Special NoticePosted Feb 17, 2026·Responses due Mar 3, 2026

66--FREEZE THAW MACHINE

Bureau of Reclamation · DENVER FED CENTER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333415
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
140R4026Q0026
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6640
Place
Not stated
Contact
Tudela-Kately, Connieann (ctudelakately@usbr.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 140R4026Q0026 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 17, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Mar 25, 2026
    Award Notice
    SCIENTEMP CORP · $103K
    Open

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

Special Notice - Freeze Thaw Machine This is not a solicitation. This is a notification of an intent to award a sole source procurement under NAICS code 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing. The Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Basin Acquisition Branch will solicit and award a purchase order to Scientemp Corp. Scientemp Corp will provide a Freeze-Thaw Chamber that complies with ASTM C666. Minimum of 40 standard-sized sample capacity. Electrical requirements:208V, 60Hz, three phase, 45 amps. Digital contro… (show all)

ller to program freeze-thaw cycles and recordmeasured temperature data.for the Bureau of Reclamation. The Government believes that only one responsible source can provide this requirement. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), only one source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. If firms believe they have the technical capability to meet this need, submit a technical capability statement along with business profile to ConnieAnn Tudela-Kately at ctudelakately@usbr.gov within fifteen (15) days of this notice. Any information received will be treated as market research information towards future similar or same requirements. Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since the synopsis is not a request for proposal.

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DENVER FED CENTER), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.

Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $46K to $139K, median $70K; range $27K to $359K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
OMICRON ELECTRONICS CORP1$359KSep 18, 2025
TA INSTRUMENTS - WATERS L.L.C.1$253KJan 17, 2025
DISE LLC1$211KJan 18, 2025
VPRIME TECH INC1$114KJan 30, 2025
HUMBOLDT MFG. CO 875 TOLLGATE RD ELGIN IL 60123 USA1$86KAug 17, 2026
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC1$81KAug 4, 2025
FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED1$58KJan 17, 2025
VISIONARY EXPERTS LLC1$56KMay 14, 2026
OPSYTEC DR. GROEBEL GMBH AM HARDTWALD 6 -8 ETTLINGEN 76275 DEU1$49KJan 18, 2025
GAMRY INSTRUMENTS, INC.1$36KSep 3, 2025

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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 Bureau of Reclamation since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Reclamation 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
  • 0 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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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.