66--Notice of Intent to Sole Source
EPA · WATER, TRIBAL & SCIENCE DIVISION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 68HERW27Q0002 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 6, 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
PSC 6630 This is a sole source requirement to contract with Thermo Electron North America LLC To purchase hardware, a computer, and software necessary to modify and upgrade our current THERMO Ion Chromatograph and connect it to our current High Resolution Mass Spectrometer. This procurement includes both parts and installation.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (WATER, TRIBAL & SCIENCE DIVISION), same NAICS 334516.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $319K to $384K, median $365K; range $272K to $403K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | 1 | $403K | Aug 13, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $7.4B | 1 | $365K | Sep 25, 2026 |
| LECO CORP | 1 | $272K | Sep 23, 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 $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $365K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 25, 2026AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$365K66--Award of 68HERW26P0350 - SpectrometerMateriality: <0.01% of $A revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 23, 2026LECO CORP$272K66--Comprehensive two dimensional-gas chromatography tNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 13, 2026FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$403K66--Purchase of Beckman Coulter Biomek i7 Hybrid (MC +No 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 3 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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
- 565 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.