Software Defined Encryption DoW CIO
Department of Defense (all) · WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SoftwareDefinedDoWCIO2026 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 27, 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
The Department of War (DoW) is seeking information on commercially available, software-only cryptographic solutions to enhance data protection for its programs of record. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued to identify potential sources and solutions that can meet the Department's requirements for interim data protection measures, which are designed to be consistent with and advance the DoW's migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
1980 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 (1378): middle half $39K to $166K, median $67K; range $300 to $1.7B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC | 58 | $3.3M + 31 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC | 30 | $6.6M + 3 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| LARKOS PACKING AND DISTRIBUTION INC. | 30 | $1.1M + 16 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC. | 29 | $3.3M + 3 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES | 25 | $2.9M + 3 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| CHAND, L.L.C. | 22 | $2.4M | Oct 20, 2026 |
| JA MOODY LLC | 18 | $3.0M | Oct 20, 2026 |
| PIONEER INDUSTRIES, LLC · $HEI · $5.2B | 18 | $1.4M | Oct 20, 2026 |
| FBC ENTERPRISES LLC | 18 | $1.2M + 3 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC | 17 | $316K + 13 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either (1 here). Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $HEI reported $5.2B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 1378 past awards, $67K, 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.
- Oct 20, 2026SOUTHERN CROSS AVIATION, LLC$26K53--RING,RETAININGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026MIDWAY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC.$350K (shared ceiling)53--SCREW,CAP,HEXAGON HEADShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026Don Industrial Group LLC$142K53--STUD,TURNLOCK FASTENERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026EHB SUPPLY$250K31--BEARING,SLEEVENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026ALPHA AMERICA, LLC$45K53--BOL T,SHEARNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026MAVEN ENGINEERING CORPORATION$602K66--CONTROL,TEMPERATURE,INDICATINGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$87K53--SHIMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026INDUS PRECISION MFG., INC$34K53--SCREW ASSEMBLYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC$91K61--CABLE ASSEMBLY,SPECNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026ATF Aerospace, LLC$350K (shared ceiling)53--SCREW,CAP,HEXAGON HShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (5 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
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
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 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.