B--Notice of Intent to Award - USGS Isotope Work
Interior (all) · OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL
Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.
Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 140G0126Q0262 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 27, 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
The USGS Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center requires Lu-Hf, Sm-Nd, and Pb isotope measurements of whole rock and mineral aliquots. These new isotopic data are essential for determining the melt sources of igneous rocks and constraining the timescales of deformation and metamorphism associated with magmatic activity. The USGS is aware of no other source that can provide the above. Therefore, it intends to make an award to Washington State University Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Lab (RIGL) unless it is contacted by any vendor who believes they have similar technical expertise a… (show all)
nd can provide the same service(s). Vendors are invited to contact the Contract Specialist, Miranda Blankenship, via email at Miranda_blankenship@ios.doi.gov no later than 1:00 PM EDT, Thursday, September 3, 2026, with an affirmative answer.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Interior (all)), same product/service code (PSC) B517.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $29K to $100K, median $45K; range $24K to $549K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1251 MEMORIAL DR Coral Gables FL 33146 USA | 2 | $145K | Feb 18, 2026 |
| RESPEC COMPANY | 1 | $549K | Aug 12, 2025 |
| CONETEC, INC | 1 | $29K | Jul 10, 2025 |
| BROOKS APPLIED LABS LLC | 1 | $24K | Mar 27, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Feb 18, 2026UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1251 MEMORIAL DR Coral Gables FL 33146 USA$45KB--LOW-LEVEL TRITIUM ANALYSIS SERVICESNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 12, 2025RESPEC COMPANY$549KB--MORU Rock Block StudiesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 10, 2025CONETEC, INC$29KB--Cone Penetration Skagit County WANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 19, 2025UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1251 MEMORIAL DR Coral Gables FL 33146 USA$100KB--LOW-LEVEL TRITIUM ANALYSIS SERVICESNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 27, 2025BROOKS APPLIED LABS LLC$24KB--Total Metals Analysis of Catfish Tissue SamplesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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 Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 150 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. 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
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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.