Special NoticePosted Aug 18, 2026·Responses due Aug 21, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - FY26 LeMay - MCR AV TS Capability

Air Force and Space Force · FA3300 42 CONS CC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA330026RFI0012
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
5836
Place
Montgomery, AL, USA
Contact
Brian Thornton (brian.thornton.15@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA330026RFI0012 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Aug 27, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 13, 2026 to Feb 13, 2027, middle of the range Nov 24, 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 18, 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 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL hereby gives NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE to AVI-SPL LLC to provide the LeMay Center/Wargaming with Installation and Warranty Services in accordance with (IAW) the attached Statement of Requirements (SOR). Brief Description of Requirement: The Air Force Wargaming Institute needs a secure, mobile, and fully compliant audio-visual teleconferencing suite to facilitate Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) communications in support of USSTRATCOM, Air Force, and Joint Wargaming exercises. This capability must support oper… (show all)

ations within the Main Conference Room in secure facility during periods when the room is designated as a Temporary Secure Compartmented Information Facility (T-SCIF) for exercise execution. See SOR for additional information. Deliver By: 60 Days ARO Place of Performance: Maxwell AFB, AL. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334310, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing There will be no written solicitation issued. This is an intent to purchase a sole source procurement under the authority of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 6.103-1. This will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract utilizing RFO Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. The contractor needs to be registered in the DoD System for Award Management (SAM). Register via the SAM website https://www.sam.gov, and also be eligible to process invoices through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). Register via the WAWF website https://wawf.eb.mil. Those capable of meeting the requirement IAW the SOR are requested to provide the following information in their response: 1) Current capability that demonstrates your company's ability to meet the above requirement, 2) Company name, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, type of business and size, Cage Code and UEI number. IMPORTANT NOTES: 1) Information submitted will not be returned to the respective respondents. Oral submissions of information are not acceptable and will not be accepted in response to this notice. 2) Respondents may respond via e-mail no later than 21 August 2026 12:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (CDT) to Mr. Brian Thornton brian.thornton.15@us.af.mil; (334) 953-6497 or Ms. Kimberly Knott at kimberly.knott.1@us.af.mil; (334)-953-3527. If no responsible, responsive offers are received by the above date, a sole source contract will be issued to AVI-SPL LLC under the authority of RFO 6.103-1.

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 5836.

Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $53K to $198K, median $148K; range $36K to $441K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
GDL SOLUTIONS, INC.3$464KSep 29, 2025
Aantilia LLC1$441KFeb 20, 2026
ACTIVU CORPORATION1$215KSep 8, 2025
ADEPT PATRIOT SERVICES LLC1$198KJul 29, 2026
QUBICAAMF WORLDWIDE, LLC1$183KAug 24, 2026
VALITUS TECHNOLOGIES INC.1$150KSep 18, 2025
RHODES STEPHENNE Las Cruces NM 88012 USA1$148KSep 10, 2025
WINGMANN LLC1$82KSep 26, 2025
ANALYTIC CONSULTING SERVICES LLC1$47KJul 29, 2025
INA LED US, INC1$37KApr 10, 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.

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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

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