Sources SoughtPosted Apr 7, 2026·Responses due Apr 15, 2026

ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND CALIBRATION ON MOBILE AUTOMATED SYSTEM (MAUS) EQUIPMENT AT GRAND FORKS AFB, ND

Air Force and Space Force · FA4659 319 CONS PK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334519
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA465926QM005
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
H316
Place
Grand Forks AFB, ND, USA
Contact
2d Lt Jarred Cronin (jarred.cronin@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA465926QM005 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 7, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Jul 23, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jun 2, 2026 to Oct 3, 2026, middle of the range Jul 14, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Apr 7, 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

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION! This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. The 319th Contracting Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having the resources to provide the following: There is the need for contractors to provide maintenance and c… (show all)

alibration on Mobile Automated System (MAUS). The contractor shall ensure all MAUS equipment is properly maintained according to the SOW. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 334519 � Othe Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) assigned to this procurement is H316 � Inspection � Aircraft Components and Accessories

Who won similar work

44 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334519.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
UNITED WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.3$6.1MSep 14, 2026
Illinois Tool Works, INC · $ITW3$784KMar 26, 2026
NEWCO INC3$389KSep 23, 2026
SAFEWARE INC3$319KSep 29, 2026
Heidelberg Resources, LLC1$5.4MSep 22, 2025
TITOMIC USA INC1$5.0MSep 23, 2026
CUBRC, INC.1$3.0MJan 13, 2026
HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.1$1.9MJul 15, 2026
DIT-MCO International LLC1$492KFeb 4, 2025
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION1$437KMar 31, 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.

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.

  • 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
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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.

  • 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
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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.

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