SPECIAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE- VAV Reheat Coils Upgrade � Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Energy · SC OAK RIDGE OFFICE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation OSTI-VAV in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 3, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Sep 22, 2026Award NoticeCOOKS AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING, INC. · $116KOpen
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
Contracting Office Address U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) 1 Science.gov Way Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Description of Requirement The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), intends to negotiate and award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Cooks Mechanical Services, a qualified small business, for turnkey VAV Reheat Coil Upgrades at the OSTI facility located in Oak Ridge, TN. Please see attached Statement of Work. Justification for Sole Source The statutory authority permitting other than full an… (show all)
d open competition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) (or FAR 6.302-1 / FAR 13.106-1(b) for simplified acquisitions), "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." Market research indicates that Cooks Mechanical Services is the only known small business source within the mandatory 100-mile radius capable of satisfying all operational constraints, maintaining the 2-hour emergency response requirement, providing certified BAS programming integration, and meeting OSTI security and facility requirements within the prescribed budget and timeline. Notice to Industry & Capability Statements THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS. A solicitation document will not be issued. However, any firm that believes it can meet or exceed all stated requirements�including the 100-mile geographic radius limit, 2-hour emergency response capability, specialized Johnson Controls / BAS programming expertise, security clearance/REAL ID criteria, and Davis-Bacon compliance�may submit a capability statement. Capability statements must be submitted electronically to Natalie Barnett at barnettn@osti.gov no later than 4:00 PM EST on 9/18/26. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Point of Contact: Natalie Barnett Contract Specialist barnettn@osti.gov 865-241-3526
Who won similar work
15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Energy), same NAICS 238220.
Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $27K to $57K, median $35K; range $3K to $129K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGAPE ENCOUNTERS, LLC | 3 | $133K | Aug 11, 2026 |
| VISION CONTRACTING INC | 2 | $85K | Sep 15, 2025 |
| STERILECO LLC | 1 | $129K | Feb 5, 2025 |
| FOSSELMAN REFRIGERATION, HEATING & AIR, INC. | 1 | $96K | Jul 28, 2026 |
| KUCK COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LLC | 1 | $59K | Jul 27, 2026 |
| MAKE READY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $56K | Feb 26, 2026 |
| GUEST, STEVEN G 107 E CLEMMER AVE Chamberlain SD 57325 USA | 1 | $30K | Sep 9, 2026 |
| GUEST, STEVEN G 225 N SANBORN AVE Chamberlain SD 57325 USA | 1 | $29K | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Integrity and Honor LLC | 1 | $25K | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Pierre Contracting Group LLC | 1 | $13K | Jun 25, 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.
- Sep 9, 2026GUEST, STEVEN G 107 E CLEMMER AVE Chamberlain SD 57325 USA$30K41--Lake Andes/Wessington Springs Repeater HVACNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 11, 2026AGAPE ENCOUNTERS, LLC$70KN--Cheyenne Area Comm Bldg HVACNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 3, 2026GUEST, STEVEN G 225 N SANBORN AVE Chamberlain SD 57325 USA$29K41--Midland Substation, Midland Repeater HVACNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 28, 2026FOSSELMAN REFRIGERATION, HEATING & AIR, INC.$96KN--Casper HVAC ReplacementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 27, 2026KUCK COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LLC$59KJ--Furnish Materials and labor to remove 5 Fan PowereNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 17, 2026GRIFFITH CONTRACTING, LLC$3KJ--Plumbing Leak at Tulsa Headquarters.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 26, 2026MAKE READY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC$56KN--DATA CENTER HVAC UPGRADENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2025VISION CONTRACTING INC$45KN--YSC HVAC UNITS REPLACEMENTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 12, 2025VISION CONTRACTING INC$40KN--ADAMS SUBSTATION HVAC UNITS REPLACEMENTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 19, 2025AGAPE ENCOUNTERS, LLC$35KN--Frenchman Creek Substation HVACNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 Energy, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Energy, Dept of 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
- 76 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.