Special NoticePosted Oct 7, 2026·Responses due Oct 14, 2026

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Army · W7N0 USPFO ACTIVITY SD ARNG

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541613
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W912MM26QA023
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
R701
Place
SD, USA
Contact
Reggan B. Greene (reggan.b.greene.civ@army.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W912MM26QA023 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 7, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 17, 2026 to Feb 10, 2027, middle of the range Dec 12, 2026.
Measured from 718 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 7, 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

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. The South Dakota National Guard intends to award a firm fixed price sole source under the authority of RFO FAR 6.103-l{a), for the marketing and advertising in the state of South Dakota. Agencies may contract without providing for full and open competition when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Intended Contractor: CTSO… (show all)

/LAKE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE 1201 ARROW AVENUE NE WATERTOWN, SD 57702 The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541613 MARKETING CONSULTING SERVICES, and the Product Service Code (PSC) is R701 Support Management Advertising, The object of this sole source award is to obtain advertising and marketing for SDARNG Recruting.

Who won similar work

114 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army), same industry group (NAICS 5416).

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TELLUS CIVIC SCIENCE CORPORATION7$1.5MMay 13, 2026
GEMINI TECH SERVICES LLC3$28.2MMar 18, 2025
LBT DIAGNOSTIC RADIATION PHYSICS CONSULTING LTD3$222KSep 9, 2025
CEDAR INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LLC2$35.7MJul 18, 2025
CIVILITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC2$7.2MMar 13, 2025
INTERAGENCY READINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC2$1.5MMar 18, 2026
Dawson MCG, Inc.2$659KSep 18, 2026
PIKA INTERNATIONAL, INC.2$469KSep 4, 2026
LAKOTA-SUNDANCE JV, LLC2$331KAug 21, 2026
JWJ CONSULTING, LLC2$40KJun 10, 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.

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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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.

  • 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.