public rely on SAM.gov (Contract Opportunities), and for NSN identification and cataloging data, DLA's own systems are authoritative. NSN-Now functions as one of several private aggregator/alert services built on top of publicly available solicitation data.

Related systems

SAM.gov is the authoritative federal source for contract opportunities and awards. DLA's Logistics Information Services (WebFLIS/PUB LOG) is the authoritative source for NSN cataloging data. NSN-Now is a private, subscription-based alternative aimed at commercial suppliers rather than government users.