Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Starshield Tokens
Customs and Border Protection · AIR AND MARINE CONTRACTING DIVISION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 20159289 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 17, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
U.S. Customs and Border Protection intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source award to Space Exploration Technology Corp for sixty (60) Starshield service tokens for use on CBP AMO aircraft. This requirement is to provide services to support AMO flight operations. CBP AMO operates Manned Aircraft on Starshield satellite service to provide a wide-band data link for beyond line of sight (BLOS) operations. This satellite service is used for the command and control of the aircraft, receiving data from the aircraft and additional voice channel(s) for BLOS operations. AMO missions are flown wit… (show all)
hin the 48 contiguous United States and their coastal waters, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and eastern Pacific regions. Period of performance: Date of award through September 29, 2028 If any contractors feel they can meet the requirements please contact the contracting officer by email at Michael.A.Hall@cbp.dhs.gov by the response date and time listed with this notice. You must submit a capabilities statement displaying your ability to meet the requirements.
Who won similar work
117 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Customs and Border Protection), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. | 3 | $16.7M | Sep 17, 2025 |
| WILLIAM HEBELER, INC | 3 | $111K | Jun 5, 2025 |
| ACUITY INTERNATIONAL, LLC | 2 | $569.0M | Sep 30, 2026 |
| RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC | 2 | $285.0M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| KOMAN ADVANTAGE, LLC | 2 | $177.2M | Oct 13, 2026 |
| BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS CORP | 2 | $4.8M | Jul 31, 2026 |
| REWORLD TULSA, LLC | 2 | $2.1M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| V.I. PET, INC | 2 | $1.9M | Dec 16, 2024 |
| FOSTER & FREEMAN USA INC | 2 | $1.4M | Sep 1, 2026 |
| OREADY LLC | 2 | $395K | Aug 29, 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.
- Oct 13, 2026TIMS 8a JV LLC$45.8MEl Paso and Big Bend North Tactical Infrastructure (TI) Maintenance
- Oct 13, 2026KOMAN ADVANTAGE, LLC$136.6MTactical Infrastructure (TI) Maintenance DRT, LRT, RGV
- Oct 13, 2026KOMAN ADVANTAGE, LLC$40.6MCustoms and Border Protection (CBP) Carrizo Cane Eradication - Texas
- Oct 8, 2026SITA INFORMATION NETWORKING COMPUTING USA INC$4.6MSITA Services to Electronically Transmit Airline Data
- Oct 8, 2026REWORLD TULSA, LLC$1.3MNarcotics Destruction
- Oct 7, 2026NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL Lander WY 82520 USA$156KAward Notice & Justification for six (6) 5-day WUMP Training Classes
- Oct 6, 2026OPSEC SECURITY INC$68KAward Notice and Justification for High Security Holographic Laminate for Credentials
- Oct 6, 2026LAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY$1.1MAward notice and Justification & Approval for Lafayette LX7 Computerized Polygraph systems and associated accessories
- Sep 30, 2026ENTRUST CORPORATION$10.0MGlobal Entry Airport Modernization
- Sep 30, 2026ACUITY INTERNATIONAL, LLC$499.0MMedical Support Services for CBP (including medical exams, fitness for duty, drug testing, and related services)
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied U.S. Customs & Border Protection since 2024 (2 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Customs & Border Protection 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
- 24 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.
- 0 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.