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Naval Research Laboratory · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00173-26-Q-5531 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 11, 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 Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hereby formally announces the intent to award a firm-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $350,000 to Container Technologies Inc. The contractor will be required to provide modified containers. (See Attached Inquiry of Availability). This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. This is NOT a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation … (show all)
package is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 332439 with the size standard of 600. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) / Product Service Code (PSC) procurement is 8145. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement within 3 calendar days of the publication of this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided. The point of contact is: Erik Wells, email: erik.wells2.civ@us.navy.mil. Please reference this Notice of Intent number on your correspondence and in the �Subject� line of your email.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
86 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Naval Research Laboratory), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (81): middle half $360K to $4.0M, median $822K; range $7K to $245.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. · $PSN · $6.3B | 3 | $462.5M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $KEYS · $6.6B | 3 | $2.2M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| ANALEX CORPORATION | 3 | – | Aug 3, 2026 |
| ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP | 2 | $298.6M | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Applied Research Associates, Inc. | 2 | $123.0M | May 8, 2026 |
| ENVISIONEERING INC | 2 | $100.4M | Jan 30, 2025 |
| AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Washington DC 20036 USA | 2 | $3.4M | Dec 31, 2025 |
| OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC. | 2 | $2.0M | Sep 26, 2025 |
| TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC. | 2 | $818K | Feb 18, 2026 |
| VPRIME TECH INC | 2 | $55K | Feb 24, 2025 |
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 (5 here). Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $PSN reported $6.3B revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 81 past awards, $822K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $KEYS reported $6.6B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 81 past awards, $822K, 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 1, 2026KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC$795KKeysight UXA Agile Signal Generator and Signal StudioMateriality: 0.01% of $KEYS revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 1, 2026IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION$1.9MIPG Photonics Corporation (IPG) High Power Continuous Wave LasersMateriality: 0.18% of $IPGP revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 1, 2026CPI Satcom & Antenna Technologies Inc.$1.9MSole Source Award - Antenna Control SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC$956KKeysight Infiniium UXR0404BP Oscilloscope [Brand Name; Unrestricted]Materiality: 0.01% of $KEYS revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 29, 2026SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS SERVICES, INC.$1.3MCORROSION CONTROL AND COATING FOR AN/FSC-78 TERMINAL IN GUAMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026SOFTWARE INFORMATION RESOURCE CORP.$756KRugged Rack-Mounted Server ComputersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026TELEDYNE FLIR COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS INC.$964KTeledyne FLIR Commercial Systems Inc. MWIR and LWIR Scientific-Grade Cameras and AccessoriesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2026PIFINITY, INC.$1.1MPure Storage Flash Array Systems (Brand Name Only)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2026Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.$1.3MRohde & Schwarz brand-name FSWX Signal Analyzer and Vector Signal GeneratorNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2026JC TECHNOLOGY INC$797KHigh-Performance GPU Server Systems and Control WorkstationNo 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 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
- $172K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 1 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 5 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.