USAFA "Contrails" Pocket Reference Handbook � Volume 73 and Future Editions
Air Force and Space Force · FA7000 10 CONS LGC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FY27_USAFA_Contrails in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 14, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
See attached Sources Sought Notification. Response Deadline: 23 Oct 2026, by 14:00 Mountain Time.
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) 7610.
Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $183K to $296K, median $251K; range $142K to $430.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson Education, Inc | 6 | $1.3M | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Q-TECH LLC | 1 | $430.0M | Jun 13, 2025 |
| WGS-TECH LLC | 1 | $430.0M | Jul 31, 2026 |
| John D Preuer & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $311K | May 13, 2026 |
| LehrBook, LLC | 1 | $142K | Jan 21, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Jul 31, 2026WGS-TECH LLC$430.0MTechnical Data Support Services Enterprise � TDSSe3No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 13, 2026John D Preuer & Associates, Inc.$311KMETC BRAND NAME Emergency Care Textbook Order May 2026No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 30, 2026Pearson Education, Inc$251KEmergency Care Textbook + Workbook + APP 14th Edition ISBN 9780136994015No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 21, 2026LehrBook, LLC$142KeBooks for Physical Therapy Technician (PTT) ProgramNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 8, 2025Pearson Education, Inc$251KEmergency Care Textbook + Workbook + APP 14th Edition ISBN 9780136994015No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 29, 2025Pearson Education, Inc$251KMETC Emergency Care Textbooks Package ISBN: 9780136994015No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 13, 2025Q-TECH LLC$430.0MTechnical Data Support Services Enterprise � TDSSe3No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 9, 2025Pearson Education, Inc$251KMETC Emergency Care Textbooks Package ISBN: 9780136994015No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 16, 2025Pearson Education, Inc$161KFY25 METC Emergency Care Textbooks Package ISBN: 9780137274437No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 22, 2025Pearson Education, Inc$153KMETC TextbooksNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 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
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.
- 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.