Special NoticePosted Sep 24, 2026·Responses due Oct 24, 2026

15--Post Justification Notice

Interior (all) · IBC ACQ SVCS DIRECTORATE (00004)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336411
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
DOIDFBO260095
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
1550
Place
Not stated
Contact
Aguon, Elsa (elsa_aguon@ibc.doi.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation DOIDFBO260095 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 24, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 10, 2026 to Apr 24, 2027, middle of the range Jan 29, 2027.
Measured from 56 past early notices at Departmental Offices that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 24, 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

Post Redacted Sole Source Justification for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) in accordance with RFO 6.301.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Interior (all)), same industry group (NAICS 3364).

Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $59K to $100K, median $67K; range $41K to $3.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SOUTHERN CROSS AVIATION LLC2$128KJul 22, 2026
CUB CRAFTERS, INC.1$3.4MJul 24, 2025
GREENWOOD GROUP INC1$132KJan 22, 2026
WIPAIRE INC1$67KDec 12, 2024
FLIGHT SUITS 1900 WELD BLVD STE 140 El Cajon CA 92020 USA1$56KJul 13, 2026
MDS L.L.C.1$41KAug 19, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 6 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 Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) 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
  • 149 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. 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
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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.