Special NoticePosted Aug 3, 2026·Responses due Aug 5, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source to PSSC Labs

Department of Defense (all) · DEPT OF DEFENSE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334111
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
None
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7B20
Place
Lompoc, CA, USA
Contact
Christopher Hummel (christopher.hummel.6@spaceforce.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.

Early notice
  • Aug 3, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (0 found; 10 needed).

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

The 30th Contracting Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, intends to solicit and award a sole source firm-fixed-price contract to?PSSC Labs. The action will be executed in accordance with GSAR 538.7104-3(b) (ii) Only one source is capable of providing the products, services, or solution required at the level of quality required because the products, services, or solutions are unique or highly specialized. See attached redacted Sole Source Justification for additional details. This notice of intent is NOT a request for quote or proposal. However, interested parties may submit a narrative … (show all)

describing their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill the requirement via email to Christopher Hummel, christopher.hummel.6@spaceforce.mil and Deywan Hunt, deywan.hunt@spaceforce.mil no later than 10 Aug 2026 at 7:00AM Pacific Time. Any costs incurred in submitting a capabilities statement will not be reimbursed by the Government. Additionally, the information received will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Who won similar work

58 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same product/service code (PSC) 7B20.

Single-winner award sizes (58): middle half $61K to $799K, median $232K; range $4K to $169.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TELEDYNE CONTROLS, LLC4$5.9MAug 2, 2026
NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC.3$1.3MMay 5, 2025
MID-ATLANTIC COMPUTER SERVICES, LLC2$4.5MOct 23, 2025
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP2$1.5MApr 8, 2025
COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.2$1.3MMar 23, 2026
M2 TECHNOLOGY, INC.2$1.3MMar 17, 2025
TRANSOURCE SERVICES CORP.2$12KApr 30, 2025
FEDDATA TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC1$169.0MDec 5, 2024
NAG, LLC1$28.6MMar 21, 2025
ELMA ELECTRONIC INCORPORATED1$11.4MJan 8, 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.

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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff 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.