Expeditionary HF Vertical Antennas
Air Force and Space Force · FA8751 AFRL RIKO
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA875125Q0091 in this department, oldest first.
- Apr 21, 2025 · this noticePre-solicitation
- May 14, 2025Award NoticeSabre Systems, LLC · $34KOpen
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 is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under the FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334220 with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. AFRL requires 2 Expeditionary HF Vertical Antennas with base and mast systems. The Gov… (show all)
ernment intends to negotiate a sole source contract with: Sabre Systems, LLC, 123 E. County Line Rd, Warminster, PA 18974 The Government has determined that no other source has commercial offerings that can meet this requirement. The Government requires two (2) Expeditionary HF Vertical Antennas meeting specific deployment times, size and weight restrictions, performance benchmarks, and delivery timelines. Sabre Systems, LLC is the only source that can meet this specific combination of needs. Under the contemplated contract, Sabre Systems, LLC will provide the following supplies: - Qty 2 of XHF-1000: Expeditionary HF Vertical Antennas with base and mast systems This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to larry.barto.1@us.af.mil. Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 13 June 2025. A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation.
Who won similar work
10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 5985.
Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $24K to $816K, median $59K; range $11K to $14.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX | 2 | $126K | Oct 10, 2025 |
| KEYSTONE MISSION SOLUTIONS CORP | 1 | $14.8M | Sep 17, 2025 |
| PLANAR MONOLITHICS INDUSTRIES INC | 1 | $1.3M | Oct 1, 2025 |
| AIRBUS DS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC | 1 | $1.1M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| MASTODON DESIGN LLC | 1 | $67K | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Sharpline Defense Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $51K | Sep 16, 2025 |
| ESATCOM INC. | 1 | $33K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| The Will-Burt Company | 1 | $22K | Jun 30, 2025 |
| SPACE MACHINE AND ENGINEERING Saint Petersburg FL 33713 USA | 1 | $15K | Jul 21, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Oct 1, 2026AIRBUS DS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC$1.1M3 CTS Training SystemsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026ESATCOM INC.$33KSwedish Microwave Low Noise Block Downconverters (LNBs)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 10, 2025MASTODON DESIGN LLC$67KBody-Worn Antennas (SYNOPSIS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 10, 2025L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$114KX-BAND KITS (SYNOPSIS)$LHX: no recent revenue figure in SEC filings (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025PLANAR MONOLITHICS INDUSTRIES INC$1.3MALR-56M Radio Frequency (RF) Switch Buy (5985-01-512-9801EW)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 17, 2025KEYSTONE MISSION SOLUTIONS CORP$14.8MDET C Guam AntennaNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2025Sharpline Defense Solutions, Inc.$51KAward Notice - Antenna MountsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 21, 2025SPACE MACHINE AND ENGINEERING Saint Petersburg FL 33713 USA$15KREPAIR SERVICES MUTES PROGRAMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 30, 2025The Will-Burt Company$22K15M Stiletto Mast RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 17, 2025L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$11KSatcom Antenna$LHX: no recent revenue figure in SEC filings (Materiality N/A)
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
- $234K 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.
- 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
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
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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.