NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE TO APEX INSTRUCTMENTS
EPA · REGION 3 CONTRACTING OFFICE
EPA is planning to buy "NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE TO APEX INSTRUCTMENTS". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in USA. Responses are due Nov 3, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 4 companies, usually for about $114K per award. An award is expected between November 2026 and March 2027.
Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NOTICE_OF_INTENT_TO_SOLE_SOURCE_TO_APEX_INSTRUCTMENTS in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (EPA), same product/service code (PSC) 6630.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $94K to $158K, median $114K; range $52K to $272K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LECO CORP | 1 | $272K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| NOBLE SUPPLY & LOGISTICS, LLC | 1 | $120K | Sep 19, 2025 |
| PARTICLE INSTRUMENTS LLC | 1 | $109K | May 7, 2025 |
| BRINKMANN INSTRUMENTS, INC. | 1 | $52K | Mar 21, 2025 |
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. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Sep 23, 2026LECO CORP$272K66--Comprehensive two dimensional-gas chromatography tNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 19, 2025NOBLE SUPPLY & LOGISTICS, LLC$120K66--ORM-RSCD-SHEMB: Gemini Chemical Identification AnaNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 7, 2025PARTICLE INSTRUMENTS LLC$109K66--SAP - Purchase of Dekati ELPI High resolution partNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 21, 2025BRINKMANN INSTRUMENTS, INC.$52K66--Water Titrator PurchaseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 568 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.