Sources Sought Notice - Chemical Agent Resistant Coating - Enhanced
Army Contracting Command (ACC) · W6QK ACC- DTA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation VPS_CARC_E in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 5, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
Product Manager Vehicle Protection Systems (PdM VPS) is performing market research on capabilities to reduce or eliminate the signatures on various US Army Combat Vehicles. This sources sought is seeking to identify potential sources to provide a Chemical Agent Resistant Coating - Enhanced (CARC-E) paint system which incorporates specific signature management capabilities into a fully compliant palette of U.S. Army Topcoats.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Contracting Command (ACC)), same industry group (NAICS 3255).
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCP Coatings Niles MI USA | 1 | $6.9M | May 6, 2026 |
| HENTZEN COATINGS INC | 1 | $2.6M | Dec 3, 2025 |
| FIRSTKEM LLC | 1 | $1.2M | Jun 9, 2025 |
| H. M. ROYAL OF CALIFORNIA, INC. | 1 | $617K | Aug 11, 2025 |
| IGCS, LLC | 1 | $106K | Jul 22, 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.
- Jul 22, 2026IGCS, LLC$106KAward Notice, Sealing Compound, NSN: 8030-01-199-6822
- May 6, 2026NCP Coatings Niles MI USA$6.9MMultiple Paint Requirement
- Dec 3, 2025HENTZEN COATINGS INC$2.6MAward Notice: W912CH-26-D-0006 CARC-L Award
- Aug 11, 2025H. M. ROYAL OF CALIFORNIA, INC.$617KThixon Adhesive and Primer
- Jun 9, 2025FIRSTKEM LLC$1.2MAFT SEALANT
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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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
- 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.
- 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.