Special NoticePosted Sep 3, 2026·Responses due Sep 10, 2026

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Air Force and Space Force · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
F4FGQR6153A001
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6635
Place
Edwards, CA, USA
Contact
Daniel "Logan" Thompson (daniel.thompson.46@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation F4FGQR6153A001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 3, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 29, 2026 to Mar 1, 2027, middle of the range Dec 10, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 3, 2026).

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

Please see the document that is attached directly to this special notice.

Who won similar work

40 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BRUKER AXS LLC · $BRKR2$588KJul 28, 2026
ARHAB LLC2$412KMay 14, 2025
MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC2$73KSep 2, 2026
VERMONT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP1$5.2MSep 29, 2026
HAMAR LASER INSTRUMENTS, INC.1$2.6MAug 25, 2025
JS WILLEY LLC1$2.5MAug 31, 2026
ECTRON CORP1$1.4MSep 4, 2026
WILLRICH PRECISION INSTRUMENT COMPANY1$1.0MSep 16, 2026
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION1$950KJul 22, 2025
IDSC HOLDINGS LLC1$926KJun 26, 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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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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.

  • 0 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
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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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.