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FDA · FDA OFFICE OF ACQ GRANT SVCS
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation CDRH-2026-134025 in this department, oldest first.
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
Refer to the attached SSN.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FDA OFFICE OF ACQ GRANT SVCS), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $323K to $416K, median $397K; range $123K to $454K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURBOFIL PACKAGING MACHINES, LLC | 1 | $454K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| CAPITOL CARBONIC CORP | 1 | $403K | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Atlantic For Services Inc | 1 | $390K | Jan 2, 2025 |
| Z-SPEC, INC. | 1 | $123K | Aug 21, 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.
- Sep 24, 2026TURBOFIL PACKAGING MACHINES, LLC$454KAutomated Vial Capper Machine and Labeler systemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 21, 2026Z-SPEC, INC.$123KPost-Award Public NoticeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 6, 2025CAPITOL CARBONIC CORP$403KWeekly deliveries of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 2, 2025Atlantic For Services Inc$390KWeekly deliveries of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide)No 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 Food & Drug Administration (FDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 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
- 129 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.