Sources Sought: Call For Technology Independent Verification &Validation (IV&V) 27-1: Spectrum Proof
Department of Defense (all) · WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation IVV271 in this department, oldest first.
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
500 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same NAICS 541715.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT | 13 | $6.4B | Jun 1, 2026 |
| SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC | 10 | $63.9M | May 11, 2026 |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX | 8 | $117.6M | Aug 5, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC | 7 | $553.0M | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Applied Research Associates, Inc. | 7 | $347.7M | Jun 5, 2026 |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH | 7 | $54.1M + 1 shared | Sep 24, 2026 |
| GSI ENVIRONMENTAL INC. | 7 | $6.9M | Aug 20, 2025 |
| SRI INTERNATIONAL Menlo Park CA 94025 USA | 6 | $153.3M | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Leidos Inc | 5 | $191.4M | Jun 16, 2026 |
| ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL Summerville SC 29486 USA | 5 | $45.1M | Jan 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.
- Oct 14, 2026BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Provo UT 84602 USA$1.1MDemonstration of QUIETBASE: Quantitative Investigation & Evaluation Tool for Base Acoustics & Surrounding Environments
- Oct 13, 2026LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN Munchen 80539 DEU$1.1MReplacements of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Infrared Decoy Flares
- Oct 9, 2026Two Six Labs, LLC$1.5MHR001127CE008-Surveillance and Prediction from Research-Industrial Signatures: Part II (SurPRISE Part II) seedling
- Oct 8, 2026UNIFIED INDUSTRIES INC$33.2M2027 STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS TEST MEASUREMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT SERVICES
- Oct 7, 2026FRAUNHOFER USA INC$1.4M�Veridify DOME: Adding Zero-Trust Security to Microgrids�
- Oct 6, 2026DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$2.2MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Oct 1, 2026DEFENSE ENGINEERING CORP$37.6MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Sep 30, 2026INVISIBLE PACK INC$225K316 SFS Ghoul Attachable Tool
- Sep 30, 2026BOWHEAD BASE OPERATIONS LLC$24.5MNotice of Award; Operations, Maintenance, and Technical Services (OMTS)
- Sep 29, 2026JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.$1.1MESTCP Thermal Energy Network Feasibility Studies
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.
- 4 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (65 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
- $1.2M 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
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.
- 8 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
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.
- 4 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 7 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.