Justification (Sole Source)Posted Mar 25, 2025

EBW Detonators

NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers · NSWC INDIAN HEAD DIVISION

Stage
Justification for other than full competition
NAICS
325920
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N0017425D0003
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
1375
Place
Indian Head, MD, USA
Contact
Bridget Taylor (bridget.m.taylor.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N0017425D0003 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Mar 25, 2025
    Award Notice
    Teledyne RISI, Inc. · $2.1M
    Open
Other notices
  • Mar 25, 2025 · this notice
    Justification (Sole Source)

Next steps for this stage

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  • The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.

What the notice says

The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC IHD) requires a variety of RP-Type EBW Detonators to be used for testing at the detonation technology facilities and explosive test ranges.

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers), same NAICS 325920.

Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $2.8M to $7.9M, median $7.1M; range $602K to $241.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B1$241.7MOct 24, 2025
SYQWEST LLC · $CTS · $554.8M1$7.9MJul 31, 2025
LEVISON ENTERPRISES LLC1$7.1MSep 4, 2025
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS CO CALIFORNIA LLC · $RAL · $2.2B1$2.8MSep 24, 2026
ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANY1$602KJul 11, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Investor context
  • $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $7.1M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $CTS reported $554.8M revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $7.1M, is 1% of that. SEC filing
  • $RAL reported $2.2B revenue (12 months to Jul 3, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $7.1M, is 0.3% of that. SEC filing

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards
  • Sep 24, 2026PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS CO CALIFORNIA LLC$2.8MIGNITER, MARK 288 MOD 1Materiality: 0.13% of $RAL revenue (Low) SEC
  • Oct 24, 2025SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$241.7MPropulsion Test Facility (PTF) Complex Operations & Maintenance (O&M)Materiality: 3.3% of $SAIC revenue (Medium) SEC
  • Sep 4, 2025LEVISON ENTERPRISES LLC$7.1MSole Source Award 4023No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Jul 31, 2025SYQWEST LLC$7.9MAward Synopsis - N6660425C0562Materiality: 1.4% of $CTS revenue (Medium) SEC
  • Jul 11, 2025ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANY$602KMK70 Pressure CartridgesNo 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 5 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
  • $94K 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
  • 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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 4 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, 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.