Fingerprinting Services
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV
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Where this opportunity stands
This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.
- Sep 22, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
Special Notice #1 Industry Questions / Governement Response 1. Are you able to tell me if the government will supply the machines to capture fingerprints or is the vendor required to possess their own machinery? Contractor Owned 2. What is the estimated annual/monthly volume of fingerprint submissions? See Section B 780/annual and Section L 4. What is the place of performance (which NAWCAD site(s))? See Section C 2.0 and Section L, c) 5. Who is the applicant population - employees, interns, contractors, or all three? All three 6. Will the contractor need to provide SWFT/SWFT+ hardware and soft… (show all)
ware, or is equipment government-furnished? Contractor owned hardware; Government owned software 7. Is any specific certification or training required for operators performing the fingerprint capture? SWFT Training and Privacy Act/Personally Identifiable Information Training 8. Is there a required turnaround time from capture to submission? Same day 9. What is the anticipated period of performance start date? 10/8/2026 10. Is this strictly on-site work, or is any portion remote/administrative? On-site and administrative work at contractor locations 11. What are the evaluation factors - price only, or technical/past performance as well? See Section L Price, Technical requirements and Section M, 52.212-2 12. Is a capability statement or proposed personnel resumes required with the quote? See Section L. There are submissions required to demonstrate technical capability as as well asto detail pricing. 13. May an offeror satisfy these technical requirements through an identified subcontractor whose existing nationwide infrastructure and systems will be utilized in performance of the contract? Yes 14. What is your preferred method for bid submission? Email to contract specialist sheryl.m.pope.civ@us.navy.mil and Contracting Officer jennifer.t.hanson2.civ@us.navy.mil 15. I see the published 8-page maximum limit. Does the SF-1449 and signed Attestation form count toward the 8-page limit? The 8 page limit is to demonstrate technical capability and to provide pricing. The SF1449 and attestation do not count towards the page count limit. 16. Do you expect any out-of-country fingerprint processing as part of this contract? No 17. Can you please confirm that there will be no requirement by the vendor to reimburse applicants for fees associated with hard-card processing, including shipping, processing, etc? Can you confirm the vendor will only be required to process digitization fees? Confirm, both 18. Can you please provide an expected distribution of volume by geography? IE, should we expect a high volume in certain areas? Varies, no historical data available
Who won similar work
702 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVAIR and air warfare centers), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (694): middle half $268K to $21.0M, median $2.5M; range $448 to $22.9B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $93.5B | 45 | $26.1B | Oct 16, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 37 | $2.8B | Oct 9, 2026 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B | 33 | $8.8B | Oct 14, 2026 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT · $77.0B | 30 | $4.2B | Oct 9, 2026 |
| BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE Amarillo TX 79111 USA | 24 | $663.2M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 20 | $11.3B | Oct 5, 2026 |
| AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. · $AIR · $3.5B | 12 | $1.7B | Apr 24, 2026 |
| ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. · $RTX · $93.5B | 11 | $417.8M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC. | 11 | $165.2M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P. | 10 | $741.8M | Apr 21, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, 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 694 past awards, $2.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $AIR reported $3.5B revenue (12 months to Aug 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 694 past awards, $2.5M, 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.
- Oct 19, 2026BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE Amarillo TX 79111 USA$90.8MV-22 Flight Control System - Step 2No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 16, 2026BAE Systems Information and Electronics Greenlawn NY 11740 USA$7.0MFY2025 AN/UPX-50(C) Digital Interrogators (DI), AN/UPX-50(C)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 16, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$1.9MJoint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) FY26 Mission PlanningMateriality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 15, 2026INSITU, INC.$676KFLARES Scan Eagle UAS Flight Testing & Environmental Shock QualificationMateriality: <0.01% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 15, 2026TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.8MAerosonde UAS Operational Support, Transition, & MCM Sensor Integration (Modifications under BOA N0001921G0008)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026AVIOSS LLC$1.5MMQ-4C Nitrogen Servicing UnitsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026Raytheon Company$19.5MMissile Systems - Recertification Fuze ProcurementMateriality: 0.02% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 14, 2026Raytheon Company$21.7MTomahawk Integrated Firing Unit (IFU) MitigationMateriality: 0.02% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 14, 2026THE BOEING COMPANY$16.7MF/A-18E/F and EA-18G Production Line ShutdownMateriality: 0.02% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 13, 2026THE BOEING COMPANY$611.5MMQ-25 Stingray LRIP Lot 1 & Lot 2 AACMateriality: 0.65% of $BA 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (39 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $1.6M 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.
- 5 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 6 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.