Special NoticePosted Aug 24, 2026·Responses due Sep 8, 2026

D--Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Interior (all) · IBC ACQ SVCS DIRECTORATE (00004)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
DOIDFBO260086
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
DA01
Place
Not stated
Contact
Schickler, Lydia (lydia_schickler@ibc.doi.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation DOIDFBO260086 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 24, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 9, 2026 to Mar 24, 2027, middle of the range Dec 29, 2026.
Measured from 56 past early notices at Departmental Offices that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 24, 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

The Government intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, a firm-fixed-price (FFP) acquisition with Affinity eSolutions, Inc., to provide continued operation and maintenance (O&M) services for its existing Strong Bonds Website, also known as the Activity and Information Management System (AIMS), which serves as the program�s primary mission-support and information-management platform. This non-competitive action is being issued by the Acquisition Services Directorate on behalf of the Air National Guard. Please see the attached Notice of Intent to Sole Source PDF for additional details.

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541511.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. · $GD2$3.3MAug 31, 2026
BIZFLOW CORP.2$1.2MSep 11, 2026
PROLIFICS INC1$13.5MSep 2, 2025
THE MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP LLC1$11.8MSep 25, 2025
NEXGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC.1$6.6MFeb 2, 2026
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP1$2.7MJul 20, 2026
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH1$1.9MAug 18, 2026
COGNIZANCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC1$1.5MJul 22, 2026
AFFINITY ESOLUTIONS INC1$500KSep 18, 2026
ALTURAS SOLUTIONS LLC1$328KAug 12, 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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (9 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) job
  • $394K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • 1 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.

  • 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 149 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
  • 0 insider buys and 5 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.