Sources SoughtPosted Aug 10, 2026·Responses due Aug 14, 2026

Sources Sought Notice - American Made Meat Curing Cabinets

Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
311612
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1232SA26Q1212
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
4110
Place
PA, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26Q1212 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 10, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Sep 15, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 10, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, middle of the range Oct 11, 2026.
Measured from 43 past early notices at Agricultural Research Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 10, 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.

Who won similar work

35 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same NAICS 311612.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MULTIPLE Washington DC USA16$311.5MAug 28, 2026
MULTIPLE Amarillo TX USA2$46.7MSep 21, 2026
CRIDER, INC.2$30.8MAug 7, 2026
Multiple Nevada IA USA2$5.9MSep 21, 2026
JOHN HOFMEISTER & SON INC2$2.5MAug 25, 2026
Multiple Hanford CA USA1$49.4MSep 22, 2026
Multiple Tracy CA 95304 USA1$12.1MSep 21, 2026
Multiple Addison IL USA1$6.9MJul 23, 2026
Multiple Inglewood CA USA1$5.2MAug 26, 2026
GOODMAN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.1$5.0MSep 17, 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 Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) 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
  • 132 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.