Hybrid Upright/Inverted Fluorescence Microscope
Air Force and Space Force · FA7000 10 CONS LGC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA700026Q0062 in this department, oldest first.
- Jun 16, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
- Jun 24, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
- Aug 13, 2026Combined Synopsis/SolicitationOpen
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
See Attachment
Who won similar work
19 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 6650.
Single-winner award sizes (19): middle half $94K to $438K, median $187K; range $50K to $7.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC INC · $AME · $7.9B | 1 | $7.4M | Mar 3, 2025 |
| VERMONT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 1 | $5.2M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| GASTOPS INC | 1 | $2.9M | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC | 1 | $1.6M | Jun 18, 2026 |
| NEWCO INC | 1 | $608K | Jun 13, 2025 |
| ADAM N EVE SAFETY LLC | 1 | $269K | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Quality Vision International Inc. | 1 | $222K | Apr 23, 2025 |
| KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1 | $217K | Jul 8, 2026 |
| GOOCH & HOUSEGO (KEENE) LLC | 1 | $193K | Jun 12, 2025 |
| AIT PRODUCTS LLC | 1 | $187K | Jun 10, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $AME reported $7.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 19 past awards, $187K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 1, 2026THERMAL BRO'S INC.$72KThermal Imaging BinocularsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026VERMONT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP$5.2MDual Axis Digital AutocollimatorNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026STABLE LASER SYSTEMS INC$57KStable Optical Cavity Absolute Reference SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 8, 2026KAY KAY LLC$94KBlack Body ControllerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 8, 2026KEYENCE CORPORATION$217KKeyence VXH-X1 Microscope SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 18, 2026Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC$1.6MSigma SEMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 10, 2026AIT PRODUCTS LLC$187KB-1 BorescopeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 11, 2026DIGITAL MICROSCOPE ASSOCIATE LLC$78KKeyence MicroscopeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 17, 2025ADAM N EVE SAFETY LLC$269KLong Distance BinocularsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 27, 2025GASTOPS INC$2.9MChipCheck Service Repair NSN 6650-01-665-6490No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 1 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.