Pre-solicitationPosted Jul 8, 2026·Original deadline passed (Jul 17). See latest amendment for current deadline.

Pre-Solicitation Notice DPAA Papua New Guinea

Department of Defense (all) · USTRANSCOM-AQ

Stage

Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)

NAICS

481211

Value

Not stated

Solicitation

HTC71126RE147

Set-aside

No Set aside used

PSC

V221

Place

PNG

Contact

Brenda Marshall (brenda.l.marshall10.civ@mail.mil)

Incumbent intelligence

Pacific Helicopters Limited

ContractNamed in the notice; no matching contract in our USAspending records (they hold contracts of $1M and up).

RevenueNot a listed company we could match.

LobbyingNo lobbying filings naming Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (matched by exact name).

PAC moneyNot checked: no listed company matched.

Source: SAM notice, SEC filings, Senate lobbying filings (all issues on them, not only this contract), FEC.

The notice says: “The incumbent is Pacific Helicopters Limited (CAGE: SK287).”

…Open on SAM.gov

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation HTC71126RE147 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice

Jul 8, 2026 · this notice
Pre-solicitation

Solicitation

Jul 14, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open
Jul 17, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open
Jul 27, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open
Aug 4, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open
Aug 10, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open
Oct 5, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open
Oct 5, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open
Oct 5, 2026
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Open

Award

Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (4 found; 10 needed).

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

USTRANSCOM anticipates issuing a solicitation on behalf of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) for rotary-wing aviation support in Papua New Guinea. To support the accounting of missing Americans, the contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, mission planning, and emergency medical evacuation capabilities to execute up to three recovery missions per year, varying from 14 to 90 days. The Government intends to award a single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract (Firm-Fixed Price and Time & Materials elements) via full and open competition. Proposals will be evalu… (show all)

ated in accordance with the Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 and FAR 52.212-2. The incumbent is Pacific Helicopters Limited (CAGE: SK287). The anticipated period of performance is a 12-month base period (1 July 2027 through 30 June 2028) with four one-year options through 30 June 2032, and will include FAR clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. This commercial acquisition will be conducted under FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 15. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted to SAM.gov on or about 17 July 2026. No hard copies will be issued. Noncompliance with the RFP may result in proposal elimination. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by USTRANSCOM/TCAQ-C.

Who won similar work

10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USTRANSCOM-AQ), same NAICS 481211.

Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $3.0M to $60.1M, median $26.9M; range $18K to $88.2M.

Winner	Awards	Value	Last
PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC.	2	$156.2M	Mar 20, 2026
CSI AVIATION, INC	2	$20.2M	Apr 15, 2026
AVELO AIRLINES, INC.	2	$18K + 1 shared	May 29, 2025
WHEELS UP PARTNERS LLC	1	$57.5M	Feb 19, 2026
ASPEN HELICOPTERS INC	1	$33.6M	Aug 27, 2026
VARIOUS Prudhoe Bay AK 99734 USA	1	$4.0M	Feb 10, 2026
BREEZE AVIATION GROUP, INC	1	– + 1 shared	Mar 26, 2025

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.

Latest awards

Aug 27, 2026ASPEN HELICOPTERS INC$33.6MPoint Mugu Range Air Transportation Services (PMRATS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Apr 15, 2026CSI AVIATION, INC$50K135 AIRLIFT SUPPORT SAAM APR 21-23 19 PAXNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Mar 20, 2026PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC.$68.0MUSAFRICOM Dedicated Passenger Air Charter ServiceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Feb 19, 2026WHEELS UP PARTNERS LLC$57.5MAlaska Commuter Passenger ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Feb 13, 2026PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC.$88.2MPoint Mugu Passenger Air Transportation Services (PMPATS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Feb 10, 2026VARIOUS Prudhoe Bay AK 99734 USA$4.0MUndersea Warfighting Development Center Detachment Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ICEX 2026 Operation Ice Camp Air Charter Services)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Sep 18, 2025CSI AVIATION, INC$20.2MATLANTIC UNDERSEA TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER (AUTEC) PALM BEACH FL (KPBI)�ANDROS TOWN BAHAMAS (MYAF)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
May 29, 2025AVELO AIRLINES, INC.$2K (shared ceiling)Domestic Charter Airlift Services FAA Part 121 - HTC711-23-R-CC01Shared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
Mar 26, 2025BREEZE AVIATION GROUP, INC$2K (shared ceiling)Domestic Charter Airlift Services FAA Part 121 - HTC711-23-R-CC01Shared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
Mar 17, 2025AVELO AIRLINES, INC.$18KFY25 Solicitation - International Charter Airlift Services in Support of CRAFNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

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.

0 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 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
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. 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

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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, 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.