Special NoticePosted Aug 27, 2026·Responses due Sep 3, 2026

Upgrade to Bruker Invenio FTIR

Naval Research Laboratory · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N00173-26-Q-1301396214
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6630
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
Maribel Ramirez (maribel.ramirez23.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N00173-26-Q-1301396214 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 27, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 7, 2026 to Jun 8, 2027, middle of the range Jan 27, 2027.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 27, 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

NRL NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available, and email requests will not be honored. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) intends to award a sole source Purchase Order to Bruker Scientific, LLC. This requirement is for upgrading NRL�s Bruker Invenio FTIR to integrate external lasers with the system. This modification to the FTIR (that already exists … (show all)

at NRL) must be performed by a qualified technician provided by Bruker Scientific due to the proprietary nature of the system. No other FTIR manufacturers can provide this service without compromising the system. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 334516 with the size standard 1,000 employees. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) / Product Service Code (PSC) procurement is 6630. This purchase will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $350,000. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement in accordance with the posted opening and closing dates. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided. Please reference this Notice of Intent number, N00173-26-Q-1301396214 on your correspondence and in the �Subject� line of your email. Closes 9/3/26 1:00pm ET

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY), same NAICS 334516.

Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $27K to $829K, median $367K; range $14K to $1.3M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PIKE TECHNOLOGIES OF WISCONSIN, INC.2$27KJan 28, 2025
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC.1$1.3MJun 20, 2025
XENOCS INC.1$944KDec 16, 2024
NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC1$849KJun 2, 2025
FEI COMPANY1$822KMar 14, 2025
TESCAN USA INC1$691KNov 12, 2024
LASER THERMAL ANALYSIS, INC1$399KNov 24, 2025
KURT J LESKER CO Clairton PA 15025 USA1$335KSep 24, 2025
FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED1$270KNov 5, 2024
SILVERSON MACHINES INC1$28KJan 7, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines 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
  • 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. 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
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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.