Special NoticePosted Jul 21, 2026·Responses due Jul 24, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Ontologize, Inc.

NIWC (Naval Information Warfare) · NIWC ATLANTIC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
611420
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
PID0206
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
U099
Place
Not stated
Contact
Matthew Goforth (matthew.c.goforth.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation PID0206 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 21, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Jul 21, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 1, 2026 to May 2, 2027, middle of the range Dec 21, 2026.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 21, 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

Title: Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Ontologize, Inc.The purpose of this synopsis is to provide notice of the Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic?s intent to award a Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to Ontologize, Inc., a small business, to purchase the following live, in-person instructor-led official Palantir trainings and assessments: one four-day Engineering training course for up to 25 participants and one four-day Maven/Gaia/AIP training course for up to 25 participants, resulting in the corresponding Palantir certificati… (show all)

on(s).The Government intends to negotiate solely with Ontologize, Inc., under the authority of FAR 12.102. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The NAICS Code is 611420 with a size standard of $16,000,000 and the Product/Service Code is U099.This notice is not a request for competitive quotes; however, any responsible source believing that it can fulfill the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation. Responses to the pre-solicitation notice can be submitted via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation portal at https://piee.eb.mil by 24 July 2026. All responses received by 24 July 2026 at 1200 will be considered by the Government for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.All responding vendors must be registered to the System for Award Management (SAM). Information can be found at https://www.sam.gov. Complete SAM registration means a registered Unique Entity ID and CAGE. The point of contact for this announcement is Matthew Goforth, Contract Specialist, at matthew.c.goforth.civ@us.navy.mil.Cognizant Contracting Office: NIWC Atlantic, PO Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419 ? 9022. Contracting Officer: Blair Walker

Who won similar work

150 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NIWC (Naval Information Warfare)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC6$214.2M + 2 sharedOct 14, 2026
Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index Entry not found in index5$483.6M + 1 sharedJun 28, 2025
PERATON INC.4$118.0M + 2 sharedJun 1, 2026
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. · $GD3$128.4M + 1 sharedJun 1, 2026
PRESCIENT EDGE CORPORATION3$59.3M + 2 sharedJun 1, 2026
LEIDOS, INC. · $LDOS3$13.0M + 2 sharedJun 10, 2026
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH3$10.7M + 1 sharedSep 24, 2026
KRATOS DEFENSE & ROCKET SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. · $KTOS3$4.9MJul 20, 2026
SERCO INC3– + 3 sharedJun 10, 2026
VT MILCOM INC.3– + 3 sharedJun 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.

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (10 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $888K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • 1 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.

  • 8 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
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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.

  • 5 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 19 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.