Special NoticePosted Jul 29, 2026·Responses due Aug 12, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole-Source USMC AIRCRAFT BLADE HOURS AND PARACHUTE FACILITY SUPPORT

Navy and Marine Corps · COMMANDER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
488119
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
M67854-26-D-1007
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
W015
Place
Quantico, VA, USA
Contact
Anthony Plath (anthony.plath@usmc.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation M67854-26-D-1007 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 29, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 9, 2026 to May 10, 2027, middle of the range Dec 29, 2026.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 29, 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

M67854-26-D-1007 Intent to Sole Source The Portfolio Acquisition Executive Marine Corps (PAE MC) Program Manager Ground Weapons Systems (PM GWS) Product Manager Infantry Weapons (PdM IW) Air and Amphibious Reconnaissance (AAR) team intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract to Skydive Orange, Inc. (11269 Hangar Road, Orange VA, 22960). The AAR team requires aircraft blade hours, as well as parachute and paraloft facility support services to support the training and testing of various personnel parachute and aerial delivery systems (See Table 1). The AAR team requires a facility l… (show all)

ocated within 60 miles from Marine Corps Base Quantico to make it possible to support short notice missions (traditional day trips) and required parachute proficiency training for individuals stationed in the National Capital Region holding �jump� billets. This action falls under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 6.302-1(b)(1)(ii).

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same NAICS 488119.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $5.1M to $29.3M, median $9.3M; range $897K to $49.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PCI AVIATION LLC1$49.4MOct 2, 2025
C2G, LTD1$9.3MDec 5, 2024
SKYDIVE ORANGE INC.1$897KAug 21, 2026

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines 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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