Expeditionary Airfield Lighting System C-Model (EALS-C) Components
Air Force and Space Force · 325 CONS CC LGCA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA481926Q0063 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
********************** Amendment 1 ******************** This ammendment is issued to correct the date decrepency in this post and the Attched SF 1449 RFQ attatchement and to adjust the verbiage in clause 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038). Questions and Government Response: All questions concerning this solicitation must be submitted no later than Wednesday, 29 July 2026 @ 2:00 PM CST. Any questions that are received in conjunction with this solicitation and the corresponding responses by the Government will be posted as an Amendment to Syst… (show all)
em for Award Management (SAM), website: www.sam.gov. Contractors shall submit all quotes by Thursday, 6 August 2026 @ 2:00 PM CST electronically by emailing the Contract Specialist, SrA Nathaniel J. Cordova at nathaniel.cordova.1@us.af.mil and the Contracting Officer, Karl Deffert at Karl.Deffert.1@us.af.mil, and with the subject line "FA481926Q0063 - Quote". Regarding clause 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038) (Tailored), text was removed to midigate confusion about evaluation criteria. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Technical capability is a consideration that will be evaluated. It is the contractors responsability to evideidnce there ability to meet or exceed this requirment. A Q&A document has been attatched to adress questions related to this RFQ. ************************* Expeditionary Airfield Lighting System C-Model (EALS-C) Components ********************************* This is a solicitation for commercial items (supply) prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document, incorporated provisions, and clauses in effect are IAW RFO, FAR, DFARS, AFFARS and all other related guidance. The solicitation number is FA481926Q0063. This acquisition is a 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 335132, �Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing� and a Product Service Code (PSC) 6210. The 2025 Small Business Size Standard is 200 empoyees. Offers (Quotes) received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated IAW FAR 52.212-2(a) using the following factor(s) to determine best value: a. Technical capability of the item/service offered to meet the Government requirement; and b. Price (evaluation of price shall be the sum of all line items, including options if applicable). Questions and Government Response: All questions concerning this solicitation must be submitted no later than Wednesday, 29 July 2026 @ 2:00 PM CST. Any questions that are received in conjunction with this solicitation and the corresponding responses by the Government will be posted as an Amendment to System for Award Management (SAM), website: www.sam.gov. Contractors shall submit all quotes by Thursday, 6 August 2026 @ 2:00 PM CST electronically by emailing the Contract Specialist, SrA Nathaniel J. Cordova at nathaniel.cordova.1@us.af.mil and the Contracting Officer, Karl Deffert at Karl.Deffert.1@us.af.mil, and with the subject line "FA481926Q0063 - Quote". Requirement Background: The replacement parts for the Expeditionary Airfield Lighting System - C-Model (EALS-C) must meet operational specifications to ensure the safety of airfield operations. These refresh components must match the current SEALITE USA, LLC equipment used by the Government to ensure compatibility. Furthermore, all components must be 100% physically and electronically backward-compatible with the existing legacy EALS-C training kits currently fielded at the facilities without requiring modification to the primary system. ATTACHMENTS: Solicitation - FA481926Q00630001 Statement of Work Brand Name Justification
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same industry group (NAICS 3351).
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIMA VENTURES INC. | 1 | $335K | May 8, 2026 |
| AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEMS INC | 1 | $58K | Apr 7, 2026 |
| FEDERAL CONTRACTS LLC | 1 | $26K | Aug 25, 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.
- Aug 25, 2026FEDERAL CONTRACTS LLC$26KPortable Light Towers
- May 8, 2026BIMA VENTURES INC.$335KDorm Lighting
- Apr 7, 2026AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEMS INC$58K99 CES PAPI Lights
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 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
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
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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 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.