Special NoticePosted Oct 16, 2026·Responses due Oct 22, 2026

Explosive Characterization and Technical Service Support

Army Corps of Engineers · W2R2 USA ENGR R & D CTR

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W912HZ27Z1CRT
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R425
Place
Vicksburg, MS, USA
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W912HZ27Z1CRT in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 16, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 27, 2026 to Dec 11, 2026, middle of the range Dec 5, 2026.
Measured from 11 past early notices at Dept of the Army with NAICS 541990 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 16, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC), Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) has a requirement to obtain comprehensive research and technical support for binary blasting agent DBA-105P. To support this effort over the next five years, the contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, deliverables, and necessary travel to execute core tasks encompassing readiness operations support, direct operations support, material characterization, and general technical research and development. To support these needs, the Government intends to award a Master Blanke… (show all)

t Purchase Agreement (BPA) with a five year ordering period to UTEC Corporation, LLC. (Cage 4YTY2), on a sole source basis. This agreement is intended to allow streamlined purchase of UTEC Corporation LLC�s services to minimize any impacts to research and demonstration events. UTEC Corporation, LLC is the only source capable of satisfying this requirement without the Government incurring unacceptable safety risks, substantial duplicative costs, and catastrophic operational delays. The award will be issued in accordance with RFO Part 6.103. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) code is 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) with a size standard of $19.5 million. This notice of intent is for information purposes only. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendor's ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Responses to this requirement may be submitted to Jon-Vincent Holden at Jon-Vincent.S.Holden@usace.army.mil and Sonia Boyd at Sonia.J.Boyd@usace.army.mil . The solicitation number shall be included in the subject line of the e-mail submission. Responses must be received no later than 1:00PM CST 22 October 2026.

Who won similar work

30 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Corps of Engineers), same NAICS 541990.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
INTERSPEC, LLC5$968KJul 29, 2025
DEROSA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING INC5$359KMay 15, 2026
RADISE INTERNATIONAL, L.C. Riviera Beach FL 33404 USA1$45.0MMay 15, 2025
RADISE INTERNATIONAL, L.C. 4152 W BLUE HERON BLVD STE 1114 Riviera Beach FL 33404 USA1$35.0MSep 24, 2025
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE Sacramento CA 95814 USA1$8.5MJun 2, 2026
MY NEXT CAREER PATH STAFFING LLC1$6.8MSep 12, 2025
BRIDGING PIECES INC1$5.0MMay 8, 2025
Suntiff, LLC1$5.0MMay 8, 2025
ESSA TECHNOLOGIES LTD1$2.1MFeb 26, 2026
SAGE, LLC1$306KMar 25, 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.

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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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.

  • 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.