Special NoticePosted Oct 14, 2026·Responses due Oct 29, 2026

Notice of Intent to Single Source MH-139A Battery Maintenance Service

Air Force and Space Force · FA4613 90 CONS PK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
488190
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA461327Q1002
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
J016
Place
WY, USA
Contact
Sara Cook (sara.cook.7@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA461327Q1002 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 14, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 9, 2026 to Apr 11, 2027, middle of the range Jan 20, 2027.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 14, 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

RFO 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984) Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor recieves notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. (End of Clause) Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): Funds are not present… (show all)

ly available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this notification, either before or after the closing date. In the evnet the Government cancels this notice, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. The 90th Contracting Squadron, F. E. Warren AFB, WY intends to award a Single Source, Single-Award Firm Fixed Price contract to Carter's Avionics & Aviation Maintenance, LLC for MH-139A battery maintenance. The anticipated award date is on or around 30 October 2026. The statutory authority which permits other than full and open competition for this acquisition is 41 United States Code (USC) 1901, as implemented by RFO 12.201-1. This authority is supported by an approved Single Source Justification. It is the Government's intent to proceed with this sole-source action. The applicable NAICS code is 488190. The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is $40.0M THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A SOLICITATION, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. A solicitation package will NOT be issued. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged.The Government is not responsible for any costs incurred by firms in responding to this notice. If no affirmative written response is received by the deadline demonstrating the capability of another responsible source to satisfy the requirement, the Government intends to proceed with the sole-source award to Carter Avionics, subject to the availability of funds and completion of all required acquisition approvals. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement in the future is in the best interest of the Government. All information submitted should support the offeror's capability to provide the services required, and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses must be in the writing and must provide clear and concise documentation indicating an offeror's capability to provide these services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Responses and questions shall be received via email by sara.cook.7@us.af.mil and donna.doss.1@us.af.mil NLT 15 days from posting date.

Who won similar work

18 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 488190.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC2$4.7BJun 26, 2026
DLC AIRCRAFT PRESERVATION SERVICES, LLC2$209KJul 21, 2025
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION · $GD1$937.1MNov 1, 2024
CHELTON AVIONICS, INC · $TDG1$6.6MSep 29, 2026
EMPIRE AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC1$4.9MMar 28, 2025
Optimum Clean GmbH Kempten 87435 DEU1$2.7MDec 12, 2025
SKYQUEST AVIATION LLC1$2.3MJan 21, 2025
SOLOMON ENGINEERING, INC.1$2.1MJan 15, 2026
Planeguard Ltd1$1.2MAug 17, 2026
Elite Veteran Solutions, LLC1$471KApr 7, 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.

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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (11 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $399K 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.

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