Pre-solicitationPosted Jul 15, 2026·Responses due Jul 30, 2026

Fire Trainer Liner

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

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA480926Q0065
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
4240
Place
Goldsboro, NC, USA
Contact
Michael A. Berg (michael.berg.6@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA480926Q0065 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 15, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
  • Jul 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 9, 2026 to Jan 10, 2027, middle of the range Oct 21, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 15, 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

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS for Structural Trainer Liner DESCRIPTION: Replace liner inside the structural trainer REQUIREMENTS: The liner components units shall: 1. Designed to meet all referenced safety, thermal, and regulatory specifications, this specific material is engineered for extreme live-fire training evolutions. 2. Specifically formulated for Class A, B, C, D, Electrical, and F/K fires within a controlled burn cell which complies with NFPA 1402 and related standards. 3. Made of a cementitious high temp composite formula, which has a negative health impact when installed by certified ins… (show all)

tallers. 4. Have Kevlar additives 5. Unique tongue and groove installation method 6. Stainless Steel mounting hardware 7. Have five (5) to ten (10) year warranty to replace 8. Able to withstand 150 psi nozzle forces 9. 1.5 inches thick requires no additional insulation behind its barrier 10. Heat transfer 10.4% (1000 degree / 140 degree in 10 minutes) 11. Complies with all NFPA suggested burn matrix formulas 12. Certified as a protective skin for flammable hazmat storage cells

Who won similar work

22 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 238990.

Single-winner award sizes (22): middle half $67K to $1.1M, median $446K; range $11K to $2.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ISCANI INDUSTRIES LLC2$3.0MOct 19, 2026
TERRA CONSTRUCTION, LLC1$2.6MAug 18, 2025
Veteran Elevated Solutions, LLC1$2.2MNov 19, 2025
CHIEFS CONSTRUCTION, INC1$1.8MJun 12, 2025
Trident Montana, Inc.1$1.3MSep 25, 2026
Tripod Construction Services, LLC1$1.1MOct 2, 2026
DMYLES INC.1$702KJun 18, 2026
NORCOM INTEGRATED SYSTEMS INC1$506KAug 7, 2026
NASATKA BARRIER, INCORPORATED1$492KNov 29, 2024
RMS CRANES LLC1$458KMar 30, 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.

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.