Special NoticePosted Sep 23, 2026·Responses due Oct 8, 2026

58--OLES LONG RANGE MWIR THERMAL BINOCULARS

Interior (all) · NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
DOILFBO260037
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
5855
Place
Not stated
Contact
Larson, Emmett (elarson@blm.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation DOILFBO260037 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 23, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 30, 2026 to Jan 7, 2027, middle of the range Nov 28, 2026.
Measured from 325 past early notices at Bureau of Land Management that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 23, 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 Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), intends to award a sole-source contract to Teledyne FLIR for three Recon HD high-definition, dual-sensor long-range thermal binocular/camera systems with 2� doubler lenses. BLM Law Enforcement currently utilizes legacy Teledyne FLIR Recon long-range, cooled mid-wave infrared (MWIR) thermal systems in remote and austere environments. These systems support law-enforcement missions including suspect detection and identification, detection of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), operational overwatch, search-and-rescue, evidence c… (show all)

ollection, and reconnaissance. The requirement is for a Section 889-compliant, long-range, lightweight thermal system that integrates a low-light visible camera with a cooled MWIR imager and provides a high-definition 1280 � 720 thermal sensor, High Operating Temperature (HOT) MWIR cryo-cooled focal plane array, 8-micron pixel pitch, and 2� doubler lens. The Recon HD also provides long-range detection capabilities, including specified vehicle detection to 9,700 meters and human detection to 3,900 meters. Based on market research, BLM has identified the Teledyne FLIR Recon HD as the only Section 889-compliant solution that meets BLM's requirements for a long-range, high-definition, cooled MWIR thermal binocular/camera system and interfaces with existing field equipment. BLM intends to pursue this acquisition on a sole-source basis under the authority applicable to only one source being reasonably available. Response to Notice All responsible sources may submit a quotation or capability information demonstrating their ability to satisfy the Government's requirement, which will be considered by the agency. Responses shall be submitted electronically before the end of this announcement period. The Government will consider information received in determining whether a competitive procurement is appropriate.

Who won similar work

70 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Interior (all)), same NAICS 334511.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BIOMARK LLC · $MRK11$754KSep 24, 2026
FRONTIER PRECISION, INC9$524KSep 14, 2026
INNOVASEA SYSTEMS, INC.4$950KAug 18, 2026
TRIMBLE INC · $TRMB4$206KJun 15, 2026
NORTHWEST MARINE TECHNOLOGY, INC.3$4.6MFeb 19, 2026
ADVANCED TELEMETRY SYSTEMS INC3$1.1MJul 14, 2026
INNOVASEA MARINE SYSTEMS CANADA INC3$298KSep 8, 2026
NORTEKUSA, INC3$160KJan 16, 2026
FONDRIEST ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.2$118KMay 12, 2026
AANTILIA LLC2$71KApr 9, 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.

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 Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) job
  • $49K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • 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
  • 149 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 7 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.