B--Sole Source Justification
EPA · WATER, TRIBAL & SCIENCE DIVISION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 68HERW26R0090 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 11, 2026 · this noticeJustification (Sole Source)
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.
What the notice says
One-year subscriptions to the Chemical Economics Handbook (CEH) and the Specialty Chemicals Update Program (SCUP) chemical market encyclopedias.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
342 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (EPA), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (297): middle half $36K to $403K, median $84K; range $1K to $189.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTON-TECHLAW JV LLC | 13 | $1.1M | Sep 24, 2026 |
| THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC · $TMO · $46.3B | 11 | $603K | Jun 25, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 10 | $1.5M | Sep 9, 2026 |
| CONSOLIDATED SAFETY SERVICES INCORPORATED | 7 | $542K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| TETRA TECH, INC. · $TTEK · $5.1B | 5 | $183.3M | Jul 9, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $7.4B | 5 | $979K | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Fisher Scientific Company · $TMO · $46.3B | 5 | $172K | Jul 15, 2026 |
| EASTERN RESEARCH GROUP INC | 4 | $101.5M | Jul 2, 2025 |
| JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. | 4 | $11.7M | Aug 19, 2025 |
| HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC. | 4 | $4.9M | Sep 8, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $TMO reported $46.3B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 297 past awards, $84K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $TTEK reported $5.1B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 297 past awards, $84K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $A reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 297 past awards, $84K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 7, 2026DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P 1 DELL WAY RR8-30 Round Rock TX 78682 USA$2KD--U.S. EPA Blanket Purchase Agreement for MicrosoftNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026CDM Federal Programs Corporation$3.6MF--RAF DES RI/FS Fansteel Metals Site Base AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN ASSOCIATION 7900 W 78th St Ste 380 Edina MN 55439 USA$250K (shared ceiling)R--Inland Sensitivity Atlas for Region 5 WI/IL/MNShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026GREAT LAKES COMMISSION 1300 VICTORS WAY STE 1350 Ann Arbor MI 48108 USA$250K (shared ceiling)R--Inland Sensitivity Atlas for Region 5Shared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026PROACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS, LLC$34K66--68HE0226P0078No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026WESTON SOLUTIONS INC$18.9MR--(START) 6 - Superfund Technical Assessment and ResNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026GI4, LLC$668KD--Multi-Regional Information Technology (IT) SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026Aleut Services, LLC$6KF--Enforcement Support Services VII Contract for U.S.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$23K66--ELGA Water Polishers (Veolia)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026Transportation Energy Institute 1600 DUKE ST STE 700 Alexandria VA 22314 USA$50KB--SAP - Purchase of Retail Market Evaluation and GasNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 2024 (6 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) job
- $60K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 2 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 565 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 8 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.