Special NoticePosted Jul 31, 2026·Responses due Aug 15, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Test Pilot Course

Air Force and Space Force · FA4626 341 CONS LGC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
611512
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
A066921
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
U099
Place
Malmstrom AFB, MT, USA
Contact
Cody West (cody.west.2@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation A066921 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 25, 2026 to Jan 26, 2027, middle of the range Nov 6, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 31, 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

Notice of Intent to Sole-Source: The 341st Missile Wing intends to award a sole-source contract to Leonardo S.p.A to provide a 10 day initial qualification course for four MH-139 Maintenance Test Pilots. As the Original Equipment Manufacturer, Leonardo S.p.A possess unique, proprietary knowledge of the aircraft�s design, manufacturing, and engineering that is not available to other vendors. To ensure the highest level of safety and technical accuracy the OEM must be the one to conduct this training. A competitive award for another source would not be feasible as only one original equipment man… (show all)

ufacturer for the MH-139 Helicopter Airframe exists. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE OFFERS, and a solicitation will not be issued. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. If no affirmative written response is received, the award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 15 August 2026 by 5:00 PM MDT at 341 CONS, Malmstrom AFB to the points of contacts below.

Who won similar work

19 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) U099.

Single-winner award sizes (19): middle half $48K to $516K, median $198K; range $22K to $18.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
LIVINGWORKS EDUCATION USA INC2$80KSep 16, 2025
CAE USA INC.1$18.4MFeb 10, 2025
MACAIR AVIATION LLC1$15.3MJan 24, 2025
GREEN FEET ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.1$2.0MNov 14, 2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL 35294 USA1$1.7MMay 1, 2026
PROVEN MANAGEMENT LLC1$532KFeb 12, 2025
THE ANASTASIA GROUP, LLC1$500KAug 4, 2026
TRIBALCO LLC1$462KDec 4, 2025
SKADI GROUP LLC1$350KJan 17, 2025
COMBAT MEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC1$298KJan 17, 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 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. 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.