Sources SoughtPosted Oct 23, 2025·Responses due Nov 28, 2025

AFTAC's Geophysical Signal Exploitation System (GeoSES)

Air Force and Space Force · FA7022 AMIC DET 2 OL PATRICK PKA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA702225R0007
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AC13
Place
Patrick AFB, FL, USA
Contact
Lileana Moran, Contract Specialist (lileana.moran@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA702225R0007 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 21, 2025
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  • Apr 22, 2025
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  • Apr 23, 2025
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  • Apr 25, 2025
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  • May 16, 2025
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  • Sep 12, 2025
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  • Oct 23, 2025 · this notice
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  • Nov 13, 2025
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  • Jul 21, 2026
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  • Jul 21, 2026
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Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jun 16, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025, middle of the range Jul 28, 2025.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Apr 21, 2025).
Responses are due Nov 28, 2025, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. ATTENTION INDUSTRY PARTNERS: SAM.gov is the official source for all Government procurement actions and contract… (show all)

information. Do not rely on third-party websites or vendor subscriptions for accurate details on RFIs, Sources Sought notices, solicitations, and contract awards. The government is not responsible for inaccurate or incomplete information from these sources. We encourage industry to continuously monitor this notice for potential updates or other communication. Updates will be provided through this Notice via SAM.gov only. UPDATE 12 SEPTEMBER 2025: This sources sought update is to provide the following. The White Paper due date is now pushed out as reflected on bullet 6 below. Please disregard the dates indicated on the MS Word Document attachment, titled, "GeoSES_SourcesSoughtNotice_Rev_2025.06.17". Additional relevant documents to GeoSES are provided via the Attachments/Links within this Notice with restricted access and will require ONLY ONE point of contact (POC) per company to request download access to each document. We kindly ask each company to be considerate with the Government's time and avoid mutliple people's requests from the same company or division. Duplicate requests will be rejected. As a reminder, a Top-Secret Facility Clearance (TS/FCL) Capability is still required. Companies not possessing the required FCL and/or having Active or Inactive Exclusions in SAM.gov at the time of documents release, will not be provided access to the documents. There is no exception to this. Please disseminate this information within your company. The following Documents are posted and required access request. AFTAC Fact Sheet as of April 2024 (Public access) (U) USNDC_SRD_Industry Day_V3 (CUI) (U) USNDC_CSCI_20250722 (CUI) (U) SSDD_REV38_Industry Day (CUI) --- please note this doucment is still under review and is provided "as is." (U) GeoSES Industry Day Consolidated Brief (CUI) The Government intends to provide the Answers to already submitted Industry Questions next week. Industry may submit Additional Questions based on the above Technical Documents: by 1200ET on 22 September 2025. Please inlcude company name and POC information as well as format the email subject line as follows: Include the following on your emails subject line: GeoSES_[REPLACE Brackets with email purpose (e.g., Questions)] from [REPLACE brackets with your company�s short name] Government will attempt to Provide Answers to Industry Questions (via SAM.gov): 03 October 2025 Industry White Papers Due: by 1330 EDT on 28 October 2025 Government Scientific Review of White Papers Complete: TBD Notify Industry of Scientific Review results to further consider or not for RFP: TBD Potential Contract Award remianed at approximately between April and June 2026. Future updates and milestones will be provided via SAM.gov. No further updates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 13 AUGUST 2025: This UPUDATE provides important information regarding the GeoSES. The information provided below is for your situational awareness. Regarding Document Availability: From the SAM.gov August 6th update, while we have received requests from various companies through SAM.gov, no new documents have been posted yet as we are still awaiting updated documents and security approval for release. FYSA - The August 6th update on SAM.gov was actually the removal of the SDSV1.3 document from "public availability". This document was marked as CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) and should not have been publicly published. The document was then re-added with restricted/controlled access, requiring individual requests via SAM.gov. However, you should already have the SDSV1.3 document from previous communications. It is the same document; so, there is no need to request it via SAM.gov. For all other pending documents necessitating release from the Government, be advised that we are still working through the process of releasing the documents. Our Security Office has neither finalized their reviews nor provided the clearance for releasing the documents yet. This will include the .ppt Industry Day Slide Deck. We are also still working in providing answers to all Industry Questions, and those will be publicized as well. Document Access Process Change: For future release of additional (or pending) documents, there will be no need to use DoD Safe for document sharing. Please disregard my previous communication update concerning the use of DoD Safe. SAM.gov provides a built-in feature that allows us to share restricted documents directly with requesting companies through the system. Once documents are approved and posted, you can submit your access request through SAM.gov. I will update this in SAM.gov once the new documents are ready to be released. Milestone Date Clarification: Regarding the September 12th Government Scientific Review milestone date versus the September 22nd White Paper due date, please know that ALL milestone dates (including the scientific review date) will be updated once the new or pending documents are released. As of now, the White Papers are still due on September 22nd. However, if the documents pending release (mentioned above) is significantly delayed, we may also extend the white paper due date accordingly. Therefore, please disregard all other previously provided milestones (except the White Paper Due Date of 22 Sep for now); and within the "GeoSES_SourcesSoughtNotice_Rev_2025.06.17" attachment. Next Steps: Although not necessarily guaranteed, I expect to have a clearer timeline on documents release by the end of next week (8/22) and will communicate any updates to milestone dates at that time if available. Reminder: A Top-Secret Facility Clearance (TS/FCL) Capability is still required. Companies not possessing the required FCL and/or having Active or Inactive Exclusions in SAM.gov at the time of documents release, will not be provided access to the documents. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 23 JULY 2025: Reattaching attachment titled, "GeoSES_IndustryDays_Company_Attendees_v2" as Adobe pdf. UPDATE 22 JULY 2025: This notice updates bullet 2 from the 21 July 2025 update to clarify as follows. Revised Instruction: Notify industry that the forthcoming Government documentation (referenced in bullet 1 on the 21 JULY 2025 update below) will be distributed exclusively via DoD SAFE. To receive this documentation, companies MUST: Submit an email request to the Government when instructed via SAM.gov (details will be provided). Maintain an active SAM.gov registration. Have no active "exclusions" recorded in SAM.gov. UPDATE 21 JULY 2025: This notice update is to provide the following: Notify industry that the White Paper submission date is changed from 22 August 2025 to 22 September 2025, while also pending to provide the additional documentation and updates to SOO, if applicable, based on industry questions and the Government asnwers. Nofity industry that the upcoming documentation (mentioned in bullet 1 above) will be provided via DoD Safe transmission only to companies that make an email request to the Government when instructed, and currently have an active SAM.gov registration and hold no "exclusions". Notify industry that the Government is

Who won similar work

28 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) AC13.

Single-winner award sizes (28): middle half $3.3M to $13.4M, median $7.6M; range $92K to $116.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX3$49.4MMar 6, 2026
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP · $RTX · $68.9B2$201KJan 30, 2026
KRATOS TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING SOLUTIONS, INC. · $KTOS · $1.0B1$116.7MNov 13, 2024
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON Dayton OH 45469 USA1$98.5MAug 5, 2025
UES INC1$25.0MSep 18, 2025
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B1$17.0MJun 17, 2025
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B1$15.9MMar 26, 2025
DCS CORPORATION1$15.0MSep 24, 2025
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC1$12.8MSep 30, 2025
Robotic Construction Technologies, Inc.1$9.5MOct 23, 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
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $KTOS reported $1.0B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, is 0.7% of that. 10-K
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (22 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $1.1M 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.

  • 5 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 18 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.