Special NoticePosted Aug 21, 2026·Responses due Aug 24, 2026

ChiPhiZ Stage Replacement and Alignment

Naval Research Laboratory · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N0017326Q5276
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
J066
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
RICHARD KEY (RICHARD.A.KEY2.CIV@US.NAVY.MIL)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N0017326Q5276 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 21, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 11, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, middle of the range Oct 13, 2026.
Measured from 15 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 811210 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 21, 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

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. 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 RIGAKU AMERICAS to furnish: Replace ChiPhiZ stage in SmartLab Step2 and align system with new cradle The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 811210 with the size standard of $34,000,000 . The Federal Supply Code (FSC… (show all)

) / Product Service Code (PSC) procurement is J066 . This purchase will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 12.201-1 for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $350,000. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement within fifteen (15) calendar days of the publication of this notice. 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. The point of contact is: Richard Key , email: richard.a.key2.civ@us.navy.mil. Please reference this Notice of Intent number on your correspondence and in the �Subject� line of your email.

Who won similar work

86 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Naval Research Laboratory), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (86): middle half $379K to $11.8M, median $864K; range $7K to $245.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. · $PSN · $5.4B3$462.5MJun 29, 2026
ANALEX CORPORATION3$32.4MAug 3, 2026
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $KEYS · $5.5B3$2.2MOct 1, 2026
ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP2$298.6MJun 18, 2026
Applied Research Associates, Inc.2$123.0MMay 8, 2026
ENVISIONEERING INC2$100.4MJan 30, 2025
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Washington DC 20036 USA2$3.4MDec 31, 2025
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC.2$2.0MSep 26, 2025
TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.2$818KFeb 18, 2026
VPRIME TECH INC2$55KFeb 24, 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.

Investor context
  • $PSN reported $5.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 86 past awards, $864K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $KEYS reported $5.5B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 86 past awards, $864K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.

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
  • $172K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • 1 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 5 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.