Special NoticePosted Aug 7, 2026·Responses due Aug 14, 2026

Black River Systems Ninja Support and Warranty Extension

Army · W7N4 USPFO ACTIVITY VTANG 158

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334290
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W50S9C-26-Q-A016
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
6350
Place
VT, USA
Contact
James Yoshikawa (james.yoshikawa@us.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W50S9C-26-Q-A016 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 30, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 7, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 9, 2026 to Dec 3, 2026, middle of the range Oct 4, 2026.
Measured from 719 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 30, 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 notice is for informational purposes only. This is not a solicitation. The 158th Fighter Wing, South Burlington, VT intends to award a single source contract to Black River Systems Company, Inc. for Ninja GEN2 System Annual Support and Hardware Warranty Extension under the authority of FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B), due to proprietary specialized equipment replacement. Please note that this is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit in writing information describing their ability to provide the produc… (show all)

t listed above. A determination by the Government to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Market research has not identified resellers of the NINJA Warranty and Support. Black River Systems Company is thus the only vendor capable of providing technical support on their proprietary system.

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Army), same product/service code (PSC) 6350.

Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $36K to $61K, median $45K; range $10K to $203K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MONACO ENTERPRISES, LLC3$237KMar 25, 2026
WEAPONS AND TACTICS ALLIANCE GROUP INC1$203KJun 4, 2025
ACTIVE SECURITY CONSULTING LLC1$162KMar 27, 2025
PYROCOM SYSTEMS INC1$61KSep 22, 2025
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION · $FSS · $2.4B1$49KSep 23, 2026
LOCKS & ALARMS INC1$45KSep 9, 2025
JTF BUSINESS SYSTEMS CORPORATION1$41KMay 6, 2025
W & P LLC1$36KOct 5, 2026
LAKOTA CONTRACTING INC1$28KAug 11, 2025
DOUBLE BRONZE STAR MARKETING AND CONSULTING, INC1$27KDec 13, 2024

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
  • $FSS reported $2.4B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 13 past awards, $45K, 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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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.

  • 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.