Sources SoughtPosted Sep 11, 2026·Responses due Sep 25, 2026

Ft. Dodge IDS

Air Force and Space Force · FA4659 319 CONS PK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561621
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA465926QM011
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
N063
Place
Fort Dodge, IA, USA
Contact
SSgt Zenaida Castaneda (zenaida.castaneda@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA465926QM011 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 11, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 6, 2026 to Mar 9, 2027, middle of the range Dec 18, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 11, 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

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS (Not a Notice of Solicitation) FA465926QM011 � Ft. Dodge IDS The United States Air Force, 319 CONS, Grand Forks AFB, ND is seeking capabilities packages of potential sources, including small business (SB), 8(a), HUBZone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) that are capable of providing Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as defined in the attached Performance Work Statement document. Firms that respond shall specify that their services meet the specifications provided in the attachment below and provide detailed information to show clear technical … (show all)

compliance. Detailed Specifications are listed in the attachment identified below: Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement All interested firms shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to provide these items to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. As stipulated in (RFO) 15.101, Responses will be treated as information only and not as a proposal (or quote if using RFO part 12.201-1 Simplified procedures). Responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Quotes) exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 561621 (Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths)) with a size standard of $25.0M. Firms responding should indicate their size in relation to this size standard, and indicate socio-economic status (SB, 8(a), SDVOSB, or HUBZone). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is voluntary. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any Government assessments. The Government's assessment of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small businesses, or any particular small business program. CAPABILITIES PACKAGE: All interested firms shall submit a capabilities package that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide the required services. The capabilities package should be brief and concise yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirements. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: zenaida.castaneda@us.af.mil. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads " FA465926QM011, Ft. Dodge IDS" If this subject line is not included, the email may not get through email filters at Grand Forks AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachments. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls or .xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted. Responses shall be emailed to: 319 CONS, POC � SSgt Zenaida Castaneda Email: zenaida.castaneda@us.af.mil RESPONSES ARE DUE NOT LATER THAN 25th September 2026 BY 2:00PM Central Daylight Time. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to SSgt Zenaida Castaneda at zenaida.castanea@us.af.mil or Ms. Melissa Pearce at melissa.pearce.1@us.af.mil.

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) N063.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $39K to $171K, median $51K; range $6K to $844K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ADVANTOR SYSTEMS II LLC · $VVX · $4.9B2$205KJul 2, 2025
BDM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC1$844KSep 15, 2026
MONACO ENTERPRISES, INC.1$498KSep 25, 2025
VE TECHNOLOGIES INC1$180KMar 28, 2025
BRYX INC1$161KMay 15, 2025
COBALT HSS ACQUISITION CO, LLC/ Homeland Safety Sytem New York NY 10003 USA1$51KSep 26, 2025
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC1$45KAug 19, 2026
BBC SYSTEMS INC1$35KSep 8, 2025
R&R Logics Investment Firm Deerfield Beach FL 33442 USA1$25KAug 4, 2025
FIRE SYSTEMS WEST INC1$6KMar 20, 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
  • $VVX reported $4.9B revenue (12 months to Jul 3, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $51K, 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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 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
  • $11K 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.

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