Sources SoughtPosted Sep 1, 2026·Responses due Sep 21, 2026

HVAC Materials for Filter Production Line

Bureau of Prisons · FMC BUTNER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
CT2395-26
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
4460
Place
Pollock, LA, USA
Contact
Renee Stancil (renee.stancil@usdoj.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation CT2395-26 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 1, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 25, 2026, middle of the range Oct 7, 2026.
Measured from 169 past early notices at Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 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

UNICOR, manufactures and supplies a variety of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) filters for distribution to federal agencies nationwide. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice (Notice) and Request for Information (RFI) is to obtain market research from qualified filter manufacturers to source HVAC filter manufacturing materials. UNICOR seeks to establish a contract with a qualified awardee that would consist of a 1-year base period and four additional option years, if exercised. Respondents must specify required materials, outline respondent information, detail pricing expe… (show all)

ctations, include product sample clauses, define quality requirements, and address quantity needs.

Who won similar work

18 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Bureau of Prisons), same industry group (NAICS 3334).

Single-winner award sizes (18): middle half $88K to $221K, median $133K; range $12K to $1.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ACCENTZ, INC.1$1.4MAug 31, 2026
WATER HEATER DISTRIBUTORS, LLC1$416KJul 9, 2026
Total Solution LLC1$399KJul 22, 2025
Apex Pro Services LLC1$288KJul 31, 2026
PALMETTO AIR & CHILLER SERVICE INC1$245KJul 14, 2025
ROYAL IMAGING SOLUTIONS Windsor Mill MD 21244 USA1$151KSep 8, 2025
LOTUSUSA, INC.1$148KJul 10, 2025
POWER PLUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.1$135KApr 21, 2026
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.1$134KSep 18, 2026
RNK INTERNATIONAL, INC.1$131KSep 15, 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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Bureau of Prisons (BOP) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Prisons (BOP) 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
  • 1 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.