NOAA: Relative Humidity Calibration Standard built to Specifications
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1305M226Q0197 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- 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.
What the notice says
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to award a firm fixed price contract for an two (2) Relative Humidity Calibration Standards as built to specifications for the NWS Sterling Field Support Center (SFSC) in Sterling, VA. The Government intends to make an award to the responsive responsible quoter providing the best value in accordance with FAR 12.203(c)(2) and is 100% set-aside for small business entities. DOC, Eastern Acquisition Division requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No aw… (show all)
ard can be made to a company not registered in SAM. Contractors active in SAM have a unique entity identifier (UEI) that is used to do business with the federal government. The Government has moved to a free new, non-proprietary identifier that will have to be requested in, and assigned by, the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). You can register and access the site by going to www.sam.gov. Please see Instructions to Offerors and full Solicitation as attached. **Contractors who do not respond to items 1 through 10 included in the "Instructions to Offerors" may be considered non-compliant with the requirements of the solicitation and no further consideration shall be given for award.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same product/service code (PSC) 6640 and NAICS 334519.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $77K to $564K, median $93K; range $52K to $2.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTT HydroMet Corp | 1 | $2.0M | Jun 9, 2025 |
| HANDIX SCIENTIFIC INC | 1 | $100K | Aug 12, 2025 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 1 | $86K | Aug 27, 2026 |
| CHELONIA LIMITED | 1 | $52K | 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Aug 27, 2026GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$86K66--Purchase a new elemental analyzer for the ABL chem
- Sep 17, 2025CHELONIA LIMITED$52K66--NMFS Marine Mammal Lab Echolocation Recorders
- Aug 12, 2025HANDIX SCIENTIFIC INC$100KPortable optical particle spectrometers for the Office of Atmospheric Research, Chemical Sciences Laboratory
- Jun 9, 2025OTT HydroMet Corp$2.0MLimited Source Justification
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
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
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
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.