7G--SPECIAL NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
Interior (all) · FWS, IT SERVICES
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DOIFFBO250138 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 18, 2025 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Sep 25, 2025Award NoticeTALOS ENGINEERING INC · $218KOpen
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
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Joint Administrative Operations, Acquisition & Property Operations. USFWS Lyons Ferry Fish Hatchery intends to award a firm fixed price sole source contract under the authority of (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000: Talos Engineering INC. 290 Torbett Street Richland, WA 99354-2664 The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this require… (show all)
ment is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services. This is a unique service, currently being provided by Talos Engineering. Lyons Ferry Fish Hatchery located in Starbuck, WA, needs to replace their 18-year old alarm paging system. Recently these radios and pagers have been starting to fail adding increased risk for a mass fish kill event if a critical system fails when hatchery personnel are off site. Lyons Ferry annually rears over 500,000 endangered salmon and steelhead and hatchery water is supplied by remote pumps at Marmes. Talos Engineering installed the original alarm system and performs all of the annual maintenance and upgrades on the system. They have the necessary knowledge on the hatcheries SCADA system to be able to show up and fix the system when it goes down. This synopsis does not constitute a solicitation; however, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government. Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: Mary_Rawlinson@fws.gov. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS/OFFERS WILL BE HONORED
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FWS, IT SERVICES), same product/service code (PSC) 7G22.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $17K to $242K, median $68K; range $11K to $620K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKYMIRA LLC | 1 | $620K | Dec 11, 2024 |
| INNOVASEA MARINE SYSTEMS CANADA INC | 1 | $116K | Sep 8, 2026 |
| LAWTON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC | 1 | $20K | Jun 26, 2025 |
| FSR CONSULTING LLC | 1 | $11K | 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 8, 2026INNOVASEA MARINE SYSTEMS CANADA INC$116K7G--SUPPLY: NY-LGLFWCO-FISH TRACKING EQUIPMENTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2025FSR CONSULTING LLC$11K7G--SUPPLY: CA RED BLUFF FWO CELL PHONE BOOSTERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 26, 2025LAWTON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$20K7G--SUPPLY: OK WICHITA MTNS WILDL RFG RADIO INSTALLNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 11, 2024SKYMIRA LLC$620K7G--SUPPLY: ID- FWS BRANCH OFM-NFOST VEHICLE TRACKINGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) 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
- 149 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.