48 CES - Gas Detectors
Air Force and Space Force · FA5587 48 CONS (ADMIN ONLY NO REQ)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA558726Q0065 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
The 48th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire & Emergency Services (48 CES/CEF) requires the procurement of five (5) commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) handheld multi-gas detectors with integrated Photoionization Detectors (PID), alongside three (3) compatible automated calibration docking stations and associated charging/gas hardware. The Gas Detectors must fit the needs decribed in the Salient Characteristics attached below.
Who won similar work
10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 6665.
Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $65K to $198K, median $134K; range $34K to $3.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAFEWARE INC | 3 | $319K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| DRONESHIELD LLC · $DRSHF | 2 | $340K | Mar 23, 2026 |
| DETECT INC | 1 | $3.1M | Sep 29, 2025 |
| HOPEWELL DESIGNS, INC. | 1 | $645K | Jan 23, 2025 |
| VCLOUD GOV INC. | 1 | $97K | May 20, 2025 |
| FSR CONSULTING LLC | 1 | $62K | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Peractos LLC | 1 | $34K | Jun 5, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 1, 2026FSR CONSULTING LLC$62KHandheld Explosive Trace Detectors
- Sep 29, 2026SAFEWARE INC$72K6 SWS/S5, Cape Cod, FIDO X4 ETDs
- Jul 23, 2026SAFEWARE INC$207KUSAFA Emergency Management Equipment
- Mar 23, 2026DRONESHIELD LLC$170KDrone Jammer
- Mar 23, 2026DRONESHIELD LLC$170KDrone Jammer
- Sep 29, 2025DETECT INC$3.1MPurchase and Lease of Bird, Drone, and Maritime Surveillance Systems
- Sep 17, 2025SAFEWARE INC$40KAWARD NOTICE: Purchase and Deliver Brand Name Radiological Detection Equipment (FE Warren AFB, WY)
- Jun 5, 2025Peractos LLC$34KExplosive Detection Equipment
- May 20, 2025VCLOUD GOV INC.$97KSEEKER Pro
- Jan 23, 2025HOPEWELL DESIGNS, INC.$645KRADIAC Linear Positioning Systems
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (2 filings)
- 1 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
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
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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.