Special NoticePosted Aug 18, 2026·Responses due Aug 21, 2026

NRL OBSERVATIONS

Naval Research Laboratory · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N0017326Q5529
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
R499
Place
Monterey, CA, USA
Contact
Erik Wells (erik.wells2.civ@us.navy.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N0017326Q5529 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 29, 2026 to May 30, 2027, middle of the range Jan 18, 2027.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 18, 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

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hereby formally announces the intent to award a firm-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $350,000 to Airspace Integration, Inc. Provide long-term 24/7 observations of the coastal environment to support basic research, model and tactical decision aid development and validation, and educational outreach in support of current and future NRL scientific objectives. Th… (show all)

e awardee shall provide a service area that is safe and appropriate for long-term NRL observations, extensive field studies involving NRL scientists and private industry, university, and government collaborators including support of instrumented small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) operations. The awardee shall provide the material for the security cameras to monitor the site. The awardee will also provide a lease covering the land, internet, and power for the main NRL-CEOBS field site used to stage all the NRL meteorological equipment and to stage the new Radiometrics wind profiler. The less shall also provide make arrangements to provide the monthly security camera monitoring. This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. This is NOT a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 541990 with the size standard of 19,500,00.00. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) / Product Service Code (PSC) procurement is R499. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement within 3 calendar days of the publication of this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided. The point of contact is: Erik Wells, email: erik.wells2.civ@us.navy.mil. Please reference this Notice of Intent number on your correspondence and in the �Subject� line of your email.

Who won similar work

86 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Naval Research Laboratory), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (86): middle half $379K to $11.8M, median $864K; range $7K to $245.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. · $PSN · $5.4B3$462.5MJun 29, 2026
ANALEX CORPORATION3$32.4MAug 3, 2026
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $KEYS · $5.5B3$2.2MOct 1, 2026
ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP2$298.6MJun 18, 2026
Applied Research Associates, Inc.2$123.0MMay 8, 2026
ENVISIONEERING INC2$100.4MJan 30, 2025
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Washington DC 20036 USA2$3.4MDec 31, 2025
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC.2$2.0MSep 26, 2025
TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.2$818KFeb 18, 2026
VPRIME TECH INC2$55KFeb 24, 2025

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.

Investor context
  • $PSN reported $5.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 86 past awards, $864K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $KEYS reported $5.5B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 86 past awards, $864K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $172K 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
  • 1 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 5 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.