PTOEA Intent to Sole Source (Patent Examination Review Assistant)

Where this opportunity stands

This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.

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.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Commerce (all)), same NAICS 541512.

Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $1.6M to $5.0M, median $2.0M; range $95K to $198.9M.

Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

• Apr 16, 2026INSTRUMENTAL SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC$2.0MD--Common Analytic and Support System for the NWS TsuNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Apr 16, 2026INSTRUMENTAL SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC$3.9MCommon Analytic and Support System (CASS) for the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Tsunami Warning Centers (TWCs)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jul 28, 2025CHENEGA SYSTEMS, LLC$6.0MDirect 8(a) Award to ANC 1305M225C0021 - IT Infrastructure Support ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jul 28, 2025CHENEGA SYSTEMS, LLC$1.9MD--To provide IT infrastructure services for IMONo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jul 8, 2025FEDERON PROCUREMENT SOLUTIONS Alexandria VA 22312 USA$95KAward Notice: Field Programmable Array-based Memory Device Characterization BoardsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jun 26, 2025UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK 3112 LEE BLDG 7809 REGENTS DR College Park MD 20742 USA$1.2MR--N-Wave MAX TO-24No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Apr 30, 2025MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$198.9MD--NOAA Cyber Security Center (NCSC)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

Competitive landscape

For the 5 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

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.

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.