Special NoticePosted May 20, 2025·Responses due Jun 6, 2025

SDA Cryptographic Equipment IDIQ - Viasat Inc.

Air Force and Space Force · FA2401 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334118
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA240125SN0019
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
5811
Place
Chantilly, VA, USA
Contact
SDA Contracts (ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.sn-25-0019@mail.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA240125SN0019 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • May 20, 2025 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Dec 16, 2025
    Award Notice
    VIASAT INC · $3.0M
    Open

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

Special Notice SDA-SN-25-0019 - This is NOT a request for quote or proposal. The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to award a Sole Source Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract to Viasat, Inc. (Cage 47358) 6155 El Camino Real Carlsbad, CA 92009 for the purchase of Cryptographic Hardware and Software Licenses to support SDA. The Contract ordering period will be for Five Years with a total estimated value of $3,000,000. This contract award will be made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Req… (show all)

uirements, 10 U.S.C. 3204 (a)(1). Estimate Award Date will be on or before June 16, 2025. This is NOT a request for competitive proposals and is published for informational purposes only. Questions and responses concerning this announcement should be directed to the SDA Contracting using the e-mail provided no later than June 6, 2025. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted. Please email requests or questions to SDA Contracting at the following E-mail address: ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.sn-25-0019@mail.mil and ensure that the subject line includes �Notice of Intent to Sole Source IDIQ VIASAT SDA-SN-25-0019�.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334118.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
VIASAT INC · $VSAT1$3.0MDec 17, 2025
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC · $HON1$177KSep 19, 2025
GOENGINEER LLC1$100KSep 21, 2026
COMPUTER AND PERIPHERALS GROUP, INC.1$37KApr 10, 2025
WESTEX GROUP, INC1$23KAug 31, 2026
JTF BUSINESS SYSTEMS CORPORATION1$14KJul 17, 2025
THOMPSON TECHNOLOGY, LLC1$8KSep 28, 2026

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Latest awards

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 (10 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $352K 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 9 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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