Special NoticePosted Jul 27, 2026·Responses due Jul 31, 2026

Educational Lead Generation and Digital Recruitment Marketing

Army · W7N5 USPFO ACTIVITY VAANG 192

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541810
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W50S9B26Q0020
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
R701
Place
Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Contact
Orlando Loaiza (orlando.loaiza.1@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W50S9B26Q0020 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 27, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 6, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026, middle of the range Oct 1, 2026.
Measured from 718 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 27, 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

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE This notice is for informational purposes only. The Virginia Air National Guard (VaANG) intends to award a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract to EAB Global, Inc. for educational lead generation and digital recruitment marketing services. The authority for this action is 41 U.S.C. 1901 as implemented by FAR 12.102(b), which permits contracting officers to restrict competition to a single source when only one source is reasonably available. Market research has indicated that EAB is the only vendor capable of meeting the full requirements of the Performance Wor… (show all)

k Statement (PWS) for the following reasons: Exclusive In-School Access: The requirement mandates the use of interactive digital advertising billboards in Bayside High School and Kempsville High School. EAB is the only company with its proprietary "NextGrad" digital billboard system currently installed and operational in both of these specific schools. Furthermore, EAB is the only vendor with existing, exclusive agreements and authorizations from school administration to own and operate this equipment on school grounds. Proprietary Lead Generation: The PWS also requires access to a robust student lead generation database. EAB�s "Appily Serve" platform is a proprietary service, fully owned by EAB and unavailable through any other vendor, that directly connects the VaANG with its target demographic. Due to these unique and exclusive capabilities, EAB is the only source that can meet the Government's requirement without a cost-prohibitive and time-consuming effort to establish new vendor relationships and infrastructure within the school system. Please note that this is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the full requirements are invited to submit, in writing, information describing their capability. Specifically, respondents must provide documentation demonstrating they have existing authorization and interactive digital billboards currently installed and operational in both Bayside High School and Kempsville High School located in Virginia Beach, VA. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses must be submitted no later than 31 July 2026 at 1200 EST to Orlando Loaiza at orlando.loaiza.1@us.af.mil.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army), same NAICS 541810.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MINNESOTA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION Saint Paul MN 55102 USA1$1.5MJan 21, 2026
MARCH MARKETING LLC1$985KSep 30, 2026
ARILLIC LLC1$980KOct 2, 2025
BLUEPRINT CREATIVE GROUP, LLC1$773KSep 29, 2026
DBASE MEDIA, LLC1$541KJul 10, 2026
HOOT DESIGN CO LLC1$500KMay 20, 2026
LINCOLN HOLDINGS LLC1$250KAug 5, 2026
THRIVE POP, LLC1$222KSep 26, 2026
DIRECTIONAL AD-VANTAGE HOLDINGS, LLC1$128KJun 10, 2026
MINNESOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Minneapolis MN 55413 USA1$114KJan 29, 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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 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.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 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.