SOLE-SOURCE Special Notice Regarding a Project Entitled "Versar Security Systems (VSS) ESS Upgrade, Maintenance & Monitoring (IDS Upgrade & Annual PM/CM Support)"
Transportation (all) · 693JK4 OST
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 693JK4R500008 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 17, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
This is a SOLE-SOURCE Special Notice / Pre-Solicitaton Notice, announcing DOT's intention to award a SOLE-SOURCE Purchase Order to Versar Security Systems, LLC, for Versar's performance of a project entitled "Versar Security Systems (VSS) ESS Upgrade, Maintenance & Monitoring (IDS Upgrade & Annual PM/CM Support)", to be performed by Versar at the U. S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Continuity of Operations Center located in Piney Point, Maryland.
Who won similar work
13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Transportation (all)), same industry group (NAICS 5415).
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| KONGSBERG MARITIME INC | 2 | $637K | Oct 2, 2026 |
| BLUEWIRE, LLC | 2 | $140K | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Science Applications International Corporation · $SAIC | 1 | $123.0M | Jan 28, 2025 |
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATORS, THE Arlington VA 22203 USA | 1 | $19.0M | Aug 21, 2025 |
| EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, L.L.C. | 1 | $7.4M | Jan 13, 2025 |
| ERNST & YOUNG LLP | 1 | $2.1M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| NEWTON DESIGN, LLC | 1 | $1.7M | Jul 14, 2026 |
| MZC FOUNDATION INC | 1 | $900K | Aug 3, 2026 |
| CRITERION SYSTEMS, L.L.C. | 1 | $758K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| WASMER CONSULTING Gainesville FL 32608 USA | 1 | $29K | Apr 23, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Oct 2, 2026KONGSBERG MARITIME INC$164KKongsberg Maritime to provide maintenance and support for the Kongsberg Full Mission Ship Simulator, K-Sim Engine floating license server, United States Merchant Marine Academy
- Oct 1, 2026KONGSBERG MARITIME INC$473KKongsberg Full Mission Ship Simulator, K-Sim Navigation System Maintenance and Support, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York.
- Sep 29, 2026CRITERION SYSTEMS, L.L.C.$758KCybersecurity Managment Support Services
- Sep 29, 2026ERNST & YOUNG LLP$2.1MSecurity Assessment and Authorization Support Services
- Aug 3, 2026MZC FOUNDATION INC$900KRight-of-Way (ROW) suitability analysis
- Jul 14, 2026NEWTON DESIGN, LLC$1.7MCONTRACT AWARD: Aircraft Cabin Research Facility Flexible Aircraft Cabin Simulator (ACRF FLEXSIM) Annual Maintenance, Engineering Upgrades and Repair Support to Newton Design LLC
- Apr 23, 2026BLUEWIRE, LLC$70KPredictive Modeling for Unrated Carriers
- Apr 23, 2026WASMER CONSULTING Gainesville FL 32608 USA$29KBaseOps Usability Improvements for MRNMAP
- Apr 13, 2026BLUEWIRE, LLC$70KPredictive Modeling for Unrated Carriers
- Aug 21, 2025AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATORS, THE Arlington VA 22203 USA$19.0MCommercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) Operations & Maintenance
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 Transportation, Dept of (DOT) since 2024 (5 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Transportation, Dept of (DOT) job
- $58K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- 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
- 1218 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.