Oxford PlasmaLab 100 tool PLC upgrade or its Equivalent

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 482829 in this department, oldest first.

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

• Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
• Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
• Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

Who won similar work

23 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Energy), same product/service code (PSC) J066.

Single-winner award sizes (23): middle half $33K to $63K, median $50K; range $29K to $93K.

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.

• Aug 7, 2026AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$63KJ--Agilent Crosslab Silver Extended Service agreementMateriality: <0.01% of $A revenue (Low)Calculated as Award Amount divided by the company's trailing twelve-month revenue (SEC 10-Q). Here: $63K award ÷ $7.4B revenue, 12 months to Jul 31, 2026 (SEC 10-Q). SEC
• Aug 7, 2026FEI COMPANY$44KJ--FEI Company (Thermo Fisher Scientific) Service AgrNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jul 23, 2026JEOL USA, INC.$93KJ--JEM-2100PLUS Service Level AgreementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jul 23, 2026JEOL USA, INC.$76KJ--JEOL USA, Inc. JSM-IT700HRLV Service Level AgreemeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jul 22, 2026NORTH STAR IMAGING INCORPORATED$30KJ--Silver Preventive Maintenance for M5000 w/ 225 / 3Materiality: <0.01% of $ITW revenue (Low)Calculated as Award Amount divided by the company's trailing twelve-month revenue (SEC 10-Q). Here: $30K award ÷ $16.5B revenue, 12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (SEC 10-Q). SEC
• Jun 24, 2026RBD INSTRUMENTS, INC$36KJ--IIJA PHI Maintenance Service Contract Renewal POPNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• May 29, 2026THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC$38KJ--EPA/IRA-Thermo Dionex Ion Service PlanMateriality: <0.01% of $TMO revenue (Low)Calculated as Award Amount divided by the company's trailing twelve-month revenue (SEC 10-Q). Here: $38K award ÷ $46.3B revenue, 12 months to Jun 27, 2026 (SEC 10-Q). SEC
• May 11, 2026JEOL USA, INC.$50KJ--Renewal of Maintenance Control on JEOL FESEM 7600No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Mar 24, 2026PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS USA, INC.$61KJ--Renewal of Maintenance Service Contract for VERSAPNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Mar 24, 2026OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC.$30KJ--IRA Renewal Geospec+ 12Mhz Annual preventative maiNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.

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.

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.

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.