Sources Sought - Installation, testing, and training of industrial and trade equipment
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N68520-26-SIMACQ-JC00000-0187 in this department, oldest first.
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
THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY VENDORS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. Sources Sought - Installation, testing, and training of industrial and trade equipment The Fleet Readin… (show all)
ess Center East (FRCE) at Cherry Point, NC has a requirement to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement to provide for installation, testing, and training of various pieces of equpment at the FRC East Kinston location in North Carolina to support the C-130 Program. This agreement is planned to be for four years. This announcement constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) to identify potential sources for the installation, testing, and training of industrial equipment installed at FRC East Kinston, NC. The installation will require minor construction such as: placement of concrete pads, rigging utility connections, mounting & leveling, wall penetrations, etc. Additionally, the vendor would be expected to obtain all required permit and provide a site preperation plan, plan of action and milestones, acceptance test plan, and their lockout/tagout procedures to FRCE. Responses shall be submitted electronically to the e-mail address provided below. Responses are requested by the closing of the RFI. Earliest possible response is encouraged, but must include: 1)a brief statement of interest/capability and 2) any other information at the vendors discretion. Responses will be reviewed, and additional information may be requested from individual vendors, if desired by the Government. Capability statement packages shall be no more than two 8.5 x 11-inch pages, font no smaller than 12 point, 1.5 spaced, and must demonstrate ability to provide the services listed in the required capabilities described herein. The capability statement package shall be sent via email to daniel.h.collins4.mil@us.navy.mil. Submissions must be received no later than 12:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on 17 June 2026. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to daniel.h.collins4.mil@us.navy.mil. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company CAGE Code, Company Business Size, and Point of Contact (POC) including name, phone number, and email address.
Who won similar work
702 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVAIR and air warfare centers), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (694): middle half $268K to $21.0M, median $2.5M; range $448 to $22.9B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $68.9B | 45 | $26.1B | Oct 16, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B | 37 | $2.8B | Oct 9, 2026 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $77.8B | 33 | $8.8B | Oct 14, 2026 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT · $67.6B | 30 | $4.2B | Oct 9, 2026 |
| BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE Amarillo TX 79111 USA | 23 | $572.4M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B | 20 | $11.3B | Oct 5, 2026 |
| AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. · $AIR · $2.3B | 12 | $1.7B | Apr 24, 2026 |
| ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. · $RTX · $68.9B | 11 | $417.8M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. | 11 | $165.2M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P. | 10 | $741.8M | Apr 21, 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.
- $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $AIR reported $2.3B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, is 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 19, 2026BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE$90.8MV-22 Flight Control System - Step 2No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 16, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$1.9MJoint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) FY26 Mission PlanningMateriality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 16, 2026BAE Systems Information and Electronics Greenlawn NY 11740 USA$7.0MFY2025 AN/UPX-50(C) Digital Interrogators (DI), AN/UPX-50(C)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 16, 2026BENCON ENTERPRISES, INC$285KPreventative Maintenance and Repairs for Water Treatment EquipmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026INSITU, INC.$676KFLARES Scan Eagle UAS Flight Testing & Environmental Shock QualificationMateriality: <0.01% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 15, 2026TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.8MAerosonde UAS Operational Support, Transition, & MCM Sensor Integration (Modifications under BOA N0001921G0008)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026AVIOSS LLC$1.5MMQ-4C Nitrogen Servicing UnitsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026Raytheon Company$19.5MMissile Systems - Recertification Fuze ProcurementMateriality: 0.03% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 14, 2026Raytheon Company$21.7MTomahawk Integrated Firing Unit (IFU) MitigationMateriality: 0.03% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 14, 2026THE BOEING COMPANY$16.7MF/A-18E/F and EA-18G Production Line ShutdownMateriality: 0.02% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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.
- 3 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (39 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $1.6M from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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.
- 8 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
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.
- 5 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 6 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.