Sources SoughtPosted Sep 18, 2026·Responses due Sep 21, 2026

Remote Sensing/Geophysical Survey GPR

Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA SOUTHWEST 5

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541360
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1171570
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
B518
Place
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Contact
Ernest Hernandez (ernest.hernandez@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1171570 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 18, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 10, 2026 to Feb 5, 2027, middle of the range Dec 12, 2026.
Measured from 92 past early notices at Forest Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 18, 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

This is only a Sources Sought not a Solicitation. A solicitation will be posted at a later date. The Coconino National Forest seeks to implement remote sensing/geophysical survey to assist in meeting its compliance responsibilities under federal law and regulation. The purpose of this contract is to perform geophysical survey utilizing ground-penetrating radar (GPR) at a project unit covering up to five acres on the Coconino National Forest, to identify subsurface disturbances and anomalies, and characterize their extent.

Who won similar work

49 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Forest Service), same industry group (NAICS 5413).

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ATERRA SOLUTIONS, LLC3$180KSep 30, 2025
ALLIED ENGINEERING SERVICES INC2$5.0M + 1 sharedFeb 10, 2026
Tetra Tech, Inc. · $TTEK1$15.0MFeb 10, 2026
CENTRAL GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC1$959KAug 6, 2026
WEBB JAMES T Double Springs AL 35553 USA1$350KAug 17, 2026
MARRERO, COUVILLON & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.1$250KSep 30, 2025
FLORAGENEX, INC.1$231KSep 4, 2026
DIVIS CONSULTING, INC.1$228KDec 23, 2024
THOMPSON-GORDON-SHOOK ENGINEERS INC1$225KSep 29, 2025
ATHENA GEOSYNTEC JV Nashville TN 37210 USA1$198KSep 11, 2025

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 U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Forest Service job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 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
  • 15 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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 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.