Public Disclosure of Justification- NOAA National Weather Radio Transmitter Maintenance- Wisconsin
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1305M325C0024 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 11, 2025Award NoticeWISCONSIN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD Madison WI 53713 USA · $1.5MOpen
- Sep 11, 2025 · this noticeJustification (Sole Source)
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.
What the notice says
In accordance with FAR 5.406, this announcement is for The National Weather Service (NWS), Central Region�s National Weather Radio (NWR) Maintenance Services for the State of Wisconsin. (1) Action Code: 1305M325C0024 (2) Date: September 11, 2025 (3) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 98115 (4) Product or Service Code: R427, Support- Professional: Weather Reporting/Observations (5) Contracting Office Address: 7600 Sand Point Way, SOU6, Seattle, WA 98115 (6) Subject: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Radio (NWR) Maintenance- Wisconsin Sites (7) Contact Point or C… (show all)
ontracting Officer: Contracting Specialist: Nicole Collins Email: nicole.collins@noaa.gov Contracting Officer: Richard Barzaghi Email: richard.barzaghi@noaa.gov (8) Contract Award Number: Contract Number: 1305M325C0024 (9) Award Dollar Amount: $1,498,059.36 (10) Award Date: September 05, 2025 (11) Contractor: Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) (12) Description: Award a sole source, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract for 5 years (12 month base period plus four 12 month option periods) to the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB), using the procedures in FAR Part 13 for transmitter maintenance services critical to the operational needs of the National Weather Service�s (NWS) National Weather Radio (NWR) All-Hazard Radio. (13) Award Type: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) (14) Procurement Method: Sole Source (15) Basis for award: Other than Full and Open Competition, SAP Non-Competition (FAR 13) (16) Set-aside Status: N/A
Who won similar work
6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same product/service code (PSC) R427 and NAICS 811210.
Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $243K to $985K, median $292K; range $216K to $1.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| APEX COMMUNICATIONS, LLC | 2 | $1.4M | Sep 11, 2025 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF Lakewood CO 80215 USA | 1 | $1.6M | Aug 11, 2025 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF 9195 E. Mineral Avenue Centennial CO 80112 USA | 1 | $299K | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Kentucky Authority for Educational Television Lexington KY 40502 USA | 1 | $285K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| ACG SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $216K | Sep 12, 2025 |
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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Sep 24, 2025Kentucky Authority for Educational Television Lexington KY 40502 USA$285KSynopsis of Contract Award_NOAA National Weather Transmitter Maintenance- Kentucky SitesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 12, 2025ACG SYSTEMS, INC.$216KR--Provide preventative & unscheduled transmitter maiNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 2025APEX COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$1.2MSynopsis of Contract Award- NOAA National Weather Transmitter Maintenance- WyomingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 5, 2025APEX COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$229KR--Award- Contract 1305M325C0038No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 11, 2025PUBLIC SAFETY, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF Lakewood CO 80215 USA$1.6MSynopsis of Contract Award- NWR Transmitter Maintenance Services in the State of ColoradoNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 7, 2025PUBLIC SAFETY, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF 9195 E. Mineral Avenue Centennial CO 80112 USA$299KR--Contract 1305M325C0024- NWR WisconsinNo 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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 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
- 305 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.