Special NoticePosted Aug 3, 2026·Responses due Aug 18, 2026

LNDH Strategic Recruitment Service

Air Force and Space Force · FA5587 48 CONS (ADMIN ONLY NO REQ)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561311
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA558726Q0043
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R431
Place
Not stated
Contact
Not stated
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA558726Q0043 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 3, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Aug 5, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 28, 2026 to Jan 29, 2027, middle of the range Nov 9, 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 3, 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

The 48 CONS intends to award a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to indeed.uk. Based on 48 CONS market research, indeed.uk is the leading online employment website in the country and the intent of this requirement is to obtain the maximum amount of visibility to the local job seekers. This sole source contracting action is being conducted pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C.1901 and RFO FAR 12.201-1. The 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) relies on Local National Direct Hire (LNDH) personnel to provide essential continuity, knowledge, and specialized local expertise integral to daily … (show all)

operations and mission readiness. Recruitment efforts require access to a widely recognized employment marketplace with significant candidate reach throughout the United Kingdom labor market. The Civilian Personnel Office requires a commercial solution capable of attracting qualified candidates through job advertisement distribution, candidate matching technologies, resume database access, sponsored job promotion, and recruitment analytics. These services are necessary to ensure a robust pipeline of qualified candidates to support the ongoing missions at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, and other UK service locations. The Contractor shall provide non-personal services, to include all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform strategic recruitment campaign management for Local National Direct Hire positions at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and other UK service locations. The Contractor shall ensure these campaigns result in a qualified, targeted applicant pool meeting the qualifications specified in the job postings and shall perform all services in adherence to the requirements a Performance Work Statement (PWS). The online job recruitment website must be able to do at a minimum the following: - Publish job advertisements and allow authorized Government users to create, edit, publish, renew, and close vacancy announcements. -Provide sponsored or promoted job advertisement that increases visibility of positions to prospective applicants. -Distribute vacancy announcements through major UK-specific platforms/websites (e.g., Glassdoor, Reed, LinkedIn, local community boards), search engines, and recruitment networks. -Provide access to a searchable database of candidate resumes, and profiles. -Provide candidate matching capabilities that identify potential applicants whose qualifications align with vacancy requirements. -Provide an employer profile page or equivalent capability and allow display of organizational descriptions, mission information, workplace benefits, and recruitment messaging. -Allow applicants to be redirected to Government-designated application systems or websites. -Provide access to an analytics dashboard that delivers intelligent, data-driven recommendations to optimize campaign performance, budget allocation, and scheduling. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document will be posted for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice may submit capability statements (no more than 5 pages), including price, with sufficient documentation to establish capability in providing the same or similar facilities/products/services. Font size/style must be 10-point Times New Roman font for Text, 9-point font in the Arial family for Tables, and 8-point font in the Arial family for Graphics. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government and would not be cost or time prohibitive. The NAICS code for this action is 561311. All capability statements received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government to or not to initiate a competitive solicitation based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contracting Officer, Karen Ito-Marcum, at karen.ito-marcum.2@us.af.mil and/or Contracting Specialist, Garrett Guiliano at garrett.guiliano@us.af.mil via e-mail only (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Submit questions or comments to this Notice of Intent no later than the closing date. Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission � FA558726Q0043.

Who won similar work

1918 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (1890): middle half $80K to $2.0M, median $327K; range $566 to $20.7B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B17$2.5BOct 6, 2026
WAREHOUSE ONE, INC11$9.0MSep 23, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $68.9B9$22.7BSep 29, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $77.8B9$3.5BOct 2, 2026
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B9$281.4MAug 26, 2026
ARHAB LLC8$1.0MAug 10, 2026
THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED7$57.9MMay 29, 2026
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $19.4B7$22.1MSep 25, 2026
Aantilia LLC7$3.4MOct 5, 2026
AIRTRONICS, LLC7$1.6MJul 16, 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
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $327K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $327K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $327K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $327K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LHX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $327K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

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

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.

  • 3 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (36 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $1.7M 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.

  • 5 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 6 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.