Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 13, 2026·Responses due Aug 28, 2026

Notice of Intent for Sole Source Award to EDL Construction, Inc. for Sunshade Inspection at Whiteman AFB

Air Force and Space Force · FA4625 509 CONS CC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA462526Q1110
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
J016
Place
Whiteman Air Force Base, MO, USA
Contact
A1C William Butler (william.butler.42@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA462526Q1110 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 13, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 8, 2026 to Feb 8, 2027, middle of the range Nov 19, 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 13, 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

The sun shades, classifed as equipment rather than real property, were originally manufactured and installed by EDL Construction, Inc. at the Whiteman AFB 442d Maintenance Group Area on the AF aircraft parking apron near builiding 1117. As the original manufacturer and installer, EDL Construction, Inc. is the sole source contractor, the sole provider of the request, and the only authorized entity permitted to inspect the 442d and 509th sun shades. Utilizing EDL Construction, Inc. ensures proper management and issuance of manufacturer warranties and inspections that comply with DAFI management … (show all)

requirements IAW DAFI 21-101 Chapter 15.10.6, while preventing the voiding of any warranties offered by the company.

Who won similar work

43 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) J016.

Single-winner award sizes (43): middle half $708K to $7.7M, median $2.6M; range $46K to $4.3B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED3$18.2MSep 30, 2025
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION · $RTX · $68.9B3$18.0MOct 2, 2026
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $19.4B3$15.2MSep 25, 2026
Able Aerospace Services, Inc.2$38.5MSep 3, 2026
THE GYRO HOUSE Auburn CA 95602 USA2$11.1MJun 3, 2026
ELEVAN LLC2$3.5MSep 4, 2025
ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC2$1.9MSep 29, 2026
VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC1$4.3BSep 8, 2025
Leidos, Inc.1$987.0MDec 12, 2024
Multiple Awardees Tinker AFB OK USA1$471.0MJul 9, 2026

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 43 past awards, $2.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LHX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 43 past awards, $2.6M, 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.

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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
  • $620K 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.

  • 2 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.