SolicitationPosted Oct 15, 2026·Responses due Oct 28, 2026

PMA CSS Competition PMA 261

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

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N0042126R1033
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
R408
Place
Not stated
Contact
Coryn Hansell (coryn.m.hansell.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N0042126R1033 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Sep 15, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 15, 2026 · this notice
    Solicitation
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 13, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027, middle of the range Jan 23, 2027.
Measured from 37 past solicitations at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 541330 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 15, 2026).

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What the notice says

Program Management Air (PMA)-261 H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters is a program office under the Deputy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (Marine Corps Aviation) (DPAE(A-MCA). PMA-261 is responsible for multiple H-53 variants including the CH-53E, MH-53E and the CH-53K helicopters. The H-53 assault missions include the lift and movement of cargo and troops/passengers; the tactical recovery of downed or damaged aircraft; and the lift of heavy, bulky equipment and supplies by external suspension. Contractor shall provide program/project management, administrative, budget/financial management, and corpor… (show all)

ate operations support services that enable PMA-261 Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to efficiently and effectively plan, execute, and manage their assigned programs/efforts, resulting in on-time and within-budget delivery of critical capabilities. Program has the requirement of Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) access for performance of tasking outlined herein. No TS/SCI deliverables will be required. The contract deliverables (including reports, software and hardware) will not be classified at the SCI level. SCI shall be utilized and accessed as part of routine work only. Program has the requirement of a Facility Security Clearance Level (FCL) of Top Secret. The FCL requirement must be fulfilled by the Prime Offeror.

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV), same NAICS 541330.

Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $2.9M to $106.6M, median $40.2M; range $33K to $252.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.5$645.8MAug 23, 2026
SEVERN TEST SERVICES, LLC2$66KSep 23, 2025
J.F. TAYLOR, INC.1$46.3MApr 13, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $68.9B1$42.5MSep 15, 2026
Science Applications International Corporation · $SAIC · $7.4B1$5.1MMay 21, 2025
PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.1$3.2MDec 14, 2025
AVIAN-PRECISE COMPANY1$2.1MMay 21, 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.

Investor context
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $40.2M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $40.2M, is 0.5% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 7 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
  • $480K 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
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 4 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.