Special NoticePosted Sep 8, 2026·Responses due Sep 11, 2026

Cable and Internet services

Justice (all) · HEADQUATERS

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
517111
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
D-26-LO-0035
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
DG11
Place
Louisville, KY, USA
Contact
Ms. Angel Barkley (angel.d.barkley@dea.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation D-26-LO-0035 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 8, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 24, 2026 to Jan 26, 2027, middle of the range Oct 16, 2026.
Measured from 13 past early notices at Drug Enforcement Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 8, 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 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requires cable and internet services. The DEA intends to award a firm-fixed price sole source Purchase Order to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, 12405 Powerscourt Dr., Saint Louis, MO 63131-3673 for the purposes of acquiring cable and internet services. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) are exempt from the requirement to promote full and open competition. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 517111. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based o… (show all)

n the response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice is NOT a request for proposal. However, all capability statements received by September 11, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. EST will be considered by the Government. Any source capable of providing the cable and internet services, and is interested in submitting a capabilities statement, may do so electronically to Ms. Angel Barkley at angel.d.barkley@dea.gov. services, and is interested in submitting a capabilities statement, may do so electronically to Ms. Angel Barkley at angel.d.barkley@dea.gov.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Justice (all)), same industry group (NAICS 5171).

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $111K to $526K, median $150K; range $72K to $903K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC2$222KDec 30, 2025
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC.1$903KMar 12, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 2 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 Justice, Dept of (DOJ) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Justice, Dept of (DOJ) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 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
  • 125 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.

  • 0 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.