Sources SoughtPosted Aug 27, 2026·Responses due Aug 31, 2026

Beale AFB - IDS Upgrade

Air Force and Space Force · FA4686 9 CONS PK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561621
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA468626IDSUPGRADE
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
6350
Place
CA, USA
Contact
SrA Casem Emmanuel (emmanuel.casem@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA468626IDSUPGRADE in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 27, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 22, 2026 to Feb 22, 2027, middle of the range Dec 3, 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 27, 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

*********** POSTING FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY** THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION, AS ONE DOES NOT EXIST. ************* A DRAFT Statement of Need (SON) detailing the requirement for the is attached for reference. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information to this Sources Sought or any follow-up information requests. The purpose of this sources sought is to notify the industry of the USAF intent for contract… (show all)

action and to request the following information: Your Company UEI and CAGE code with your response? UEI: CAGE: This is not an official Request for Quote (RFQ). We are conducting market research to determine if your company can fulfill the requirements outlined in the attached Statement of Need (SON). Please reference the attached SON for the exact details and specifications of the required services and items. Most importantly, please explicitly state your estimated period of performance (Days After Receipt of Order - ARO). If you have other suggestions for NAICS/PSC please feel free to annotate on your response back. The proposed contract action is anticipated to be issued as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP). Interested parties should submit a capabilities statement, any relevant past performance indicators pertaining to IDS Vindicator Upgrade to SrA Emmanuel Casem and SSgt Jacob Duderstadt. Email: emmanuel.casem@us.af.mil and jacob.duderstadt@us.af.mil

Who won similar work

46 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 561621.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NASATKA BARRIER, INCORPORATED2$733KMar 28, 2025
VINDICATOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2$129KOct 1, 2026
BETA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC1$4.8MJul 20, 2026
LITTLE RIVER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING, LLC1$3.5MJul 24, 2025
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC · $HON1$1.5MOct 1, 2026
BDM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC1$844KSep 15, 2026
JOHNSON CONTROLS SECURITY SOLUTIONS LLC1$561KSep 11, 2025
AES SYSTEMS INC1$314KSep 25, 2025
NORTHERN SUPPORT SERVICES INC1$307KAug 4, 2025
LAVISH LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LLC1$290KApr 29, 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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (10 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $346K 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.

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