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

This purchase is for three (3) brand?new electric counterbalance forklifts, each configured with mission?specific attachments and meeting all technical, safety, transport, and training requirements necessary to support TLSC?E/A Maintenance Activity Kaisers

Army · 0409 AQ HQ CONTRACT

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333924
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
PAN40926P0000028531
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
3930
Place
kaiserslautern, DE-RP, DEU
Contact
Evans Amponsah-Kumi (evans.amponsah-kumi.mil@army.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation PAN40926P0000028531 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 15, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 25, 2026 to Dec 19, 2026, middle of the range Oct 20, 2026.
Measured from 719 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 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

Please reference attached Silient characteristics. FY26_MAK_3ea_Electric_Forklifts_ADD_Salient_Characteristics

Who won similar work

2 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (0409 AQ HQ CONTRACT), same NAICS 333924.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Hensel Fahrzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG Waldbrunn 97295 DEU1$2.2MJun 6, 2025
Freund Landmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG Partenheim 55288 DEU1$626KOct 20, 2025

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 2 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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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

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  • 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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