Special NoticePosted Aug 10, 2026·Responses due Aug 15, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source: DeDietrich Agitator Repair for SA1500 Reactor.

Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA EAST 6

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1176190
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
J066
Place
Madison, WI, USA
Contact
Jordan Wheelock (Michael.Wheelock@usda.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1176190 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 10, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 2, 2026 to Dec 28, 2026, middle of the range Nov 3, 2026.
Measured from 92 past early notices at Forest Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 10, 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 USDA Forest Service intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with DeDietrich USA, Inc. under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). DeDietrich is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the SA-1500 glass-lined reactor and possesses the proprietary dimensions and reglassing parameters necessary to restore asset ID AG0001751188 to safe operating tolerances. This is a notice of intent, not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may submit a capability statement within 5 days of this notice, which will be considered by the agency.

Who won similar work

15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Forest Service), same NAICS 811310.

Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $8K to $56K, median $24K; range $4K to $238K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
WHIT-LOG, INC1$238KSep 29, 2026
TECH O. R., LLC1$198KJul 21, 2026
SUTTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY1$74KMar 10, 2026
FOSSELMAN REFRIGERATION, HEATING & AIR, INC.1$63KSep 30, 2026
Soniat & Willow Inc1$49KAug 18, 2026
Xenturis LLC1$26KDec 8, 2025
T3 PROMOS LLC1$25KApr 30, 2026
GIBBS INTERNATIONAL INC.1$24KJan 7, 2025
RTD SERVICES, LLC1$22KSep 2, 2025
FACILITY GATEWAY CORPORATION1$12KSep 24, 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.

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 U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Forest Service 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
  • 15 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.