B--Notice of Intent to Sole Source
Interior (all) · FWS, SAT TEAM 1
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DOIFFBO260153 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 30, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Joint Administrative Operations, on behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, intends to award a sole-source purchase order to the Museum of the Aleutians, Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The requirement includes review, stabilization, cataloging, archival rehousing, digitization, database entry, and permanent curation of archaeological collections from the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Competition is lacking because the Museum of the Aleutians is the only known repository meeting 36 CFR part 79 standards that accepts permanent curation of archaeologi… (show all)
cal collections originating from the Aleutian Islands. No qualification requirement as defined by FAR 2.101 applies. All responsible sources may submit a response, which will be considered by the agency, no later than 1:00 p.m. Central Time on August 9, 2026. Submit responses to Tanner Frank, Contracting Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, Joint Administrative Operations, at Tanner_Frank@ios.doi.gov.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FWS, SAT TEAM 1), same product/service code (PSC) B503 and NAICS 712110.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $22K to $27K, median $24K; range $19K to $30K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUTIIQ MUSEUM AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY 215 MISSION RD STE 101 Kodiak AK 99615 USA | 2 | $49K | Feb 5, 2026 |
| MUSEUM OF THE ALEUTIANS ASSOCIATION 314 SALMON WAY Unalaska AK 99685 USA | 1 | $24K | Sep 2, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 2, 2026MUSEUM OF THE ALEUTIANS ASSOCIATION 314 SALMON WAY Unalaska AK 99685 USA$24KB--AK-DIV OF VSFM-MUSEUM PROPERTY R7
- Feb 5, 2026ALUTIIQ MUSEUM AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY 215 MISSION RD STE 101 Kodiak AK 99615 USA$30KB--AK-DIV OF VSFM-MUSEUM PROPERTY
- Feb 3, 2025Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository 215 MISSION RD STE 101 Kodiak AK 99615 USA$19KB--AK-DIV VIS SVS-CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY
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 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.