Elemental Analyzer
Agriculture (all) · USDA, FSIS, OAS PCMB
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1172303 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 28, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
Notice of Intent to Sole Source � 1172303 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service (ARS) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price purchase order to Elementar Americas Inc. for a vario MAX cube CN Elemental Analyzer, a high?temperature combustion system designed to measure carbon and nitrogen in solid and liquid samples, in support of the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area. Please see the sole sources justification for more details on the requirement. This notice is not a formal solicitation. However, interested responsible sources may submit a … (show all)
capability statement for the agency�s consideration in determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted in the future for this requirement. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Date: August 28, 2026 Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20705 Product Service Code � 6640 - LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Contracting Office Address: 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20250 Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source Proposed Solicitation Number: 1172303 Closing Response Date: August 11, 2026, at noon Eastern Standard Time Contact Specialist: Alexis Galloway, alexis.galloway@usda.gov Estimated Contract Award Dollar Amount: $120,000.00 Proposed Contract Award Date: September 17, 2026 Contractor: Elementar Americas Inc. Description: This acquisition involves procuring a vario MAX cube CN Elemental Analyzer, a high?temperature combustion system designed to measure carbon and nitrogen in solid and liquid samples. Place of Contract Performance: 1500 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT 59270 Set-aside Status: no set-aside used
Who won similar work
194 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same NAICS 334516.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 14 | $1.8M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| ELEMENT BIOSCIENCES, INC. | 6 | $8.9M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| GERSTEL INC | 4 | $508K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Fisher Scientific Company · $TMO | 4 | $470K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A | 4 | $469K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | 4 | $303K | Jun 11, 2026 |
| C-LOCK, INC. | 3 | $651K | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Suncore Distribution LLC | 3 | $354K | Jul 1, 2025 |
| FOSS NORTH AMERICA, INC | 3 | $235K | Sep 10, 2026 |
| ANTON PAAR USA, INC | 3 | $185K | Sep 22, 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.
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- Sep 30, 2026COMSIS SOLUTIONS LLC$23KHandheld XRF Analyzer
- Sep 30, 2026DATA DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES INC$23KPurchase and Delivery of a (Brand Name) High-Volume Seed Counter
- Sep 30, 2026Fisher Scientific Company$40KDigital Polymerase Chain Reaction (dPCR) Instrument
- Sep 30, 2026K&R TECHNOLOGIES LLC$49K90-liter Horizontal Benchtop Autoclave
- Sep 29, 2026MILESTONE INC$62KMilestone Brand Name Microwave Digestive System - Award Notice
- Sep 28, 2026LI-COR, INC.$57KFlux Towers - Mandan ND
- Sep 28, 2026GFS SUPPLY & SERVICES COMPANY$11KDehumidifier for walk-in cooler
- Sep 28, 2026WINTERSTEIGER SEEDMECH LLC$97KCombine-mounted NIRS
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 Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
- $30K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Committee on Appropriations
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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
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 8 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.