66--Gamry Potentiostats n Cages
Bureau of Reclamation · DENVER FED CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 140R8125Q0237 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 31, 2025 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Sep 3, 2025Award NoticeGAMRY INSTRUMENTS, INC. · $36KOpen
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 is not a solicitation. This is a notification of an intent to award a sole source procurement under NAICS code 334516. The Bureau of Reclamation Acquisition and Operation Branch in Denver, Colorado will solicit and award a purchase order to Gamry Instruments, Inc. Only this suggested source can furnish the requirements, to the exclusion of other sources, because of the manufacturer-backed warranty and technical support as well as the instrument sensitivity allowing for the market�s best accuracy measurement of EIS on high impedance protective coatings due to their ability to measure very … (show all)
low currents. Specific characteristics of the Gamry Instruments Reference 620 potentiostats that limit the availability to a sole source are the instrument performance specifications, staff training, and accessories already in house. Additional details regarding the specific characteristics can be found in the Statement of Work attached. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) only one source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. If firms believe they have the technical capability to meet this need, submit a technical capability statement along with business profile to Savanna Manning at smanning@usbr.gov within fifteen (15) days of this notice. Any information received will be treated as market research information towards future similar or same requirements. Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since this notice is not a request for proposal.
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DENVER FED CENTER), same product/service code (PSC) 6640 and NAICS 334516.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $52K to $146K, median $58K; range $30K to $253K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA INSTRUMENTS - WATERS L.L.C. | 1 | $253K | Jan 17, 2025 |
| DISE LLC | 1 | $211K | Jan 18, 2025 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 1 | $81K | Aug 4, 2025 |
| FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | 1 | $58K | Jan 17, 2025 |
| VISIONARY EXPERTS LLC | 1 | $56K | May 14, 2026 |
| OPSYTEC DR. GROEBEL GMBH AM HARDTWALD 6 -8 ETTLINGEN 76275 DEU | 1 | $49K | Jan 18, 2025 |
| Q-LAB CORP | 1 | $30K | Jul 7, 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.
- Jul 7, 2026Q-LAB CORP$30K66--Salt Fog ChamberNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 14, 2026VISIONARY EXPERTS LLC$56K66--PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 4, 2025GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$81K66--EPPENDORF EPMOTION 5073LNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 18, 2025DISE LLC$211K66--TOTAL ORGANIC HALOGEN SEPARATOR AND ANALYZERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 18, 2025OPSYTEC DR. GROEBEL GMBH AM HARDTWALD 6 -8 ETTLINGEN 76275 DEU$49K66--IRA COLLIMATED BEAM FOR UV TREATMENTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 17, 2025TA INSTRUMENTS - WATERS L.L.C.$253K66--TA Instruments Electroforce DMA 3200 with FatigueNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 17, 2025FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$58K66--IRA HACH ANALYZERS & SAMPLING EQUIPMENTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 7 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 Bureau of Reclamation since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Reclamation 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
- 0 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.
- 0 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.