Special NoticePosted Sep 16, 2026·Responses due Oct 15, 2026

United States Space Force (USSF) Battle Management, Command, Control, Communication and Space Intelligence (BMC3I) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Program Office (PMO) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Two Phase Closed Variant

Missile Defense Agency · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
HQ0860-26-S-C008
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
5985
Place
Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
Contact
Lee Mutschler (lee.mutschler@spaceforce.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation HQ0860-26-S-C008 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 16, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Sep 24, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Oct 6, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (1 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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

This solicitation is being issued by the Missile Defense Agency on behalf of the United States Space Force (USSF) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Program Office. PLEASE SEND ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION TO BOTH OF THE USSF/SCAR POINTS OF CONTACT IDENTIFIED WITH THIS NOTICE. The SCAR Program Management Office (PMO) requires modern Ground Entry Point (GEP) and Network Operations Center (NOC) capabilities to revitalize the United States Space Force's (USSF) Satellite Control system and is responsible for receiving requirements from end users and procuri… (show all)

ng solutions for fielding modernized antennas to augment the USSF Satellite Control Network (SCN) which comprises the legacy ground antenna architecture. To achieve this, the SCAR program acquisition consists of GEPs and NOC capabilities that can provide robust Telemetry, Tracking, and Commanding (TT&C) to support satellites across all orbital regimes. Program Security Requirements The solicitation will include a DD Form 254 DoD Contract Security Classification Specification. All classified information must be handled in accordance with NISPOM (32 CFR part 117). Offerors must have a valid U.S. security clearance of Secret or higher and an active Facility Security Clearance (FCL) issued by DCSA under the NISP at the time of White Paper submission. Offerors must have Government approval to safeguard classified material at their facility. *Offeror�s Library* This solicitation includes an �Offeror�s Library� with documents marked as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The documents include two CUI Categories - Controlled Technical Information (CTI) and Export Controlled (EXPT). In order to access the CUI documents marked EXPT, Offerors must possess an Active DD Form 2345 Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement searchable in the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Joint Certification Program (JCP) Portal at https://www.dla.mil/logistics-operations/services/joint-certification-program/. Interested offerors must have their Data Custodian email the following information to the POCs identified in the solicitation: � Company name and official mailing address � Data Custodian contact information (email and phone number) � Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code Offerors who do not possess an Active DD2345 will only have access to documents without a CUI EXPT marking. In order to access the CUI documents in the Offeror�s Library, Offerors must have at least a Computer Maturity Model Capability (CMMC) Level II Self-Assessment in Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) at https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/. The Offeror�s Library documents will be distributed to the requesting Offeror once the SCAR PMO has verified its Data Custodian and SPRS score as described above. Documents from the Offeror�s Library will be sent to eligible Offerors via the DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) website https://safe.apps.mil/. DOD SAFE drop off email and passphrase allowing access and pick-up of documents will be provided. Any previous Non-Disclosure Agreement(s) (NDAs) executed under the SCAR Increment 1 Sources Sought will not be considered sufficient to request documents from this solicitation�s Offeror�s Library.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541715.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT4$6.3BJun 1, 2026
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC1$508.5MSep 4, 2026
L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.1$499.6MJul 6, 2026
IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC1$475.0MOct 9, 2025
PEOPLETEC, INC.1$48.1MFeb 11, 2026
STRATOLAUNCH, LLC1$24.7MDec 6, 2024
AUBURN UNIVERSITY Auburn AL 36849 USA1$11.4MNov 15, 2024
Concordia Technologies, LLC1$9.4MJan 30, 2025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stony Brook NY 11794 USA1$4.7MMar 3, 2025
Huntsman International LLC1$4.0MDec 13, 2024

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.

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.

  • 4 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (63 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
  • $759K 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 2 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.