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Clearbox Platform

The government-only vendor intelligence network

Clearbox is the data engine behind how modern government buys technology. Market landscapes, verified vendor profiles, real contracts and pricing, and the technology stacks of peer agencies — in one place, built for the way procurement actually works.

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  • 401+
    Market landscapes
  • 100k+
    Implementations
  • 10,000+
    Profiled companies and products
  • $10 Million
    In contract savings identified for agencies
Clearbox Source

What's inside Clearbox Source

Access to our data platform and services, designed to make your technology procurement research as data-driven and efficient as possible.

  • Market Landscapes

    400+ government-specific landscapes comparing vendors, products, pricing, and specs across a solution area.

  • Agency & Company pages

    Deep dive into a solution's details, company experience and explore the real technology stack of peer cities and counties, backed by 100,000+ implementations.

  • Pricing Intelligence

    Contract savings analysis and quote benchmarking to help save your agency money, comparing your pricing against what peer agencies actually pay.

  • Documents

    Case studies, real government contracts, and sample RFPs — the proof and paperwork behind each buy.

Data requests

What else is included?

  • Contract Savings Analysis

    A comparative deep-dive on your key contracts: are you aligned with your peers?

  • Solicitation Marketing

    Active promotion of your RFPs to a vetted network of qualified vendors, widening your response pool.

  • Document Requests

    A curated library of reference materials: sample RFPs, contract templates, and comparable documents.

  • Calls for Innovation

    A market-sounding tool to assess vendor landscape, capabilities, and interest — no binding commitment.

  • Emerging Market Brief

    Guidance on early-stage industries, the key players, and where the market is heading.

  • Personalized Market Landscapes

    Don't see your market covered, or need a specific feature comparison? We'll build a landscape personalized to your use case.

Case studies

Three ways we help — and the proof

Reduce Hours

Evaluate large complex markets to find best fit.

50+ Hours
Saved per technology project

South Bend, Indiana's Office of the CIO adopted Clearbox Source for data-driven technology evaluation. In year one, the city completed 25+ project evaluations, saving about 50 hours each and strengthening procurement governance.

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Accelerate Decisions

Enable organization-wide vendor intelligence.

28 vendors
Narrowed to 2 finalists in 48 hours

Mesa, Arizona used Clearbox Source to narrow 28 capital planning software vendors to two finalists and one clear winner in weeks, earning seamless council approval. Today, 30–35 staff use Source for vendor intelligence.

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Expand Reach

Reach more vendors for innovation projects.

2 Days
To analyze 24 vendor submissions

Alexandria's DOT used a Marketplace.city Call for Innovation for SMART Grant pavement technology, receiving 24 submissions structured in 48 hours and selecting four vendors within two months.

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Clearbox Procure — add on

We drive the procurement for you

An optional service for teams that need a procurement run end to end. It includes everything in Source, plus data-enabled, end-to-end procurement support from a dedicated Marketplace.city team that leads the project from research to award. We execute the process, you make the decisions.

What's included in Procure

  1. .01
    Embedded procurement manager
  2. .02
    Market research & vendor identification
  3. .03
    Solicitation drafting & e-procurement posting
  4. .04
    Targeted vendor outreach & marketing
  5. .05
    Vendor response analysis & scoring
  6. .06
    Evaluation & pilot support tools
  7. .07
    Council-ready final briefing packet
  8. .08
    Sole-source / piggyback justification when needed
Pricing

Plans tailored for local government

  • Source Lite

    $1,000/mo

    Available to agencies under 50K residents · Invoiced annually

    • Unlimited users
    • 400+ market landscapes
    • Vendor and contract data
    • 3 custom support requests
    • Advanced Search
    • Company, Product & Agency pages
    • How to Buy — contract vehicles
  • Optional add-on

    Procure

    Custom

    Upgraded subscription based on spend under management or admin fee · Custom procurement support · At client's discretion

    • Modern procurement support
    • Final briefing packet prepared for board/council approval
    • Tailored one-time or per-transaction support
  • Unlimited users

    One site license covers every department, project, and search.

  • Government-only

    A closed network. Your research is private and not pay-to-play.

  • Verified data

    Real implementations, contracts, and pricing — not vendor marketing.

  • Easy to buy

    Available on OMNIA, NASPO, and select state and local cooperatives.

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Available on OMNIA, NASPO and select state & local contracts and cooperatives