Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) Market Survey Industry Capability for Maintenance Sustainment Development
FAA · 693KA7 ENROUTE & TERMINAL CONTRACTS
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation TFDM-MarketSurvey-2026 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 18, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting a Market Survey in accordance with FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) Section 3.2.1.2.A.1 to identify capable vendors to provide Second Level Engineering (SLE), Sustainment, Development, and Implementation services for the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quotation (RFQ). The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for information submitted or costs incurred in preparing a res… (show all)
ponse. All costs are the sole responsibility of the interested vendor. Responding to this Market Survey does not qualify or disqualify a vendor from responding to any subsequent Screening Information Request (SIR), if issued. The FAA may, at its sole discretion, contact respondents to request additional information.
Who won similar work
125 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (FAA), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (125): middle half $375K to $10.3M, median $1.2M; range $19K to $1.4B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADB SAFEGATE AMERICAS LLC | 3 | $24.7M | Jun 5, 2025 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B | 2 | $752.8M | Jul 10, 2025 |
| GUARDIAN CONSTRUCTION, INC. | 2 | $11.1M | Aug 24, 2026 |
| FREQUENTIS USA, INC | 2 | $8.6M | Dec 16, 2025 |
| UNIQUE FACILITY RESOURCES INC | 2 | $8.1M | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Frontgrade Technologies Inc. | 2 | $4.9M | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Quarterwave Corp. | 2 | $1.5M | Jun 22, 2026 |
| X-CLEAN CORP | 2 | $1.2M | Aug 18, 2025 |
| FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC. | 2 | $826K | Nov 8, 2024 |
| ALPHA CONTRACTORS GROUP INC | 2 | $568K | Sep 28, 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.
- $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 125 past awards, $1.2M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 1, 2026TROPICAL TREE CARE, INC.$708KUPP VOR Tree Trimming Services
- Sep 28, 2026ALPHA CONTRACTORS GROUP INC$308KRefurbish/Repaint Antenna Towers
- Sep 21, 2026VALOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, LLC$96KRetrofit Stair Landing Platforms, Fort Lauderdale Air Traffic Control Tower (FLL ATCT), Fort Lauderdale, FL.
- Sep 16, 2026BRAVE ONE CONTRACT AGENCY, LLC$704KMEM/ZME Elevator Maintenance
- Sep 14, 2026UNIQUE FACILITY RESOURCES INC$1.2MJanitorial Services in Manchester and Merrimack, NH
- Sep 10, 2026SRCTEC, LLC$420KUpgrade of SR Hawk radar systems
- Sep 8, 2026Frontgrade Technologies Inc.$604KL-Band Modules
- Sep 2, 2026ARC TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$572KDESIGN ARSR4 POWER AMP MODULE TEST STATION
- Aug 26, 2026VISION QUEST SOLUTIONS INC$84.5MNotice of Award for Supplier Information Request (SIR) 693KA8-26-R-00003: Central Service Area Contract Armed Security Officer Services
- Aug 25, 2026DACO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY$9.8MAWARD NOTICE: Construction of a new Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) building in Leeville, LA (LEV)
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) job
- $58K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- 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.
- 2 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 982 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 0 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.