Notice of Intent to Sole Source
NOAA · NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
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Where this opportunity stands
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- Aug 27, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Subpart 5.101 requiring dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive quotes/proposals. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is prescribed by RFO 12.201-1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to negotiate and award a sole-source purchase order to Mobile Communications America, Inc. for the SSMC Emergency Radios as described below . The… (show all)
anticipated award date is September 24, 2026. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs The Silver Spring Metro Center (SSMC) Campus emergency radios, radio programming, batteries, and one year maintenance agreement for WAVE control box, repeaters, and panic buttons. The SSMC emergency radio network facilitates emergency communication amongst all Line/Staff Offices at the SSMC Campus. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing). Notice of Capability Statement Consideration: This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. However, any responsible source that believes it can meet the government's requirement may submit a capability statement for quote. Capability statements or quotes received prior to the closing date will be considered by the agency solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NOAA), same industry group (NAICS 3342).
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $39K to $237K, median $47K; range $31K to $426K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAIVA SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $426K | May 14, 2025 |
| SIGNAL ENGINEERING INC | 1 | $47K | Sep 19, 2025 |
| IGAGE MAPPING CORP | 1 | $31K | Sep 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 17, 2026IGAGE MAPPING CORP$31K66--Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GNSS Kits and Accessorie
- Sep 19, 2025SIGNAL ENGINEERING INC$47K66--SOD OmniSat Transmitters
- May 14, 2025KAIVA SERVICES, LLC$426KCCTV Supplies for the Safer Seas Act
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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 Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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
- 304 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.