Special NoticePosted Sep 24, 2026·Responses due Oct 15, 2026

Notice of Direct Award of an 8(a) Contract

Department of Defense (all) · WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541613
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
HQ003426CE081
Set-aside
8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)
PSC
R701
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
JOSHUA MURRAY (joshua.j.murray17.civ@mail.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation HQ003426CE081 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 24, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 6, 2026 to May 6, 2027, middle of the range Dec 19, 2026.
Measured from 13 past early notices at Washington Headquarters Services (Whs) that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 24, 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

Direct Award of an 8(a) contract for Communication Support Services in support of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Corporate Communications Office has been made to Endictus Corp to the Partnership Agreement between the Small Business Administration and the Department of War in accordance with DFARS clause 252.219-7009 Section 8(a) Direct Award. The firm-fixed price total evaluated price is $982,379.00 for one 12-month Base Period, four 12-Month Option Periods, and includes the value of a potential 6-Month Extension IAW FAR Clause 52.217-8.

Who won similar work

27 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same product/service code (PSC) R701.

Single-winner award sizes (27): middle half $45K to $295K, median $88K; range $9K to $985K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NAVY LEGACY FLIGHT FOUNDATION Jackson WY 83001 USA2$284KMar 18, 2025
LEARFIELD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC2$100KJul 13, 2026
ADOSKOPE LLC2$41KJul 28, 2026
MARCH MARKETING LLC1$985KSep 30, 2026
ARILLIC LLC1$980KOct 2, 2025
BLUEPRINT CREATIVE GROUP, LLC1$773KSep 29, 2026
RC STRATEGIES LLC1$640KJul 31, 2025
INTERSECTION MEDIA HOLDINGS INC1$600KJul 20, 2026
DBASE MEDIA, LLC1$541KJul 10, 2026
DMVHUB, INC1$368KJun 18, 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 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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 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
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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
  • 32 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.