Special NoticePosted Aug 18, 2026·Responses due Aug 21, 2026

NOTICE: Intent to Award Sole Source ????????? MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC. ????????? for Silicon Wafer Fabrication

NIWC (Naval Information Warfare) · NIWC PACIFIC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N66001-26-Q-6290
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
5962
Place
Not stated
Contact
Sarah Coe (sarah.a.coe2.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N66001-26-Q-6290 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 17, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 28, 2026 to May 29, 2027, middle of the range Jan 17, 2027.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 17, 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

Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific (NIWC Pacific) intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis to MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC. (CAGE 60991, 2355 W CHANDLER BLVDCHANDLER, AZ 85224). The requirement is for the purchase of the following:Item 1: Mask Generation NRE Part No.: FNDMASKGENFEEItem 2: Engineering NRE - 2 Implant Module Developmen tPart No.: FNDENGNREItem 3: Lot Charge - Wafer Fabrication Part No.: FNDWFABENGLOTThis notice of intent is not a request for quote. A determination by the Government not to complete based upon responses to this notice is solely … (show all)

at the discretion of the Government. Questions by phone or fax will not be considered. Acquisition of Commercial Items under FAR Part 12 and Simplified Acquisitions Procedures under FAR Part 13 apply. The applicable NAICS Code is 334413 and the size standard is 1250 Employees. The point of contact for this announcement is Sarah Coe at sarah.a.coe2.civ@us.navy.mil. Subject Line must include N66001-26-Q-6290.All responding vendors must be registered to the System for Award Management (SAM) website (i.e., registered UEID and CAGE Code numbers) prior to award of contract. Information can be found at https://www.sam.gov.

Who won similar work

150 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NIWC (Naval Information Warfare)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC6$214.2M + 2 sharedOct 14, 2026
Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index5$483.6M + 1 sharedJun 28, 2025
PERATON INC.4$118.0M + 2 sharedJun 1, 2026
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. · $GD3$128.4M + 1 sharedJun 1, 2026
PRESCIENT EDGE CORPORATION3$59.3M + 2 sharedJun 1, 2026
LEIDOS, INC. · $LDOS3$13.0M + 2 sharedJun 10, 2026
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH3$10.7M + 1 sharedSep 24, 2026
KRATOS DEFENSE & ROCKET SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. · $KTOS3$4.9MJul 20, 2026
SERCO INC3– + 3 sharedJun 10, 2026
VT MILCOM INC.3– + 3 sharedJun 10, 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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (10 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $888K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • 1 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.

  • 8 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.

  • 5 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 19 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.