Notice of Intent to award a Brand Name contract to Norbit Multibeam Echo System and Accessories
Department of Defense (all) · WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation JRL09252026 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 25, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Sep 27, 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.
What the notice says
Department of War/Washington Headquarters Services (DoW/WHS) intends to solicit and award on a brand name basis under statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition authorized under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) 6.103-1 (d), Only One Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This brand name award is to Norbit US, LTD (Cage Code: 6P4L8/ Unique Entity ID: JT2GEAMJ9DK4) or it's authorized resellers. The Contracting Officer has determined that Norbit US, LTD.… (show all)
is the only source reasonably available to perform these services in accordance with Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) 12.102(a) for acquisitions valued at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT). The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) requires a non-personal services contract for a vendor to procure and deliver Norbit Multibeam Echo Equipment and Accessories delivered to the DPAA in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. DPAA requires a modern multibeam sonar system to enhance its capability to detect and map seafloor objects. The Norbit Multibeam system provides sub-centimeter bathymetric data detecting and mapping seafloor objects to expedite the identification of possible loss incident-related material and aid in initial interpretation of those materials allowing for increased efficiency of intensive ground-truthing investigations that require remotely operated vehicles and/or divers. A more detailed of the seafloor surface also allows for more accurate and detailed dive operation planning increasing the safety of personnel. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a Request for Quote (RFQ), and no solicitation document is available. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement is based upon market research. Information received in reference to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. The Government will consider written capability statements from interested parties. To be considered, responding firms must submit clear and convincing evidence and documentation demonstrating their ability to provide an equipment solution that is fully interoperable and compliant with the existing baseline of Multibeam Echo Equipment and Accessories currently in operation at DPAA facilities. All information submitted shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Response Deadline: All responses must be submitted electronically via email to the Contract Specialist, Jacob Lindell, at jacob.r.lindell.civ@mail.mil and to the Contracting Officer, Jeanelle Joseph, at jeanelle.joseph.civ@mail.mil no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on 27 September 2026. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.
Who won similar work
47 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same product/service code (PSC) 5845.
Single-winner award sizes (47): middle half $452K to $9.5M, median $1.5M; range $25K to $196.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Corporation · $LMT · $77.0B | 8 | $169.4M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| MASSA PRODUCTS CORPORATION | 4 | $108.6M | Sep 24, 2026 |
| L3 TECHNOLOGIES INC · $LHX | 3 | $77.0M | Jul 10, 2026 |
| TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS INC | 3 | $7.0M | Oct 6, 2025 |
| THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC | 2 | $16.3M | May 7, 2026 |
| KNUDSEN SYSTEMS INC. | 2 | $6.6M | Jan 30, 2026 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B | 2 | $849K | Dec 30, 2025 |
| ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLC | 1 | $196.2M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| HIGH BRIDGE SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $43.0M | Dec 17, 2024 |
| Delphinus Engineering Inc. | 1 | $37.0M | Dec 8, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 47 past awards, $1.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 47 past awards, $1.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 7, 2026Lockheed Martin Corporation$145.0MTowed Array Production and SustainmentMateriality: 0.19% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 2, 2026STARK PRECISION MACHINE, LLC$6.5MHydrophone Housings for US & FMSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2026MASSA PRODUCTS CORPORATION$61.8MDT-574 HydrophonesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2026FSR CONSULTING LLC$67KVDS EquipmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2026ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLC$196.2MRemote Minehunting (RMH) ModuleNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 21, 2026XENTURIS LLC$498KEnvironmental Node Instrumentation for Acoustic data Collection (ENIAC) SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 10, 2026L3 TECHNOLOGIES INC$42.7MTowed Array Integrated Product Team (TAIPT) Telemetry and Engineering Services$LHX: no recent revenue figure in SEC filings (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$553K58--NRP,MODULE,ACOUSTIC, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OFMateriality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jun 10, 2026HANDYMENCH LLC$4.1MBrand Name Lubell LL 1424 HP, Underwater Acoustic Transducers for the Brandon Road Interbasin ProjectNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 7, 2026THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC$15.9M58--DOME,SONARNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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.
- 4 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (80 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
- $910K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 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.
- 8 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
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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 1 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.