ASU E3 Night Vision Goggles
Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA INTERMOUNTAIN 4
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1240LP26Q0095 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 3, 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 Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, intends to award a firm-fixed-price sole source contract to Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc. (UEI: HYJBYG322PJ9), 4632 West Aeronca St., Boise, ID 83705, for four (4) Element 3 (E3) Lightweight Aviation Night Vision Goggles, part number E31001W-1T, certified to FAA TSO-C164a. The E3 is the only goggle identified that preserves the wearer's unaided peripheral field of view � a safety-of-flight requirement, given that LED obstruction lighting and aircraft position lighting cannot be seen through the goggle's optical fil… (show all)
ters and can only be detected peripherally � while remaining compatible with the Program's fielded battery packs and mounts to allow an in-flight goggle exchange. Market research found no other source, including other goggles built in the ANVIS-9 configuration, that meets both requirements. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes and is not a solicitation. Any responsible source that believes it can meet the Government's minimum needs stated above may submit a written capability statement by 08/18/2026 at 1600 (MT) to Westley Bisson, Contracting Officer, Westley.Bisson@usda.gov. All capability statements received by the closing date will be considered, and this determination may be revisited if warranted.
Who won similar work
8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Forest Service), same industry group (NAICS 3345).
Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $28K to $117K, median $57K; range $23K to $750K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| MET ONE INSTRUMENTS, INC. | 1 | $750K | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Suncore Distribution LLC | 1 | $232K | Mar 28, 2025 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $6.8B | 1 | $79K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| SEILER INSTRUMENT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY | 1 | $75K | Sep 17, 2026 |
| ARHAB LLC | 1 | $39K | Apr 30, 2026 |
| VCLOUD GOV INC. | 1 | $30K | Feb 6, 2026 |
| DATA DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1 | $23K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| COMSIS SOLUTIONS LLC | 1 | $23K | Sep 30, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $A reported $6.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 8 past awards, $57K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 30, 2026COMSIS SOLUTIONS LLC$23KHandheld XRF Analyzer
- Sep 30, 2026DATA DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES INC$23KPurchase and Delivery of a (Brand Name) High-Volume Seed Counter
- Sep 24, 2026AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$79KHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) replacement
- Sep 17, 2026SEILER INSTRUMENT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY$75KTrimble GPS Survey Equipment Purchase
- Apr 30, 2026ARHAB LLC$39KGround Penetrating Radar
- Feb 6, 2026VCLOUD GOV INC.$30KParker Print Surface Roughness Tester
- Aug 29, 2025MET ONE INSTRUMENTS, INC.$750KAward Notice
- Mar 28, 2025Suncore Distribution LLC$232KForest Products Laboratory - Laboratory Equipment
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 U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Forest Service 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
- 15 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 1 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.