Sources SoughtPosted Aug 13, 2026·Responses due Aug 27, 2026

Production of Palletized FoCUS System

Army Contracting Command (ACC) · W6QK ACC-APG

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W56KGU26RPPFS
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
Not stated
Place
Not stated
Contact
Brian D. McGuire (brian.d.mcguire1.civ@army.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W56KGU26RPPFS in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 27, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 6, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026, middle of the range Oct 1, 2026.
Measured from 718 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 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

Amendment 0001 updates the email address of the Contract Specialist's email address in the contact information subsection. This is a Sources Sought Notice. This notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ), or a promise to issue solicitation. The U.S. Government is conducting market research to identify qualified sources capable of rapidly producing the Family of Counter-UAS Systems (FoCUS) hardware. AGENCY: US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber I… (show all)

ntelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center TITLE: Production of Palletized FoCUS system BACKGROUND: FoCUS is a multi-sensor, multi-modal Counter-UAS (C-UAS) system that is currently integrated onto the multiple Tactical Ground platforms. US Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center is seeking qualified and capable vendors to rapidly produce FoCUS systems that are integrated onto these platforms. Technical Data / Build of Materials (BOM) exists for the integrations on the platforms and will be provided to vendors in the event of a contract award. Additionally, C5ISR Center is available to provide oversight or input to the assembly process if desired.

Who won similar work

1272 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Contracting Command (ACC)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DMYLES INC.18$13.6MSep 21, 2026
Lockheed Martin Corporation · $LMT15$30.5BSep 15, 2026
DYNASTY CHEMICAL CORP14$1.4MOct 13, 2026
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · $NOC10$10.7BSep 3, 2026
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL Summerville SC 29486 USA10$150.6MSep 3, 2026
AMERICAN ORDNANCE LLC10$70.3MSep 23, 2025
PHILLIPS CORPORATION8$38.4MSep 26, 2025
NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC.8$2.5MMar 4, 2026
K2 CONTRACTING GROUP, LLC7$2.9M + 2 sharedMay 29, 2026
FSR CONSULTING LLC6$781KDec 25, 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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (20 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
  • $759K 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 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.