Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award - PowerWulf Compute Cluster ZXR1
Air Force and Space Force · FA4610 30 CONS PK
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Where this opportunity stands
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- Aug 3, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
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What the notice says
The 30th Contracting Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, intends to solicit and award a sole source firm-fixed-price contract to?PSSC Labs. The action will be executed in accordance with GSAR 538.7104-3(b)(ii). See attached redacted Sole Source Justification for additional details. The requirement is to provide the following: 1. PowerWulf ZXR1+ Cluster H8000G1 PN: PWF-ZXR1-H8000G1: 816 Total AMD EPYC Processor Cores, 4352 GB Total High Performance ECC System Memory. CBeST Cluster Management Toolkit v 6.0. 2. PowerWulf ZXR1+ Cluster A24000 PN: PWF-ZXR1-A24000: 320 Total AMD EPYC Processo… (show all)
r Cores, 1920 GB Total High Performance ECC System Memory. CBeST Cluster Management Toolkit . Award is anticipated to be made utilizing GSA Multiple Award Schedule 47QTCA24D00FW. This notice of intent is NOT a request for quote or proposal. However, interested parties may submit a narrative describing their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill the requirement via email to?Scott Yeaple, scott.yeaple@spaceforce.mil and Jessica Rowe, jessica.rowe.5@spaceforce.mil no later than 06 August 2026 at 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time. Any costs incurred in submitting a capabilities statement will not be reimbursed by the Government. Additionally, the information received will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Who won similar work
39 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334111.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| HPI FEDERAL LLC · $HPQ | 3 | $788K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| FCN INC | 2 | $869K | Sep 9, 2025 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC | 1 | $5.1M | Sep 9, 2026 |
| REGAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 1 | $2.9M | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Aechelon Technology Inc | 1 | $2.9M | Mar 31, 2025 |
| JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC · $JCI | 1 | $1.2M | Aug 5, 2025 |
| AATD LLC | 1 | $903K | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Xenturis LLC | 1 | $480K | Sep 3, 2025 |
| IMPRES TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC | 1 | $326K | Apr 16, 2025 |
| STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION | 1 | $300K | Sep 30, 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.
- Sep 30, 2026STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION$300KAward Notice - 49 CS Sharedrive Server Replacement
- Sep 24, 2026REGAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP$2.9MBMT iPads, Phone Cases, Charging Carts
- Sep 24, 2026HPI FEDERAL LLC$83K49 SPTG Tech Refresh
- Sep 9, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$5.1MRobins_AFB_Range_Four_Modernization
- Sep 2, 2026WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC$162KC26_CS_Network Hardware (Routers)
- Aug 27, 2026SCN WORLDWIDE LLC$29KINSIGHT 700C SCANNER
- Jun 22, 2026COMARK LLC$99KComark Test Stand Computers
- Jun 5, 2026KAY KAY LLC$117KOSQ Rack-Mounted Edge Computer Server
- May 21, 2026ONTIME NETWORKS, LLC$265KAirborne Ethernet Units
- Apr 28, 2026EPOCH CONCEPTS LLC$74KAI HPC Server
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (14 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $450K 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
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
- 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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 7 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.