Special NoticePosted Aug 21, 2026·Responses due Sep 5, 2026

Intent to Sole Source: FieldFox Radio Frequency Analyzer

Air Force and Space Force · FA4809 4TH CONS SQ CC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334515
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
F3T1GR6091AW02
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6625
Place
Goldsboro, NC, USA
Contact
De'Montae Frink (demontae.frink@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation F3T1GR6091AW02 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 21, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 16, 2026 to Feb 16, 2027, middle of the range Nov 27, 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 21, 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 4th Contracting Squadron is issuing this presolicitation notice of intent to sole-source IAW RFO 5.101 for One (1) Brand Name Keysight N9913C FieldFox 4 GHz Radio Frequency Analyzer to Keysight Technologies Inc. The Government invites offerors to submit a response to this notice that would demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder mission objectives. The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information… (show all)

received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES; AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Who won similar work

58 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334515.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TESTFORCE USA, INC.4$394KSep 16, 2026
CORELIS, INC.3$5.6MAug 3, 2026
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $KEYS2$12.8MMar 26, 2026
VIRGINIA DIODES, INC.2$347KJun 30, 2025
FSR CONSULTING LLC2$52KAug 18, 2025
TERADYNE, INC. · $TER1$139.9MJun 11, 2026
Chemring Energetic Devices (CED) Downers Grove IL 60515 USA1$65.3MJul 15, 2025
NORTHROP GRUMMAN Warner Robins GA 31088 USA1$41.2MApr 16, 2026
FLUKE ELECTRONICS CORP1$22.6MMar 23, 2026
Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.1$20.2MJun 17, 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.

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
  • 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 9 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.