Special Notice- Intent to Sole Source Maintenance Coverage for the Microactive 3Flex� 3500 Surface, Catalyst Characterization Analyzer, and Smart VacPrep 067
Army Contracting Command (ACC) · W6QK ACC-APG NATICK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W911QY-26-Z-3FLE in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 18, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Sep 8, 2026Special NoticeOpen
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
U.S. Army Contracting Command, Office of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Division (ACC-APG, Natick Division), located in Natick, Massachusetts, in support of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Soldier Center, Soldier Protection Directorate, Protection Sciences & Materials Division, Chemical Biological Technologies Branch (DEVCOM-SC, SPD, PSMD, CBTB), intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order under the authority of RFO FAR 12.102(a) for one base year, two twelve month option periods, and potential additional extensions up six-months under FAR clause 52.217-8… (show all)
for maintenance coverage for the Microactive 3Flex� 3500 Surface and Catalyst Characterization Analyzer and Smart VacPrep 067 preparation station located at U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center to Malvern Panalytical, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, located at 2400 Computer Drive, Suite 201, Westborough, MA 01581-1887. It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded on or before September 4, 2026. See the attached redacted Restricting Competition document, which is hereby incorporated into this special notice, for full details and explanation as to why competition is lacking. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES. There is no solicitation document. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which would be considered by the agency. Any response should demonstrate how the source can provide the requirements identified above without incurring unacceptable delays or duplicative costs to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract is within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Responses to this notice must be sent to ACC-APG, Natick Division via EMAIL ONLY to BOTH Edmund J. Bousaleh, Contract Specialist, edmund.j.bousaleh.civ@army.mil, and Stephen M. Reffel, Contracting Officer, stephen.m.reffel.civ@army.mil, no later than 1645 HRS EDT September 2, 2026. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the expense of the interested source.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (W6QK ACC-APG NATICK), same NAICS 811210.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $50K to $105K, median $81K; range $19K to $114K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNICOM GOVERNMENT, INC. | 1 | $114K | Aug 7, 2026 |
| STRATASYS, INC · $SSYS | 1 | $103K | Aug 27, 2026 |
| MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC | 1 | $60K | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Nexus Group LLC | 1 | $19K | Aug 19, 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 8, 2026MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC$60KAward Notice- Award of Maintenance Coverage Purchase Order for the Microactive 3Flex� 3500 Surface, Catalyst Characterization Analyzer, and Smart VacPrep 067
- Aug 27, 2026STRATASYS, INC$103KAward Notice- Sole Source Award of Maintenance of Stratasys 3D Printers to Stratasys, Inc.
- Aug 7, 2026UNICOM GOVERNMENT, INC.$114KAward Notice - Grant Conference Room Audiovisual System Maintenance
- Aug 19, 2025Nexus Group LLC$19KAward Notice - Maintenance of the Nicolet is50 FTIR
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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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
- 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.
- 1 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.