IASS - Thermal Desorption Conditioner
Air Force and Space Force · FA2396 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL PZLE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0039 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 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
This requirement is for one (1) Markes Thermal Desorption Tube Conditioner at Wright-Patterson AFB. NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 334516. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL/RMZB), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, intends to award a single source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.201-2 to Markes International. Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely… (show all)
for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any responses should be e-mailed to the contracting officer at chris.stokes.1@us.af.mil no later than 30 July 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. All questions should be directed to the contracting officer at chris.stokes.1@us.af.mil Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads �Thermal Disorption Conditioner� Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or .xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.
Who won similar work
15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.
Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $60K to $197K, median $83K; range $24K to $506K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUERS INC | 2 | $165K | Mar 19, 2026 |
| MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC | 2 | $73K | Sep 2, 2026 |
| LaVision, Inc. | 1 | $506K | Nov 21, 2025 |
| BRUKER AXS LLC · $BRKR · $3.5B | 1 | $413K | Mar 24, 2026 |
| JEOL USA, INC. | 1 | $391K | Sep 19, 2025 |
| EDAX, LLC | 1 | $270K | Dec 30, 2024 |
| BRINKMANN INSTRUMENTS, INC. | 1 | $124K | Mar 17, 2026 |
| KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1 | $113K | Jul 7, 2026 |
| KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC | 1 | $91K | Aug 25, 2026 |
| TEXAS SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS Justin TX 76247 USA | 1 | $70K | Sep 2, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $BRKR reported $3.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 15 past awards, $83K, 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.
- Sep 2, 2026TEXAS SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS Justin TX 76247 USA$70KPortable Optical Emission Spectroscopy Testing SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 2, 2026MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC$24KEmpyrean Goniometer Motor ReplacementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 25, 2026KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC$91KAWARD NOTICE: VDATS F-35 NAI APINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2026KEYENCE CORPORATION$113KKeyence VL800 3D ScannerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 29, 2026MICRO SYSTEMS, INC$50KC-BAND MINI TESTERMateriality: <0.01% of $KTOS revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 24, 2026BRUKER AXS LLC$413K30 Micron Xray SpectrometerMateriality: 0.01% of $BRKR revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 19, 2026STRUERS INC$82KMounting PressNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 17, 2026BRINKMANN INSTRUMENTS, INC.$124KOmnis Metrohm TitratorNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 28, 2026GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$52KMercury AnalyzerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 21, 2025LaVision, Inc.$506KUSAFA Particle Imaging Velocimetry SystemNo 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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.