Sources SoughtPosted Oct 15, 2026·Responses due Oct 21, 2026

Bed-Knife Grinder

Air Force and Space Force · FA4600 55 CONS PKP

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333112
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA4600_BedGrinder_FY27
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
3750
Place
Offutt AFB, NE, USA
Contact
Tyler Imhoff (tyler.imhoff.1@us.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA4600_BedGrinder_FY27 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 14, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 15, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 9, 2026 to Apr 11, 2027, middle of the range Jan 20, 2027.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 14, 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

The 55th Contracting Squadron at Offutt AFB, Nebraska has an ongoing non-appropriated fund (NAF) requirement to acquire a topdressing bed-knife grinder in support of the 55th Force Support Squadron and Willow Lakes Golf Course. The acquired bed-knife grinder will be used to sharpen mowing reels/blades on the mower fleet at the golf course. Proposed machinenery/equipment shall meet/include the following: Coded membrane panel with digital display and auto-cue to set desired angle of grind Flood coolant dispersal and debris separation Dual point alignment and single in-feed Automatic traverse Mag… (show all)

netic load assist and universal mounting brackets Fully enclosed machine cabinet Tool storage and toolkit with accessories 1-year warranty 10/15 Amendment: Original/Updated Set Aside has been updated to "No Set asside used". In accordance with DAFMAN 64-119, paragraph 2.8.2, NAF procurements are exempted from Title 15 U.S.C. Section 631 et seq., also known as the Small Business Act.

Who won similar work

21 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same industry group (NAICS 3331).

Single-winner award sizes (21): middle half $45K to $444K, median $97K; range $19K to $5.2M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MIC Industries, Inc.3$928KMar 10, 2026
BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ · $121.6B3$673KApr 30, 2026
BAUER EQUIPMENT AMERICA, INC.1$5.2MOct 2, 2026
CATERPILLAR INC · $CAT · $67.1B1$2.8MNov 18, 2024
DHM CONTRACTING, LLC1$1.1MSep 28, 2026
TECH SERVICE SOLUTIONS LLC1$508KApr 30, 2026
M-B COMPANIES, INC1$247KJan 13, 2026
FSR CONSULTING LLC1$107KSep 8, 2025
IT VISION NETWORKS INC1$97KSep 18, 2025
TURF EQUIPMENT & IRRIGATION, INC.1$95KSep 15, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Investor context
  • $CCZ reported $121.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 21 past awards, $97K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $CAT reported $67.1B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 21 past awards, $97K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.

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
  • $236K 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 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.