Sources SoughtPosted Aug 13, 2026·Responses due Sep 8, 2026

RFI for Virtual Imagery Processing Capability (VIP-C) III Support and Sustainment IDIQ Requirement

Air Force and Space Force · FA2398 CM CT INT SRV RCN AFLCMC/HBG

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
A067161
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
R499
Place
Hanscom AFB, MA, USA
Contact
Erin Surette (erin.surette.1@us.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation A067161 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 6, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 1, 2026 to Feb 1, 2027, middle of the range Nov 12, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 6, 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

PAE C3BM/C3IW is seeking information from industry regarding a potential future requirement for Virtual Imagery Processing Capability (VIP-C) Support and Sustainment services on a recurring basis. The prospective requirement would mandate expertise in High-Performance Compute (HPC) hardware andarchitecture, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Electro-Optical (EO) sensors and imagery, DoW dedicated Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) sensors, commercial sensors, message normalization, pixel quality improvements, metadata quality improvements, open modular architecture, and lead integrator of GEOINT capabili… (show all)

ties. Request access to RFI for further details. Responses must be submitted electronically to the Contracting Officer, Daniel Lavoie, daniel.lavoie.4@us.af.mil and the Contract Specialist, Erin Surette, erin.surette.1@us.af.mil. *13 AUG 2026 UPDATE* Any vendors requesting access to RFI material past 14 AUG 2026 to 27 AUG 2026 must request access to attached RFI material via email to the following individuals: Dan Lavoie, Daniel.Lavoie.4@us.af.mil Megan Cordes, Megan.Cordes@us.af.mil Administrative POC will be out of office and access request through the embedded function will not be approved in this timeframe.

Who won similar work

24 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) R499.

Single-winner award sizes (24): middle half $677K to $46.5M, median $2.7M; range $135K to $4.3B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SYSCOM, INC2$2.3MApr 18, 2025
S & K Aerospace, LLC1$4.3BSep 17, 2026
ELB SERVICES LLC1$600.0MNov 22, 2024
ARCTEC ALASKA JV Anchorage AK 99503 USA1$567.7MJan 12, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B1$282.5MSep 10, 2025
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY Fairfax VA 22030 USA1$80.0MJun 3, 2026
PAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC1$66.0MAug 6, 2025
SUMMIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1$40.0MDec 16, 2024
METRO ACCOUNTING & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC1$32.8MJul 31, 2025
CT3I LLC1$19.5MFeb 6, 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
  • $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 24 past awards, $2.7M, 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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (14 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $358K 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.

  • 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
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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 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.