Sources SoughtPosted Aug 14, 2026·Responses due Aug 20, 2026

Filtering Instrument for DNA Observation (FIDO) for NOAA Research eDNA Sampling

NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Stage

Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)

NAICS

541690

Value

Not stated

Solicitation

REQUIREMENTS-26-3377

Set-aside

None stated

PSC

Not stated

Place

Seattle, WA, USA

Contact

Not stated

…Open on SAM.gov

CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation REQUIREMENTS-26-3377 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice

Aug 14, 2026 · this notice
Sources Sought
Aug 26, 2026
Pre-solicitation
Open

Solicitation

None posted

Award

Not yet. Typical award: Sep 26, 2026 to Dec 22, 2026, middle of the range Nov 5, 2026.

Measured from 49 past early notices at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 14, 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.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541690.

Winner	Awards	Value	Last
A.I.S., Inc.	1	$24.9M	Sep 12, 2025
MARINERS MUSEUM Newport News VA 23606 USA	1	$8.5M	Sep 1, 2026
PARYMON CORP	1	$3.2M	Jun 30, 2026
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION	1	$90K	Sep 17, 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.

Latest awards

Sep 1, 2026MARINERS MUSEUM Newport News VA 23606 USA$8.5MUSS Monitor Artifact Conservation
Jun 30, 2026PARYMON CORP$3.2MR--PAE Aviation PMO Support Services
Sep 17, 2025THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$90KAward Notice - OAR Spaceflight Emissions Simulation
Sep 12, 2025A.I.S., Inc.$24.9MF--NEFOP FISHERY OBSERVER SUPPORT SERVICES

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 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

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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
304 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.