Sources SoughtPosted Feb 21, 2024·Responses due Mar 7, 2024

UH72A Follow-On

NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
488190
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N0042124RFPREQ51000MA0044
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J015
Place
Patuxent River, MD, USA
Contact
June Fenhagen (june.a.fenhagen2.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N0042124RFPREQ51000MA0044 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 21, 2024
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Feb 21, 2024
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Feb 21, 2024
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Feb 21, 2024 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: May 3, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024, middle of the range Jul 23, 2024.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Feb 21, 2024).

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

SOURCES SOUGHT 1.0 INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, Maryland, Naval Test Wing Atlantic of the Naval Air Systems Command is conducting a Sources Sought for the procurement of services in support of the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School UH-72A Helicopter located at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. This is a follow-on requirement that is currently being performed under contract N00421-20-D-0010 by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) contractor Airbus Helicopter, Inc in Grand Prairie, Texas. An award is anticipated no later than 14 Ja… (show all)

nuary 2025. A copy of the DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached. This requirement shall be solicited under a Request for Proposal as a single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle with Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost and Firm Fixed Price contract line items. 2.0 PURPOSE OF NOTICE: This Sources Sought is a Market Research tool being used to identify potential and eligible firms, of all sizes, prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation. The results of the Sources Sought will be utilized to determine if any Small Business Set-Aside opportunities exist. Additionally, this Sources Sought is being used to gather constructive information from industry to improve the RFP. There is no solicitation available at this time. This is not an invitation to bid, request for quotation, or request for proposal. Any response to this Sources Sought shall be treated as information that may be used by the Navy to develop an acquisition strategy, statement of work, statement of objectives, and/or associated specifications. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay any costs incurred responding to this notice. Based on a review of industry response(s), the Government will decide on the appropriate competition approach. 3.0 ELIGIBILITY: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 488190 with a size standard of $40.0 million and the Product Service Code (PSC) is J015. 4.0 SUBMITTAL INFORMATION: It is requested that interested businesses submit to the Contracting Office a brief capabilities statement demonstrating the ability to perform the services listed in the attached DRAFT PWS. This documentation must address, at a minimum, the following: 1. Does your company have current capability to execute all of the requirements of the PWS? If partial capability, please denote can and cannot support requirements specific to paragraph 3.3.1 and 3.3.2. 2. Does your company have previous support of the same or similar requirement? If partial experience, please denote can and cannot support requirements specific to paragraph 3.3.1 and 3.3.2. 3. What current specific technical skills does your company possess as required to perform the PWS tasks? 4. Please provide current small/large business status and a company profile to include, but not limited to, the number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, CAGE Code, etc. 5. The Government does not plan to be party to any third-party agreement for access to technical data. On PWS paragraph 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 require an agreement and access to the UH-72, Original Equipment Manufacturer proprietary technical data. Does your company have an existing agreement with the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing)? And if so, does that agreement include the access required to perform the functions of the PWS? 6. Please provide any recommendations and observations that the Government team can consider to fulfill this requirement. 5.0 SUBMITTAL DETAILS: Responses to this Notice shall not to exceed four (4) pages in length on 8.5 x 11-inch paper with one-inch margins and font no smaller than 12-point Times New Roman. The Government requests that respondents deliver responses electronically via e-mail, in Microsoft Word or PDF format with proper data markings for unclassified and proprietary information, within 15 calendar days of the publication date of this Notice. All submissions should include this Sources Sought Notice Reference Number, company name, company address, and a point-of-contact who is able to discuss the Capability Statement submitted. Point- of-contact information should include name, position, phone number, and email address. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided. All electronic submissions must be clearly marked with the following caption: For Official Use Only, Releasable to Government Agencies for Evaluation Purposes Only. Responses that fail to comply with the above instructions or present ideas not pertinent to subject, may not be reviewed. Information submitted in response to this notice is submitted at no cost to the Government and will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to provide responses or comments to information received from interested persons but may request additional information following review. The capability statement package shall be sent via email to AIR 2524 Contract Specialist June Fenhagen, june.a.fenhagen2.civ@us.navy.mil and Contracting Officer Joe Merritt, joe.r.merritt.civ@us.navy.mil. Submissions must be received no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 07 March 2024. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to: Primary Contact: Contract Specialist, june.a.fenhagen2.civ@us.navy.mil Secondary Contact: Contracting Officer, joe.r.merritt.civ@us.navy.mil 6.0 DISCLAIMER: 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 RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV), same NAICS 488190.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $49.2M to $326.2M, median $98.0M; range $487K to $554.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC1$554.5MAug 12, 2025
Kira AAR Logistics Services JV LLC1$98.0MMar 12, 2025
VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC1$487KJul 29, 2025

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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 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.