Notice of Intent to Sole Source: SemiLab Ellipsometer Parts, Service, and Training
Treasury (all) · BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 166109 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 8, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Sep 8, 2026Special NoticeOpen
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
The government intends to award a sole-source purchase order to SemiLab Trade LLC for SemiLab SE-2000 proprietary replacement parts, corrective maintenance, training, and annual preventative maintenance. This is for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), DC Currency Facility, Office of Technology Development. The purchase order will be awarded under RFO FAR 12.102(a), as the Contracting Officer has determined that only one source is available. SemiLab Trade LLC is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and owns the patent/proprietary intellectual property, parts, schematics, and techni… (show all)
cal capability required to maintain, calibrate, and repair the BEP-owned SemiLab SE-2000 Ellipsometer, an essential analytical instrument used by the Research Analysis Division for material characterization, research and development investigations, and production-support studies This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any responses shall be submitted electronically to the Contracting Officer at kaiti.williams@bep.gov by the date and time specified in this notice. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.
Who won similar work
104 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Treasury (all)), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA Lausanne 22 1000 CHE | 5 | $4.4M | Oct 13, 2026 |
| SICPA SECURINK CORP | 4 | $235.9M | Jan 21, 2026 |
| PROTEC SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L. Bedizzole BHS 25081 ITA | 3 | $1.0M | Apr 30, 2026 |
| BLOOMBERG INDUSTRY GROUP, INC. | 2 | $9.2M | Apr 27, 2026 |
| MOODY'S ANALYTICS, INC. | 2 | $4.1M | Sep 24, 2026 |
| CCH Incorporated · $CCHH | 2 | $925K | Nov 20, 2025 |
| MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP | 2 | $608K | Oct 15, 2025 |
| LIONHEART ALLIANCE, LLC | 2 | $106K | Jan 22, 2026 |
| CRANE & CO., INC. | 1 | $593.4M | Jul 8, 2026 |
| SICPA Securink Washington DC USA | 1 | $70.3M | Jan 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.
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- Oct 7, 2026KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA Lausanne 22 1000 CHE$3.4MNotice of Sole Source Award: OEM Technical Training for Koenig & Bauer Printing Equipment BPA
- Sep 30, 2026ARCSOURCE GROUP, INC$144KSection 508 Remediation Services
- Sep 25, 2026WingSwept, LLC$3.5MCase Management & Tracking System (CMTS)
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- Sep 24, 2026MOODY'S ANALYTICS, INC.$1.2MMacroeconomics Data Forecasting Tool
- Sep 22, 2026The Kinetic Group Sales LLC$7.6MAmmunition Program
- Sep 16, 2026M.N. GUMBERT CORP$156KInk Pumps
- Sep 14, 2026VERATO, INC.$55KR--OCC Tri-Merge Credit Reporting Services for CO&S
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 Treasury, Dept of since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Treasury, 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
- 221 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.