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RFI-MARFORRES COMMSTRAT

DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTING · Louisiana, 70114

Response status

Due in 2 days

Sep 3, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC

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Posted
Aug 28, 2026
Archive date
Sep 18, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTING published this sources sought.
  • Competition is listed as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.
  • The place of performance is Louisiana.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
5de9ef8d8b8f4032add893dd9c7fba77
Solicitation
RFI-COMMSTRAT-CANON-OPTICS-2026
Base type
Sources Sought
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Sources Sought
Solicitation number
RFI-COMMSTRAT-CANON-OPTICS-2026
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside
Set-aside code
SDVOSBC
Posted
Aug 28, 2026
Responses due
Sep 3, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 18, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 1, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
Subagency
DEPT OF THE NAVY
Subagency code
Office
DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTING
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70114-1500, USA
Place of performance
Louisiana, 70114
City code
State
Louisiana
State code
LA
Postal code
70114
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

USMC MARFORRES is conducting market research to identify qualified commercial sources capable of providing specialized photography, camera optics, archival ink supplies, and supportive studio infrastructure. Please refer to the attachment for salient characteristics.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$17,376
Median$27,225
High end (p75)$116,712
Comparable awards
7
Median
$27,225
Computed
Sep 1, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
TASERSAXON ENTERPRISE, INC.$107,974.10Mar 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EXERCISE OPTION YEAR TWOAXON ENTERPRISE, INC.$177,539.57Jul 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SONY CAMCORDER & EQUIPMENTMAGNASYNC/MOVIOLA CORPORATION$12,189.99Mar 12, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CANON CAMERA PHOTO & VIDEO EQUIPMENT FOR THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH PROMOTION DFILMTOOLS INC.$22,562.01May 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
GSS CUSTOM CAMERA AND LENS KIT 516 S/N 0038 & 512X S/N 0052 AND UPGRADEGYRO STABILIZED SYSTEMS LLC$125,450.00Jul 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IKEGAMI BROADCAST MONITORS ARE REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION IN EACH AUDIO-VISUAL STUDIO CONTRB & H FOTO & ELECTRONICS CORP.$27,225.00Jun 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF DEER SURVEY GAME CAMERAS ON BEHALF OF 2 CES LOCATEMONARCH PRODUCTS CORP.$4,917.80Mar 27, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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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.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 1, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 7 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Sep 1, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.
  3. 3Only 7 comparable awards were found. The range describes those records, not the market.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range; note 3 describes sample size. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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