Custom Integrated Robotic System
Department of Defense (all) · DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation PWS-RD-TS-TSE in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 7, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), DTRA West Contracting (J4-CRW), Kirtland AFB, NM, intends to award a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract to Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems (RMUS) LLC, 1256 W 50 S, Centerville, UT 84014, for the procurement of a Custom-Integrated Robotic System. Requirement Description: The requirement is for an applied research and development R and D effort to design, engineer, integrate, and deliver one (1) functional prototype robotic system. The system must be capable of autonomously navigating hazardous envi… (show all)
ronments and creating a real-time, three-dimensional (3D) Hazardous Atmosphere Map. The core of the requirement is a complex software and systems integration task. The contractor must successfully fuse data from a Government-Furnished multi-gas chemical detector with data streams from a contractor-provided commercial quadrupedal robotic platform, a survey-grade 3D LiDAR sensor, and a tactical mesh networking radio into a single, unified operational picture for the user. Statutory Authority: This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1)as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Rationale for Sole Source: Market research has concluded that RMUS is the only responsible source capable of providing this system without unacceptable risk and schedule delays to the Government. While the hardware components are commercial-off-the-shelf, the unique requirement is the software data-fusion architecture needed to integrate them. RMUS is the sole identified vendor that possesses the pre-existing, proprietary software framework and demonstrated experience required to fuse the specific data streams from these disparate systems into the required 3D hazardous atmosphere map. No other source has demonstrated this unique, pre-existing software capability. The Government does not own a technical data package suitable for competition. Submission of Capability Statements: This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Interested parties must provide clear and convincing evidence that they possess the demonstrated, pre-existing software data-fusion capability to meet the specific requirements described herein. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Please submit any capability statements by email to the points of contact listed below no later than the response date of this notice.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY), same product/service code (PSC) AC32.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $4.0M to $9.5M, median $8.0M; range $2.5M to $11.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Research Associates, Inc. | 2 | $10.4M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| AERIS LLC | 1 | $11.6M | Oct 2, 2025 |
| NETRIAS, LLC | 1 | $9.5M | Jun 3, 2026 |
| TULANE UNIVERSITY New Orleans LA 70118 USA | 1 | $4.0M | Jul 15, 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.
- Jul 15, 2026TULANE UNIVERSITY New Orleans LA 70118 USA$4.0MOMV prophylaxis for pathogen agnostic protection
- Jun 3, 2026NETRIAS, LLC$9.5MFY2022-2026 DTRA Chemical / Biological Technologies Broad Agency Announcement
- Oct 2, 2025AERIS LLC$11.6MFY2022-2026 DTRA Chemical / Biological Technologies Broad Agency Announcement
- Sep 30, 2025Applied Research Associates, Inc.$8.0MDigital Twin for Chemical and Biological Sensors - from Proof-of-Concept to Operational Twins
- May 27, 2025Applied Research Associates, Inc.$2.5MCB Assessment and Integrated Support Tools (ASSIST)
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (9 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff 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.
- 1 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 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.