R--Notice of Intent- Sole Source
WATER, TRIBAL & SCIENCE DIVISION
Response status
Due tomorrow
Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
Responses are due tomorrow.
- Posted
- Aug 21, 2026
- Archive date
- Sep 1, 2026
- SAM status
- Active
Answer-first brief
What the source record says
- WATER, TRIBAL & SCIENCE DIVISION published this presolicitation.
- The notice uses NAICS 541910 (Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling).
Procurement identity
- Notice ID
- 3e472d1cd5c841f0a5251d1f1d78e038
- Solicitation
- 68HERW26Q0057
- Base type
- Sources Sought
- Version
- 2 of 2
Solicitation facts
Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation number
- 68HERW26Q0057
- Set-aside
- —
- Set-aside code
- —
- Posted
- Aug 21, 2026
- Responses due
- Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
- Archive date
- Sep 1, 2026
- Archive type
- autocustom
- Base type
- Sources Sought
- Organization type
- OFFICE
- Benchmark category
- —
- Category confidence
- —
- Category source
- —
- Last seen
- Aug 30, 2026
Buyer and place
Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.
- Department
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Department code
- —
- Subagency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Subagency code
- —
- Office
- WATER, TRIBAL & SCIENCE DIVISION
- Organization path
- —
- Organization path codes
- —
- Office address
- Cincinnati, OH, 45268, USA
- Place of performance
- —
- City code
- —
- State
- —
- State code
- —
- Postal code
- —
- Country
- —
Points of contact
Contact details from the current notice version.
primary
Mansfield, Kareen
Notice description
Source text reproduced without an AI summary.
Comparable award range
Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.
- Comparable awards
- 50
- Median
- $170,011
- Computed
- Aug 24, 2026
- Rubric
- comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable awards
The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.
| Award | Contractor | Value | Awarded | Score | Why it matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE USAGE DATA LICENSE AND ACCESS PSC: R422 | KYNETEC USA INC. | $3,760,408.00 | Apr 29, 2026 | 62 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same buying agency (10), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| FOCUS GROUP RECRUITMENT AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT - GENERATION Z RETIREMENT SAVINGS - 107985 | FORS MARSH GROUP LLC | $97,219.07 | Jun 29, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO A CENTRALIZED PLATFORM FOR RESEARCHING CURRENT & HISTORICAL ACCOUNTIN | THOMSON REUTERS (TAX & ACCOUNTING), INC. | $189,636.30 | Jul 16, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| KYNETEC FARMTRAK AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE USAGE DATA ACCESS IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. DEPARTMEN | KYNETEC USA INC. | $4,000,000.00 | Aug 19, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $29,603.14 | Jun 23, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| INCORPORATE IPP INVOICING INTO CONTRACT | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $44,503.00 | May 7, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $9,860.00 | May 12, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH. DEOBLIGATION MODIFICATION | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $57,250.00 | Apr 16, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| DE-OBLIGATE OUTSTANDING FUNDS | THE DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC | $67,126.20 | May 20, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| RESEARCH AND EVALUATION | THE DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC | $361,538.00 | May 13, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| SURVEY IN UK, GERMANY AND GREECE THIS MOD EXTENDS POP THROUGH SEP 30, 2026 | IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC | $136,500.00 | Mar 25, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE FULL SURVEY RESULTS AND RELATED DELIVERABLES FOR ALL 17 COUNT | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $175,000.00 | Apr 20, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| THE CONTRACTOR WILL PLACE 40 PRIVATE QUESTIONS ON FOUR NATIONWIDE PERSONAL INTERVIEW SURVE | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $56,000.00 | Apr 16, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT NATIONWIDE SURVEYS IN BAHRAIN, EGYPT, JORDAN, KUWAIT, LEBANON | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $249,000.00 | May 18, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| SYRIA NATIONWIDE SURVEY SUMMER 2026 | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $147,740.00 | Jun 1, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MEASURE PUBLIC OPINION IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION OF ASI | AZTECH CITY LLC | $843,177.00 | Jul 8, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| INR OPN SRI LANKA NATIONWIDE SURVEY & FOCUS GROUPS 2026 | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $94,045.00 | Aug 19, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| INDIA NATIONWIDE SURVEY AND FOCUS GROUP 2026 | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $170,011.00 | Aug 4, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| INR NEW ZEALAND FOCUS GROUPS 2026 | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $75,775.00 | Aug 19, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| PR15535271: SAN JOSE PD AUDIENCE RESEARCH STUDY | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $26,660.00 | Apr 13, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
Amendment history
A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.
| Version | Notice type | Observed | Responses due | Content hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presolicitation | Aug 23, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC | 1947be41bc3a9b7f |
| 2 | Presolicitation | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC | 3efb1406c31cbfe8 |
Record provenance
Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.
| Field | Source | Source as of | Parser | Transform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| agency_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| archive_date | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| archive_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| base_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| contacts | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| description | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| naics_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| notice_id | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| notice_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_city | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_country_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_postal_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_state_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| organization_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| posted_date | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| psc_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| response_deadline | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| sam_url | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| solicitation_number | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| subagency_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| title | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| upstream_active | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
Sources and method
Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.
Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.
- 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 30, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
- 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 24, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.
Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.