Special NoticePosted Aug 21, 2026·Responses due Aug 27, 2026

Kronos Family of Systems Commercial Solutions Opening

Air Force and Space Force · FA8806 BATTLE MNGMNT C3 SSC/BCK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
513210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA8806-26-S-0001_AOI4_CSO_Call2
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
AR12
Place
El Segundo, CA, USA
Contact
Heather Baldwin (SSC.BMZ.SYD85@spaceforce.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA8806-26-S-0001_AOI4_CSO_Call2 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 4, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 21, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 29, 2026 to Jan 30, 2027, middle of the range Nov 10, 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 4, 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

AOI 4 Mission Support Services � Second Call for Submissions Under the Notice ID FA8806-26-S-0001 (01 July 2026) Kronos Family of Systems (FoS) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) 1.Purpose: This memorandum constitutes the Second Call issued under the Kronos Family of Systems (FoS) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) 2.0. This Call requests Phase 1Asubmissions consisting of a Quad Chart and White Paper in response to the Focus AreaStatements (FAS) identified below. The Kronos FoS CSO remains the governing document for alladministrative, legal, evaluation, and submission requirements, Notice ID F… (show all)

A8806-26-S-0001 (01July 2026). Area of Interest: This Call is issued under Area of Interest (AOI) 4 � MissionSupport Services and seeks innovative commercial solutions aligned with the FAS below: 2.FAS #1 (AOI 04-FAS01): The Kronos FoS seeks innovative commercial products andservices that simplify how software capabilities are configured, deployed, integrated, operated,and iterated on across the Kronos FoS. Interests span the software lifecycle and include: a.Low-code and no-code development platforms and services b.Integration services c.Automated continuous delivery capabilities d.Platform observability and health monitoring solutions e.Operational analytics f.Baseline configuration management g.Automated incident response h.Resilient platform operations i.Solutions should reduce Government integration complexity, shorten the time to fieldsoftware to operations, and lower the compliance and management burden on the Government, while enabling a scalable, modular, and interoperable software ecosystem 3.FAS #2 (AOI 04-FAS02): The Kronos FoS seeks innovative commercial products and services that automate execution of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and radicallycompress the time required to achieve and maintain authorization across the Kronos Family ofSystems. Interests span all six RMF steps. Solutions may employ artificial intelligence, machinelearning, or other automation, and include: a.System categorization and security control selection b.Control implementation and configuration enforcement c.Continuous control assessment and automated evidence collection d.Security documentation, Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) management, and authorization package generation e.Continuous monitoring, and real-time risk posture visibility f.Security impact analysis and change request disposition g.Vulnerability management, incident detection, automated response, and recovery h.Software assurance and cyber analytics supporting operational resiliency i.Solutions should reduce the time to achieve and maintain an authorization to operate,eliminate manual and duplicative compliance effort, and give the Government continuous, evidence-based visibility of its cybersecurity risk posture 4.Submission Timeline: Questions regarding this Call shall be submitted no later than 1200 Pacific Time on 07 August 2026. Responses to submitted questions will be posted to SAM.gov(http://sam.gov). Phase 1A submissions (Quad Chart and White Paper) shall be received no later than 1700 Pacific Time on 26 August 2026. 5.Additional Information: All submission instructions, eligibility requirements, evaluationprocedures, and applicable terms and conditions are contained within the Kronos FoS CSO.Offerors are responsible for monitoring SAM.gov (http://sam.gov) for amendments, answers toquestions, and any updates associated with this Call. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE: DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED.

Who won similar work

53 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 513210.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP6$5.9MFeb 27, 2026
Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC4$4.2MDec 31, 2025
The MathWorks, Inc.3$10.5MJan 12, 2026
PLEXSYS INTERFACE PRODUCTS, INC2$1.3MSep 17, 2026
R.S. MEANS COMPANY2$184KJul 23, 2025
OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE LLC1$15.0MApr 1, 2026
ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1$1.4MMar 25, 2025
ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION, INC1$1.3MMar 31, 2025
IDEA ENTITY CORPORATION1$1000KJul 23, 2026
DYNAMIC SYSTEMS INC1$831KFeb 19, 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.

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.

  • 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.