Pre-solicitationPosted Jul 23, 2026·Responses due Aug 7, 2026

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NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541519
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
141009-26-0078
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7A20
Place
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 141009-26-0078 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 23, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 4, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026, middle of the range Oct 14, 2026.
Measured from 49 past early notices at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 23, 2026).

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

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same NAICS 541519.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $59K to $1.1M, median $189K; range $7K to $3.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ITEGRITY INC2$3.0MMar 31, 2025
Propel Solutions LLC1$3.0MJul 16, 2026
SENECA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, LLC1$1.3MDec 13, 2024
ESSNOVA SOLUTIONS, INC.1$492KDec 23, 2024
DYNAMIC SYSTEMS INC1$189KJun 20, 2025
ADVANCED COMPUTER CONCEPTS, INC.1$130KApr 21, 2026
COLOSSAL CONTRACTING LLC1$81KFeb 17, 2026
ECHOVIEW SOFTWARE PTY LTD1$37KJun 22, 2026
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.1$22KJul 30, 2026
VOCAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD1$7KNov 29, 2024

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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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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
  • 305 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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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
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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.