Special NoticePosted Oct 16, 2026·Responses due Oct 26, 2026

NESDIS Enterprise Mission Operations (NEMO)

NOAA · NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
2027-NESDIS-BB-0001
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Contact
Brooke Bernold (brooke.bernold@noaa.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 2027-NESDIS-BB-0001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 1, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Oct 13, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Oct 16, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 13, 2026 to Feb 8, 2027, middle of the range Dec 23, 2026.
Measured from 49 past early notices at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 1, 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

Amendment 002 Notice: This opportunity has been amended to provide the questions and answers regarding this notice (see the attached Questions_and_Answers-NEMO). -------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 001 Notice: This opportunity has been amended to extend the due date for White Paper submissions. The Government is currently reviewing the questions received. A future amendment will be issued to post the questions and answers. White Papers Due Date: October 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern/ 9:00 PM Pacific. -------------------------------------------------------- The Nat… (show all)

ional Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services (NESDIS) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is issuing a competitive Request for Project Proposal (RPP) with the intent of awarding one (1) or more Other Transaction Agreement(s) to identify and implement new and innovative approaches to satellite mission operations that can lower the cost of observations used to meet NOAA�s mission requirements, while including new, value-added technological advancements. Please refer to attached Request for White Paper Proposal-NEMO and Statement of Objectives-NEMO documents for additional information. Questions Due Date: October 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern/ 9:00 AM Pacific. White Papers Due Date: October 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern/ 9:00 PM Pacific.

Who won similar work

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

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

Single-winner award sizes (494): middle half $33K to $590K, median $99K; range $3K to $8.0B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
GROUND LEVEL SERVICES LLC15$22.5MSep 23, 2026
TITANIUM LOGISTIC SERVICES, LLC6$558KFeb 24, 2026
PARYMON CORP5$3.5MSep 21, 2026
RYZHKA INTERNATIONAL LLC4$127KMar 30, 2026
JAG ALASKA INC.3$106.5MSep 11, 2025
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION3$71.0MSep 2, 2026
A.I.S., Inc.3$50.7MMar 30, 2026
NV5 GEOSPATIAL, INC.3$49.0M + 2 sharedAug 4, 2026
DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC3$19.0MSep 11, 2026
Microwave Power Products, Inc.3$5.1MSep 21, 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 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 Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (11 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
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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
  • 304 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.