Special NoticePosted Sep 14, 2026·Responses due Oct 5, 2026

Area of Interest (AoI) � Metal Cleaning and Finishing Services

Department of Defense (all) · DEPT OF DEFENSE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W911KF25SC002-AoI0016
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
AL, USA
Contact
Diana Ponder (Diana.m.pritchettponder.civ@army.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W911KF25SC002-AoI0016 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 14, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (0 found; 10 needed).

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

ACC?ANAD is seeking solutions to perform depot?level metal cleaning, surface preparation, and finishing services for a wide range of combat vehicle components. We need a solution that includes: Modern, efficient, and environmentally compliant methods for chemical cleaning, abrasive media cleaning, and required plating/coating processes (anodizing, chromate conversion, black oxide, electroless nickel, hard chrome, zinc, tin, copper, and phosphate). Clear facility capability details such as tank and oven dimensions, rack configurations, weight limits, and crane clearances, along with a feasible … (show all)

plan to meet the seven?day turnaround requirement. A complete quality assurance approach capable of performing all required ASTM and MIL?SPEC tests and ensuring consistent, certifiable results. Interested parties should review the attachments and the full CSO (W911KF25SC0002) posting on SAM.gov for submission and evaluation procedures. ACC?ANAD is not obligated to extend a request for proposal or make an award as a result of this CSO AoI; all awards are subject to the availability of funds and successful negotiations. This CSO AoI is not an authorization to begin performance, and in no way obligates the Government for any costs incurred by the Offeror associated with developing a Response. Prior to commencement of any activities associated with performance under this CSO AoI, the Government will issue a written directive or contractual document signed by the Contracting Officer with appropriate consideration established. ACC?ANAD reserves the right to modify the requirements of this CSO AoI.

Who won similar work

1978 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), any industry: a loose match.

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

Single-winner award sizes (1975): middle half $50K to $350K, median $180K; range $1 to $1.7B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC57$16.6MOct 19, 2026
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC28$7.6MOct 19, 2026
LARKOS PACKING AND DISTRIBUTION INC.27$7.9MOct 16, 2026
ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC.24$3.7MOct 19, 2026
CHAND, L.L.C.24$2.3MOct 16, 2026
INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES20$3.6MOct 19, 2026
Argo Turboserve Corporation16$2.1MOct 19, 2026
PHOENIX TRADING INC.15$4.5MOct 19, 2026
TRANSAERO, INC.15$3.8MOct 19, 2026
ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC15$2.8MOct 19, 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.

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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 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.