Special NoticePosted Jul 23, 2026·Responses due Jul 30, 2026

IASS FEMAP with NX Nastran

Air Force and Space Force · FA2396 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL PZLE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
513210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
None
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7A21
Place
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Contact
Ja'Quan Dangerfield (jaquan.dangerfield@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.

Early notice
  • Jul 23, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 17, 2026 to Jan 18, 2027, middle of the range Oct 29, 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 23, 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

This requirement is for FEMAP with NX Nastran NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 513210. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL/PZLET), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, contemplates awarding a single source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.102(a) to ATA Engineering, Inc. Please see the BOM attached to this notice for additional details. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received … (show all)

will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any responses should be e-mailed to the buyer, Ja�Quan Dangerfield, at jaquan.dangerfield@us.af.mil no later than 30 July 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Only responses received by this date will be considered. All questions should be directed to the buyer at jaquan.dangerfield@us.af.mil. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads �FEMAP with NX Nastran� Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only the following supported file types are used: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .vsdx. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Who won similar work

57 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 7A21.

Single-winner award sizes (57): middle half $80K to $701K, median $276K; range $28K to $317.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP3$3.2MSep 30, 2026
CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC.3$783KJun 9, 2026
The MathWorks, Inc.2$10.3MJan 12, 2026
Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC2$2.6MDec 31, 2025
DATAMINR, INC.1$317.8MAug 27, 2026
OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE LLC1$15.0MApr 1, 2026
ECHELON SERVICES, LLC1$3.5MFeb 6, 2025
BOEING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.1$2.1MMay 30, 2025
ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1$1.4MMar 25, 2025
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC1$1.2MAug 5, 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.