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NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation AR392 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 3, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334519.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEA-BIRD ELECTRONICS, INC | 1 | $45.7M | Sep 22, 2025 |
| BEI Precision Systems & Space Company | 1 | $5.0M | Jun 20, 2025 |
| CALIBER SALES ENGINEERING INC. | 1 | $5.0M | Jun 20, 2025 |
| SENSOR SYSTEMS, L.L.C. | 1 | $5.0M | Jun 20, 2025 |
| OTT HydroMet Corp | 1 | $2.0M | Jun 9, 2025 |
| HANDIX SCIENTIFIC INC | 1 | $100K | Aug 12, 2025 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 1 | $86K | Aug 27, 2026 |
| SOUNDNINE INC | 1 | $81K | Aug 7, 2026 |
| CHELONIA LIMITED | 1 | $52K | Sep 17, 2025 |
| SEAFLOOR SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $43K | Sep 10, 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.
- Sep 10, 2026SEAFLOOR SYSTEMS, INC.$43K66--Procurement of CTD Sensors for NOAAS Fairweather
- Aug 27, 2026GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$86K66--Purchase a new elemental analyzer for the ABL chem
- Aug 7, 2026SOUNDNINE INC$81K66--Hypoxia Monitoring Systems Maintenance Support
- Sep 25, 2025YSI INC$25K66--Procurement of an Aanderaa Oceanographic current m
- Sep 22, 2025SEA-BIRD ELECTRONICS, INC$45.7M66--Sea-Bird Electronics Equipment, Parts, Repair, Upg
- Sep 17, 2025CHELONIA LIMITED$52K66--NMFS Marine Mammal Lab Echolocation Recorders
- Aug 26, 2025PAROSCIENTIFIC, INC.$12K66--Purchase of Portable Barometric Pressure Standard.
- Aug 12, 2025HANDIX SCIENTIFIC INC$100KPortable optical particle spectrometers for the Office of Atmospheric Research, Chemical Sciences Laboratory
- Jun 20, 2025CALIBER SALES ENGINEERING INC.$5.0M58--NEXRAD Optical Encoders
- Jun 20, 2025BEI Precision Systems & Space Company$5.0M58--NEXRAD Optical Encoders
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 Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 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
- 304 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.
- 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.