Special NoticePosted Aug 17, 2026·Responses due Aug 28, 2026

Annual MSA SCBA Flow Testing and Repair Services

Air Force and Space Force · FA4497 436 CONS LGC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA449727Q0003
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
J042
Place
Dover AFB, DE, USA
Contact
Binod Pathak (binod.pathak.1@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA449727Q0003 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 17, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Sep 18, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 12, 2026 to Feb 12, 2027, middle of the range Nov 23, 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 17, 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

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The 436th Contracting Squadron intends to issue a direct award to Witmer Public Safety Group, Inc. (UEI: MMERGS8TBBY7; CAGE Code: 1MML7) for annual MSA Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) flow testing, certification, and repair services at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The Government intends to procure these commercial services from a single source in accordance with FAR 12.102(a), Restricting Competition. Only one source is reasonably available to satisfy the Government's requirement. All services shall be performed by authorized MSA C.A.R.E. cert… (show all)

ified technicians qualified to service and repair MSA G1 systems. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. Interested parties may submit information demonstrating their capability to meet the requirement. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Notice to Interested Parties: Funds are not presently available for this requirement. No contract award will be made until funds become available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this notice at any time prior to award. The Government has no obligation to reimburse interested parties for costs incurred in responding to this notice. Points of Contact: Binod Pathak, A1C, USAF � Contract Specialist, binod.pathak.1@us.af.mil Daniel D. Kim, SrA, USAF � Contracting Officer, daniel.kim.55@us.af.mil

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) J042.

Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $50K to $588K, median $294K; range $34K to $810K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
THE HILLER COMPANIES, LLC2$362KAug 19, 2026
WRG FIRE TRAINING SIMULATION SYSTEMS INC.2$297KSep 25, 2026
NEW ENGLAND FIRE TECH INC1$810KOct 19, 2026
Moy Industries Inc1$621KSep 24, 2026
Satellite Services Inc1$576KJan 14, 2026
KULANI INC.1$55KSep 30, 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 6 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.