Plastic Balloons for South Pole Ozone Hole Measurements
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1333MJ26Q0036 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 3, 2026Combined Synopsis/SolicitationOpen
- Aug 4, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
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
14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334511.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX | 2 | $68.6M | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Applanix Corporation | 1 | $5.8M | Aug 28, 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GRANT AND CONTRACT ACCOUNTING 12455 COLLECTIONS DRIVE CHICAGO IL 60693 USA | 1 | $1.1M | Sep 15, 2026 |
| THE SEXTON CORPORATION | 1 | $247K | Sep 10, 2025 |
| SEAFLOOR SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $148K | Apr 10, 2026 |
| PRECISION MACHINERY & TOOLING, LLC | 1 | $80K | Aug 8, 2026 |
| US TECH DEVICES, INC | 1 | $76K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| BEIER RADIO, L.L.C. | 1 | $52K | Feb 18, 2025 |
| BERINGIA MARINE INC | 1 | $50K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| GRAVA HYDROGRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LLC | 1 | $47K | Sep 22, 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 25, 2026MACKAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC$22K58--Procurement of Furuno Felcom GMDSS Replacement
- Sep 22, 2026GRAVA HYDROGRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LLC$47K66--Procurement of spare MVP200 tow bodies for NOAA
- Sep 22, 2026US TECH DEVICES, INC$76K58--OMAO MOC ships require updated GMDSS suite to ensu
- Sep 15, 2026UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GRANT AND CONTRACT ACCOUNTING 12455 COLLECTIONS DRIVE CHICAGO IL 60693 USA$1.1M15--1305M326C0025 Award
- Aug 8, 2026PRECISION MACHINERY & TOOLING, LLC$80KJ--Leatherback Anchor Deployment Device Development
- Apr 27, 2026BIOMARK LLC$18K66--Preloaded PIT Tag Single-Use Needles
- Apr 20, 2026KONGSBERG DISCOVERY US, LLC$45K58--NOAA OMAO Procurement of Teledyne Sound Velocity P
- Apr 10, 2026SEAFLOOR SYSTEMS, INC.$148K58--NOAA OMAO Procurement of Teledyne Sound Velocity P
- Feb 17, 2026L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$59.1M16--The NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
- Sep 24, 2025BERINGIA MARINE INC$50KHydrus 300m Depth Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (5 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) job
- $202K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- 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.
- 8 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.
- 1 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.