Special NoticePosted Aug 27, 2026·Responses due Sep 8, 2026

Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract under NAICS Code 334515

Special Operations Command · HQ USSOCOM

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334515
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
H9240326RKCCharon
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6625
Place
Tampa, FL, USA
Contact
Kristen Colyer (kristen.colyer@socom.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation H9240326RKCCharon in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 27, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (9 found; 10 needed).

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

1. Description This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. HQUSSOCOM intends to negotiate and award a contract on a sole-source basis to Charon Technologies, LLC (CAGE: 5GRT9, DUNS: 078525181) for the procurement of the following items: Product: Spectrum Guard 2 Remote Kit (SG2 + Resource Manager) Part Number: P16A-K Quantity: 3 Estimated Total Value: $272,280.00 2. Authority This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or… (show all)

services will satisfy agency requirements." Charon Technologies, LLC is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and sole developer, producer, and distributor of the proprietary Spectrum Guard 2 system. No other source has the technical data, proprietary rights, or expertise required to provide these specific items. The Government does not possess the data rights to solicit this requirement competitively from other sources. 3. Purpose The purpose of this is to notify potential sources of the Government's intent to award a sole-source contract. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. 4. Submission of Information Interested parties who believe they can meet the requirement must submit a capability statement to the Point of Contact listed above no later than 15 calendar days from the date of this notice's publication. The statement must provide clear and convincing evidence that the respondent has the necessary technical capability and resources to provide the specified equipment.

Who won similar work

121 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Special Operations Command), any industry: a loose match.

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

Single-winner award sizes (121): middle half $79K to $3.2M, median $350K; range $9K to $2.4B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TERRESTRIS, LLC2$3.9MFeb 26, 2026
GO GREEN HOME STAGING AND REDESIGN, LLC2$600KSep 25, 2025
HOC SERVICES, INC.2$591KJan 29, 2026
MONMOUTH SOLUTIONS, INC2$139KFeb 3, 2026
QOOLPOD, LLC2$68KJun 4, 2025
BARBARICUM LLC1$2.4BSep 15, 2025
NEXTECH SOLUTIONS LLC1$2.4BSep 15, 2025
IGOV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1$2.4BSep 15, 2025
MANAGEMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC.1$2.4BSep 15, 2025
Multiple Coronado CA USA1$399.0MApr 1, 2025

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 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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff 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
  • 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. 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.