Special NoticePosted Aug 28, 2026

Y--BIBE CONSTRUCT ASTRO VIEWING PLATFORM

National Park Service · DOI, NPS CONOPS STRATEGIC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238110
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
140PS126Q0061
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Y1PZ
Place
Not stated
Contact
Loftus, Stephen (stephen_loftus@ios.doi.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 140PS126Q0061 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 28, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 25, 2026 to Jan 15, 2027, middle of the range Nov 27, 2026.
Measured from 587 past early notices at National Park Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 28, 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

IAW RFO FAR Part 12.201 Solicitation procedures. 12.201-1 Simplified procedures. (c) Method. To promote competition to the maximum extent practicable (2) For acquisitions at or below the SAT, the contracting officer may choose to solicit quotations directly from suppliers. When soliciting directly- (i) Post a presolicitation notice in the GPE according to subpart 5.1, unless an exception in 5.101(b) applies; (ii) Solicit quotations from at least three sources; and (iii) Whenever practicable, solicit quotations from two sources not included in the previous solicitation. The Contracting officer … (show all)

intends to solicit quotations from 3 or more vendors for Big Bend National Park (BIBE), expansion of Panther Path and construction of an Astro Viewing Platform project. The location will be at the Panther Junction Visitor Center, Brewster County, Texas.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DOI, NPS CONOPS STRATEGIC), same NAICS 238110.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $56K to $157K, median $76K; range $43K to $354K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Arrow Indian Contractors, Inc.2$135KJul 23, 2026
CLEARFIELD CONSTRUCTION LLC1$354KSep 26, 2026
LACREEK DEVELOPMENT CORP1$60KAug 1, 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 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 Natl Park Service (NPS) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Park Service (NPS) 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.