Special NoticePosted Jul 31, 2026·Responses due Aug 15, 2026

USAFSAM/OEA Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)

Air Force and Space Force · FA2396 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL PZLE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0041
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6630
Place
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Contact
Jason Sav (jason.sav@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0041 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 25, 2026 to Jan 26, 2027, middle of the range Nov 6, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 31, 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.

What the notice says

This requirement is for two (2) Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) in support of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM/OEA) NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RMZB), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, intends to award a sole source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.102(a) to Agilent Technologies, Inc. In order to comply with RFO 5.101(c)(4)(vii), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: Agilent Technologies, In… (show all)

c. is the only vendor capable of providing the ICP-MS Agilent as they are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and sole developer of the required MassHunter software. Please see attachment to this notice for additional details. This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources or authorized distributors may submit a capability statement that meets all the requirements in the attached Minimum Requirements Document (MRD) dated 29 July 2026, quotation, or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government via e-mail to Mr. Jason B. Sav at jason.sav@us.af.mil no later than Friday 15 August 2026 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads �Notice of Intent to Award SS � Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)�. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or .xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments. Attachment(s): Minimum Requirements Document (MRD) Single Source Justification (SSJ) Redacted

Who won similar work

40 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BRUKER AXS LLC · $BRKR2$588KJul 28, 2026
ARHAB LLC2$412KMay 14, 2025
MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC2$73KSep 2, 2026
VERMONT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP1$5.2MSep 29, 2026
HAMAR LASER INSTRUMENTS, INC.1$2.6MAug 25, 2025
JS WILLEY LLC1$2.5MAug 31, 2026
ECTRON CORP1$1.4MSep 4, 2026
WILLRICH PRECISION INSTRUMENT COMPANY1$1.0MSep 16, 2026
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION1$950KJul 22, 2025
IDSC HOLDINGS LLC1$926KJun 26, 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.

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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of 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
  • 32 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.

  • 1 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.