Sources SoughtPosted Aug 26, 2026·Responses due Sep 2, 2026

Defense Language Proficiency Test 5 (DLPT5) Standard Setting Studies

Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) · W6QM MICC-FDO FT EUSTIS

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
611710
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
DLPT5_SSN
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
U099
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
Edward WojtanIII (edward.w.wojtan2.Civ@army.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation DLPT5_SSN in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 26, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Aug 28, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 6, 2026 to Dec 30, 2026, middle of the range Oct 31, 2026.
Measured from 718 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 26, 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

Provide up to six Defense Language Proficiency Test 5 (DLPT5) standard setting studies in a base period and up to six studies in each of six option periods. Establish independent reading and listening cut scores across twelve specific language including Ukrainian,Russian,Korean, and French - with final deliverable consisting of comprehensive analytical reports. Performance will take place within 50 mile radius of Washington,D.C. and contain a minimum one plenary room and two seperate acoustic breakout rooms.

Who won similar work

1551 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)), any industry: a loose match.

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

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Aantilia LLC39$2.4MSep 9, 2025
SPACE AGE ENGINEERING, INC25$16.5MSep 29, 2026
Suncore Distribution LLC22$1.0MSep 9, 2025
ALL AMERICAN AA LLC17$3.4MSep 22, 2026
Kijero, LLC16$1.1MSep 9, 2025
FEDERAL CONTRACTS LLC14$2.3MSep 9, 2025
FSR CONSULTING LLC14$767KSep 9, 2025
BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ13$1.6MJul 29, 2026
EPKO SUPPLY INC13$701KSep 9, 2025
GOVCREST INC12$1.3MSep 9, 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.

Latest awards

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 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
  • $154K 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
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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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 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.