R--Special Notice - Intent to Sole Source
Interior (all) · NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DOILFBO260029 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 28, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
Special Notice - Intent to Sole Source The Department of the Interior (DOI) � Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Operations Center (NOC), in support of the Division of Resource Services intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract on a sole source basis to Headwaters Economics Inc, located at 270 W Kagy BLVD STE G, Bozeman, Montana, 59715, under the authority as prescribed in FAR 6.302-1. The requirement is for the purchase of data updates for the Socioeconomic Profile (SEP) tool and the Economic Profile System (EPS). Based on Market Research, Headwaters Economics Inc is the only compan… (show all)
y that can perform the updates to the database, processing procedures, and backups hosted on Headwaters Economics servers. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541511 and the size standard is $34M. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. No solicitation document is available. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by sending responses regarding this requirement to The Department of the Interior (DOI) � Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Operations Center (NOC), via email ONLY to Shawn Haubner at shaubner@ios.doi.gov. The Bureau of Land Management will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to the Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the expense of the interested party.
Who won similar work
52 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Interior (all)), same NAICS 541511.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONWIDE IT SERVICES INC | 9 | $5.8M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| RECACCESS, LLC | 2 | $3.9M | Sep 9, 2026 |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. · $GD | 2 | $3.3M | Aug 31, 2026 |
| BIZFLOW CORP. | 2 | $1.2M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| DYNAMO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 2 | $709K | Sep 9, 2025 |
| OTT HydroMet Corp | 2 | $405K | Sep 10, 2026 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado 3100 MARINE ST STE 481 572 UCB Boulder CO 80309 USA | 2 | $379K | Aug 1, 2026 |
| TALOS ENGINEERING INC | 2 | $243K | Sep 25, 2025 |
| ENOME INC | 2 | $91K | Mar 11, 2026 |
| PROLIFICS INC | 1 | $13.5M | Sep 2, 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.
- Sep 18, 2026AFFINITY ESOLUTIONS INC$500KD--Air National Guard Operation and Maintenance (O&
- Sep 18, 2026VERSATERM PUBLIC SAFETY US INC$28KD--FWS CLARK R BAVIN NFWO - LIMS-PLUS V3 ANNUAL MAINT
- Sep 15, 2026The Regents of the University of Colorado 3100 MARINE ST STE 481 Boulder CO 80303 USA$8.6MD--IMT RiverWare Software Support IDIQ
- Sep 14, 2026SUREFOOT DATABASE CONSULTING INC$315KD--FWS DIV OF REALTY - PATS SYSTEM SUPPORT
- Sep 14, 2026REAL TIME RESEARCH, INC.$687KD--FWS KLAMATH FALLS FWO - SARP DATA SYSTEMS MANAGEME
- Sep 11, 2026BIZFLOW CORP.$643K7A--FY26 BizFlow License Renewal
- Sep 10, 2026OTT HydroMet Corp$127KJ--SJC OTT MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES
- Sep 9, 2026RECACCESS, LLC$3.4MD--FWS VISITOR SERVICES BRANCH - DIG PLTFM RECR
- Aug 31, 2026GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$409KD--NIAID NEAT BPA Order 6 for Service Now Support Services (SNSS)
- Aug 28, 2026OTT HydroMet Corp$277KJ--SLV-CB SCADA OTT Hydromet
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (6 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) job
- $330K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- 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.
- 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 149 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 4 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.