Sources SoughtPosted Aug 21, 2026·Responses due Sep 4, 2026

68--RFI for Laboratory Gases

EPA · REGION 7 CONTRACTING OFFICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
325120
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
68HE0726R0035
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6830
Place
Kansas City, KS, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 68HE0726R0035 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 21, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Aug 24, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 10, 2026 to Jan 19, 2027, middle of the range Oct 1, 2026.
Measured from 132 past early notices at Environmental Protection Agency 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.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (EPA), same NAICS 325120.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $47K to $56K, median $55K; range $40K to $58K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RCG OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC1$58KOct 27, 2025
CENTRAL WELDING SUPPLY COMPANY1$55KJul 15, 2026
LINDE GAS & EQUIPMENT INC.1$40KMay 15, 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 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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
  • 565 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.