Sources SoughtPosted Aug 21, 2026·Responses due Aug 25, 2026

1000 Watt Pulsed Laser Cleaner

Agriculture (all) · PPQ FT MEYERS FL

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333517
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1175174
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
Not stated
Place
FL, USA
Contact
Gerry Hensley (gerry.hensley@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1175174 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 21, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 21, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 6, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026, middle of the range Sep 21, 2026.
Measured from 65 past early notices at Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 21, 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

USDA is looking for a vendor to supply a transportable/mobile 1000 Watt Pulsed Laser Cleaning system with the following requirments/specifications: 1000-LCPW Hand Held Laser System with accessories 7x16 Enclosed Trailer, dual axle, non-slip flooring with ETrax system and straps, and a fire extinguisher Minimum of 11.5 kw generator (generator must be able to support operation at full capacity) with heavy duty roll-out system for generator 100' 220V/30A extension cord (x1) Spare Laser Head (x1) Laser Safety Glasses � 1064 nm (x2) Collimating Lens for Cleaning Head (x1) Protective Lens (x50) Opti… (show all)

cs, lenses, and protective consumables Delivery to Fort Myers, FL On?site operator training There is no solicitation at this time. This is a request for capability information for market research purposes only. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of the acquisition. Submission of any information in response to this notice is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. All interested parties are invited to submit capability statements for acquisition planning purposes. The following information should be provided: 1. Organization name, address, email address, website address, and size and type of ownership for the organization, and UEI 2. Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this requirement 3. Recent and relevant past performance information Based on the responses to this sources sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set aside for small business. Respondents should ensure the information provided is current accurate, and complete. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

Who won similar work

1981 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Multiple Washington DC USA153$1.7BSep 25, 2026
RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC15$1.9MAug 28, 2026
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC10$1.7MSep 3, 2026
BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ9$1.8MSep 28, 2026
TYSON FOODS INC. · $TSN8$120.9MAug 31, 2026
THREE STRIPES CONTRACTING LLC8$748KSep 15, 2026
Xplicit Technologies LLC7$396KApr 30, 2026
PARLIAMENT LLC6$1.2MSep 8, 2026
KING MATTHEW R De Pere WI 54115 USA6$168KMay 14, 2026
Covington Firelake JV, LLC5$31.7MSep 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.

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (11 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
  • $178K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • 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
  • 132 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 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.