Special NoticePosted Aug 17, 2026·Responses due Aug 20, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Spectrometer - Oil

Navy and Marine Corps · FLEET READINESS CENTER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N68520-26-SIMACQ-QK00000-0169
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
J039
Place
Solomons, MD, USA
Contact
Ndidiamaka Umeh (ndidiamaka.n.umeh.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N68520-26-SIMACQ-QK00000-0169 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 17, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 7, 2026 to Mar 10, 2027, middle of the range Oct 9, 2026.
Measured from 15 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 811210 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 17, 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 Commander Fleet Readiness Center (COMFRC) hereby gives notice for their intent to award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC, INC (Spectro), on a sole source basis. In accordance with the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (RFO) Subpart 13.101(b), Contracting officers may solicit from a single source based on a determination and findings (see subpart 1.5) that only one source is reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization). Spectro is the OEM of this equipment and able to provide their expertise for… (show all)

this requirement. Fleet Readiness Center Aviation Support Equipment (FRCASE) requires inspection, repair, and calibration of the End Item, Spectrometer-Oil that meet criteria specified in the Statement of Work (SOW) (See attached SOW). THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which, if received by the closing date of this publication of this notice, will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement without impacting the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement, based upon responses received as a result of this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Who won similar work

65 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same NAICS 811210.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NEWCO INC3$63KAug 14, 2026
PERATON INC.2$92.0MSep 23, 2026
NEU TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC2$273KJul 31, 2026
HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, INC.2$235KAug 27, 2025
THE JASPER GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.2$211KJan 21, 2026
STRYKER SALES, LLC2$138KJun 17, 2025
SPECTRO ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. · $AME2$102KApr 29, 2026
L3HARRIS INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION · $LHX1$77.8MApr 16, 2026
Precise Systems, Inc.1$10.7MOct 8, 2026
CALZONI S.R.L. Calderara Di Reno 40012 ITA1$6.0MMay 27, 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $234K 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
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 1 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.