AC-130 Aircraft Restoration Services
Air Force and Space Force · FA4417 1 SOCONS
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA441725Q0144 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 is a Sources Sought Announcement; THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. It is published for informational and planning purposes only and not as a request for competitive quotations, therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Please see attached Sources Sought Notice and Draft Statement of Work for the complete details.
Who won similar work
22 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) J015.
Single-winner award sizes (22): middle half $92K to $41.1M, median $2.0M; range $13K to $2.7B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DLC AIRCRAFT PRESERVATION SERVICES, LLC | 4 | $280K | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC | 2 | $87K | Jul 23, 2026 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B | 1 | $2.7B | Jan 12, 2026 |
| GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION · $GD · $53.8B | 1 | $937.1M | Nov 1, 2024 |
| VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC | 1 | $355.9M | Jun 26, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 1 | $142.5M | Feb 3, 2026 |
| ARISTA AVIATION SERVICES, LLC. Enterprise AL 36330 USA | 1 | $86.4M | Dec 26, 2024 |
| TYONEK TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $46.0M | Mar 11, 2025 |
| BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. | 1 | $26.7M | Dec 16, 2024 |
| BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC. | 1 | $13.3M | Dec 16, 2024 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 22 past awards, $2.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $GD reported $53.8B revenue (12 months to Apr 5, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 22 past awards, $2.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 22 past awards, $2.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 21, 2026D2 GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC$160KAircraft Wash and Lubrication OperationsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 17, 2026Planeguard Ltd$1.2MRAFM Aircraft WashNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 7, 2026DLC AIRCRAFT PRESERVATION SERVICES, LLC$58KStatic Display Aircraft B-17 & SR-71 RestorationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 7, 2026WORTHAM LLC$193KStatic Display Aerospace Vehicles Cleaning, Painting, and MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 23, 2026Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC$18KAircraft Static Display Restoration/PaintingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 26, 2026VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC$355.9MContractor Logistic Support (CLS) Services for USAF C-12 Aircraft FleetNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 21, 2026APEX TAC, LLC$25KB-2 Static Display Aircraft RestorationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 20, 2026Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC$69KAircraft Static Display Restoration/PaintingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 26, 2026COHO CONSULTING GROUP LLC$4.8MDepot Onsite Contract Augmentee Team (DOCAT) Contract for Commodities Maintenance GroupNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 3, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$142.5MRQ-4B (Global Hawk) Sustainment Repair SupportMateriality: 0.33% of $NOC 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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (38 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $1.2M 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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 5 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.