Market Research for Leica microscope Preventative Maintenance
Justice (all) · ATF ACQUISITIONS MGMT DIV
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DJA-26-ALAB-PR-0462 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 3, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
- Aug 3, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
This request is for a combined new preventative maintenance (PM) contract for microscope cleaning whose services have been covered under a service contract, which is expiring. The proposed purchase order fulfills an ongoing need for LS to maintain top performance of microscopes used in casework and training. These microscopes are required to conduct specific laboratory examinations vital to ATF criminal investigations and to train other examiners to create consistency among the organizations to better solve criminal investigations. Microscope downtime must be kept to a minimum to continue the … (show all)
effective and efficient processing of evidence related to ATF criminal investigations. Casework is the main mission of the laboratories, and it would have to be interrupted with any microscope downtime. This request is to provide support for the microscopes listed below, located at FSL-A, FSL-W and NFEA laboratories, for one (1) base year and if exercised four (4) option years. Due to microscope replacement over the life of the contract, ATF requires the ability to add/remove microscopes to the contract. Option year two (2) ATF intends to add microscopes from FCGIL. Quoted price for option years 2- 4 shall include a CLIN to add FCGIL. Expected FCGIL will include six (6) each FC M and FS C comparison microscopes and eighteen (18) M60 stereomicroscopes. SEE "MINIMUM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS" FOR FULL DETAILS
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Justice (all)), same NAICS 811210.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDAC SYSTEMS INC | 2 | $11.7M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| PIPET REPAIR SERVICE, INC. | 1 | $101K | Jan 7, 2025 |
| LOFFLER COMPANIES, INC. | 1 | $99K | Oct 9, 2026 |
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.
- Oct 9, 2026LOFFLER COMPANIES, INC.$99KCanon Printer Ink and Maintenance
- Sep 25, 2026EDAC SYSTEMS INC$11.7MEDAC WARRANTY/MAINTENANCE
- Sep 23, 2025EDAC SYSTEMS INC$35KNOI - EDAC
- Jan 7, 2025PIPET REPAIR SERVICE, INC.$101KPipette Calibration and Services
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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
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
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.
- 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.