Sources SoughtPosted Sep 15, 2026·Responses due Oct 12, 2026

Plastic Insignia Buttons

Navy and Marine Corps · COMMANDER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339993
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
M67854-26-I-5429
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
8315
Place
Quantico, VA, USA
Contact
Cheryl Dunn (cheryl.dunn.civ@usmc.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation M67854-26-I-5429 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 15, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Oct 8, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 26, 2026 to Jun 27, 2027, middle of the range Feb 15, 2027.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 15, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is seeking to identify interested and capable manufacturers and suppliers able to provide Plastic Insignia Buttons conforming to MIL-B-20289D, Buttons, Insignia, Plastic. This Request for Interest (RFI) is being issued for market research and acquisition-planning purposes to determine the availability of qualified sources capable of manufacturing, supplying, and delivering Marine Corps plastic insignia buttons in accordance with applicable military specifications and Government requirements. The Government is particularly interested in manufacturers with e… (show all)

xisting tooling, production capability, quality-control processes, and experience producing military uniform insignia or similar molded plastic components. Please see attached RFI for additional Information.

Who won similar work

31 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same industry group (NAICS 3399).

Single-winner award sizes (31): middle half $24K to $199K, median $75K; range $6K to $676K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
GT MUSIC INC4$310KSep 14, 2026
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.2$1.1MAug 6, 2025
DEFENSE MARITIME SOLUTIONS, INC.2$445KFeb 28, 2025
MSA MUSIC INC2$119KApr 17, 2026
AVIATION DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, L.L.C.1$500KNov 13, 2024
E W YOST COMPANY1$377KApr 10, 2025
SIMPLEX AMERICAS LLC1$303KJun 23, 2025
OHD LLLP Birmingham AL USA1$281KAug 4, 2025
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH INDUSTRIES LLC1$175KSep 29, 2025
INFLATABLE 2000, INC.1$149KJul 20, 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines 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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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.