Pre-solicitationPosted Sep 13, 2024·Responses due Sep 27, 2024

Sustaining Engineering and Support (SES) IV Increase of Aircrew Support

NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N00019-24-RFPREQ-WPM262-0401
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J015
Place
Patuxent River, MD, USA
Contact
Suresh Jafar (Suresh.Jafar.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-24-RFPREQ-WPM262-0401 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 12, 2024
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 13, 2024 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Jun 9, 2025
    Award Notice
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $10.3M
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD intends to issue a modification to the existing Sustaining Engineering and Support (SES) IV Contract, N0001924C0005, on a sole source basis to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC). The anticipated Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) contract modification is for NGSC to provide additional Integrated Test Team (ITT) aircrew support for both Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and United States Navy (USN) to support the Triton MQ-4C Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This contract modification is being pursued on a sole source basis under the s… (show all)

tatutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204 (a)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." NGSC is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, integrator, and producer of the MQ-4C Triton air vehicles and ground stations. Therefore, NGSC is the only source with the requisite knowledge of the Triton design, operation, and maintenance to successfully provide the necessary FSRs, engineering, systems integration, and sustainment support. Unless otherwise stated herein, no formal request for proposal or additional written information is currently available. A determination by the Government not to compete is solely within the discretion of the Government. This synopsis is published for information purposes only. (THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS). Subcontracting opportunities should be sought directly from NGSC. IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INTERESTED PARTIES: There are no commitments by the Government to issue any solicitations, make an award, or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties before award of a contract for the efforts mentioned above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. No phone inquiries will be entertained. Reponses shall be made in writing by email to the attention of Suresh Jafar, suresh.jafar.civ@us.navy.mil.

Who won similar work

25 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND), same product/service code (PSC) J015.

Single-winner award sizes (25): middle half $356K to $7.4M, median $3.0M; range $10K to $717.1M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. · $AIR · $3.5B11$957.0MApr 24, 2026
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.8$736.8MJul 2, 2025
PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.2$91.7MJun 4, 2026
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATES, INC.1$236.0MJun 11, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B1$75.9MNov 13, 2025
GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.1$3.0MJul 27, 2026
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B1$2.1MAug 31, 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.

Investor context
  • $AIR reported $3.5B revenue (12 months to Aug 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 25 past awards, $3.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 25 past awards, $3.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 25 past awards, $3.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.

Competitive landscape

For the 7 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (23 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $743K 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 1 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.