Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 3, 2026·Responses due Aug 18, 2026

14 WS Climate Software

Air Force and Space Force · FA4600 55 CONS PKP

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA4600-26-14WS
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
R427
Place
NC, USA
Contact
TSgt Jennifer Prestridge (jennifer.prestridge.1@us.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA4600-26-14WS in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 3, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 28, 2026 to Jan 29, 2027, middle of the range Nov 9, 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 3, 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

55CONS intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Prescient Weather Ltd. for access to their Weather Forecasting website. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes; however, interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements listed below may submit capability statements for consideration. Summary of Statement of Need The 14th Weather Squadron requires a weather forecasting solution with the following capabilities: Access to Climate Models: Sub-seasonal: ECMWF, CFS, GEFS, CMC, and JMA models. Seasonal: ECMWF, CFS, CanSIPS, UKMO, BOM, ECCC, CMCC, DWD, JMA, … (show all)

and Meteo France models. All models must be bias-corrected, calibrated to real-world physical limitations, and have anomalies calculated using the model�s own reforecast. Required Parameters: Air Temperature, Precipitation, Solar Radiation, Surface Wind, 500 mb heights, and Surface Pressure. Statistical Analysis Tools: The software must provide robust analysis features, including anomalies, ranks, calibrated probabilities, trend line climatology, trend analysis, percentiles, quantifiable verification, climate analogs, and run-to-run forecast progression. System and Usability Requirements: A simple, intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI). On-demand access for at least 10 analysts. The ability to display images and maps. Capability to download GeoTIFF files for all parameters and models. This requirement will be awarded using RFO part 12 Simplified Procedures. The award will be made prior to 30 September 2026.

Who won similar work

18 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 541990.

Single-winner award sizes (18): middle half $721K to $8.0M, median $1.8M; range $151K to $99.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SYSCOM, INC2$2.3MApr 18, 2025
ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS, LLC1$99.0MSep 24, 2026
PAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC1$66.0MAug 6, 2025
CT3I LLC1$19.5MFeb 6, 2025
RTX CORPORATION · $RTX · $93.5B1$11.7MDec 9, 2024
DOMINION DEFENSE CONSULTING, LLC1$9.0MJun 4, 2026
AERIS LLC1$5.0MNov 20, 2024
AKIMA MISSION OPTIMIZATION LLC1$4.8MJul 29, 2026
Credence Management Solutions Liability Company1$3.2MJul 8, 2025
SAWDEY SOLUTION SERVICES INC1$1.9MJul 1, 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.

Investor context
  • $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 18 past awards, $1.8M, 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

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
  • $386K 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.

  • 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 4 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.