D--Notice of Intent to Sole Source for SAMOS
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1305M226Q0167 in this department, oldest first.
- Jun 17, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Aug 26, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
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
See the attached notice of intent to negotiate a sole source firm fixed price contract with Florida State University to participate in and acquire the services of the Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) Initiative.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same product/service code (PSC) DA10.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $137K to $308K, median $144K; range $33K to $13.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLINGSHOT AEROSPACE INC | 1 | $13.3M | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC | 1 | $308K | Jul 31, 2025 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NW 5957 P. O. BOX 1450 Minneapolis MN 55485 USA | 1 | $144K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| KITWARE INC | 1 | $137K | Aug 15, 2025 |
| URNER BARRY PUBLICATIONS, INC. | 1 | $33K | Sep 23, 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.
- Sep 24, 2025REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NW 5957 P. O. BOX 1450 Minneapolis MN 55485 USA$144KD--Satellite Imagery Processing EnhancementsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2025URNER BARRY PUBLICATIONS, INC.$33KD--Urner Barry (Expana) Online Seafood Market and OnlNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 15, 2025KITWARE INC$137KD--1305M325C0032 Steller Sea Lion AINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 31, 2025Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC$308KD--Systems Tool Kit (STK) Software Licenses (8/1/2025No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 26, 2024SLINGSHOT AEROSPACE INC$13.3MPresentation Layer of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 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
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
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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.