Special NoticePosted Sep 3, 2026·Responses due Sep 9, 2026

Intent to Sole Source Dry Cleaning Service

Navy and Marine Corps · COMMANDING GENERAL

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
812320
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
MM6700126Q0118
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
S209
Place
Cherry Point, NC, USA
Contact
Aaron Avery (aaron.m.avery.civ@usmc.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation MM6700126Q0118 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 3, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Sep 29, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 14, 2026 to Jun 15, 2027, middle of the range Feb 3, 2027.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 3, 2026).

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

Marine Corps Installations East (MCI-East) Cherry Point Satellite Contracting Office, Cherry Point, NC 28533 hereby gives notice to intent to award a purchase order to Cowell�s Cleaners, Inc. 422 Pollock St, New Bern, NC 28560 (CAGE: 4AYZ5) on a sole source basis in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) FAR 6.103-1, only one source reasonably available. Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS) aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, NC has a requirement to establish a contract to obtain professional, expedited, and high-quality laundry, dry cleaning, and pr… (show all)

essing services for United States Marine Corps (USMC) dress uniforms worn during authorized Funeral Honors details. Market research has revealed this contractor is the only source capable of providing the required service due to Geographic proximity being a mandatory factor for this procurement due to a required 24 hour turn around time for services. Therefore, the Government intends to procure this requirement on a sole source basis from Cowell�s Cleaners, Inc. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which if received within five (5) calendar days after the date of the publication of this synopsis will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses received as a result of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same product/service code (PSC) S209.

Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $101K to $262K, median $192K; range $42K to $469K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NATIONAL SOLUTIONS WEST LLC2$308KJul 23, 2025
JCB DRY CLEANING INC1$469KApr 20, 2026
REDLINE GEAR CLEANING Hudson MA 01749 USA1$314KMay 30, 2025
ROBERTSON & PENN INC1$262KSep 15, 2025
AOS SERVICES INC1$253KJul 28, 2025
ALAIN DALENCOURT Los Angeles CA 90008 USA1$220KSep 9, 2025
LAKE BALBOA PROFESSIONAL LAUNDRY & CLEANERS INC1$165KMar 7, 2025
Blue Farm Concepts LTD.1$111KSep 11, 2025
KVG LLC1$103KFeb 4, 2025
ALL JOY STUDIO, LLC1$95KSep 18, 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.

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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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.