Special NoticePosted Aug 31, 2026·Responses due Sep 5, 2026

BioBase EcoSound Habitat Plus Subscription

Army Corps of Engineers · US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
518210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
PANERD-26-P-0000-026611
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
B529
Place
Vicksburg, MS, USA
Contact
Derek Howard (derek.a.howard@usace.army.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation PANERD-26-P-0000-026611 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 26, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 31, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 6, 2026 to Dec 30, 2026, middle of the range Oct 31, 2026.
Measured from 718 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 26, 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.

What the notice says

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Subpart 5.101 requiring dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive quotes/proposals. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is prescribed by RFO 12.201-1. The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to issue a 5-year firm fixed price sole source contract to Biobase, LLC. However, al… (show all)

l responsible sources may submit a capability statement demonstrating the ability to provide the requested services, which shall be considered by the agency before the intended award date. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No requests for capability briefings will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested vendors must respond to this notice prior to 5 September 2026 at 5:00 pm Central Time by sending an email to derek.a.howard@usace.army.mil. NAICS Code: 513210 � Software Publishers. NO ALTERNATES OR LIKE ITEMS SPECIFIED IN THIS NOTICE WILL BE CONSIDERED. Background: The Environmental Laboratory (EL) of the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has a requirement to procure a five-year proprietary software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription to the BioBase EcoSound Habitat Plus Enterprise edition. The contract will be awarded as a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) commercial service contract to BioBase, LLC. This service is essential for the Aquatic Ecology and Invasive Species Branch to perform spatial and bathymetric mapping required during field exercises, herbicide treatment monitoring, and dye tracer exhange capacity studies in water.

Who won similar work

1921 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Corps of Engineers), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CURTIN MARITIME CORP13$155.3MSep 29, 2026
GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO, LLC12$281.0M + 2 sharedSep 28, 2026
MADCON LLC10$2.5MSep 2, 2026
Aantilia LLC10$1.5MSep 29, 2026
RYMARC CONSTRUCTION INC9$1.5MSep 18, 2026
MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO Seattle WA 98134 USA8$75.5M + 3 sharedSep 14, 2026
BRANNON CONTRACTING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES, LLC8$6.4MAug 20, 2026
EVERGREEN CONTRACTORS LLC8$1.5MSep 18, 2026
WEEKS MARINE, INC.7$230.1M + 2 sharedSep 28, 2026
COTTRELL CONTRACTING CORPORATION7$124.9MSep 23, 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.

Latest awards

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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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
  • 32 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.

  • 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.