Skip to content
  • 6,812 federal solicitations are open right now. How many of them are yours?
  • New solicitations are posted every day. The ones you never saw are the ones you cannot win.
  • Stop checking SAM.gov every morning. Let the contracts that fit your business come to you.
  • Tell Abierto what you sell in one sentence. AI reads every open solicitation for you.
  • Deadlines are short. Hear about a solicitation the day it is posted, not the week it closes.
  • Amendments move deadlines. Watch a solicitation and Abierto tells you when it changes.
  • See which contracts in your field are about to end, and who holds them today.
  • Plans from $39 a month. See your matches before you pay.
See plans
AbiertoGet started

Special notice, first published as sources sought

Apatite fission-track (AFT) and U-Pb analyses

140G0326Q0167

US Geological Survey, Office of Acquisiton Grants. Testing Laboratories and Services.

Awarded

Geosep Services, LLC

$24,820.00 obligated so far on USAspending

Get the next one like this from US Geological Survey by email, the day it is posted.Find my opportunities

This one was awarded in 2026

23 like it are open now in testing laboratories and services

All 23 open in testing laboratories and services

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

Notice of Intent

This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a purchase order to GeoSep Services for apatite fission track and U-Pb analysis.

Award will be made in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. GeoSep is, to the USGS' knowledge, the only source who can meet all the required technical requirement, i.e. 252Cf irradiation.

The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of RFO FAR Subpart 5.101(a). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government.

The NAICS code for this action is 541380, Testing Laboratory.

Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to yangzhi_deng@ios.doi.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than August 3, 2026 at 0800 PST.

Responses submitted by hardcopy or any web portal shall not be accepted or considered.

Attachments

Files listed on SAM.gov. The ones we hold a copy of download from here; the rest open SAM's download, which needs no account.

The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

UEI
MJPTEKJ6QJF4
CAGE
79Y03
Vendor location
Moscow, ID
Contract
140G0326P0236, purchase order
Obligated
$24,820.00
Actions
1 between August 3, 2026 and August 3, 2026
Competition
Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Eo 14398 - Apatite Fission-Track (Aft) and U-Pb Analyses
Match
solicitation number 140G0326Q0167 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 140G03 (high confidence)

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. July 14, 2026

    Sources sought

    Due July 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice b8fc22f54a7b4a2fab579a0267e4b3e1

    2 revisions on SAM
    • July 22, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 14, 2026: publish, sources sought
  2. July 22, 2026

    Special notice, originally sources sought

    Due August 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice ba57347c66914e66a4ea744a20ad8f73

    2 revisions on SAM
    • July 22, 2026: publish, special notice
    • July 14, 2026: publish, sources sought

Points of contact