SolicitationPosted Aug 10, 2026·Responses due Aug 19, 2026

North Warning System (NWS) Fixed Wing Airlift/Transportation Services.

Air Force and Space Force · FA4890 HQ ACC AMIC

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
481212
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA489026R0027
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
V111
Place
Not stated
Contact
Maj Ryan Mark Tagatac (ryan_mark.tagatac.3@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA489026R0027 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 22, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 2, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 14, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Jul 17, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 17, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 10, 2026 · this notice
    Solicitation
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 15, 2026 to Oct 10, 2026, middle of the range Sep 7, 2026.
Measured from 691 past solicitations at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 17, 2026).
Responses are due Aug 19, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

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  • Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
  • Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

Please be advised Amendment 1 has been pushlished 10 Aug 2026 SF 30, Questions and Responses, and PWS change. Please follow the PIEE link in the attachments/links section of this posting. Request for Proposal (RFP): FA489026R0027. North Warning System (NWS) Fixed Wing Airlift/Transportation Services. The United States Air Force (USAF), ACC Acquisition Management Integration Center (AMIC) hereby publicizes its intention to solicit non personal services for Airlift Services of the NWS Fixed Wing Airlift Service. This requirement provides mission-essential fixed-wing airlift services to sustain t… (show all)

he North Warning System (NWS), which provides critical radar surveillance and early threat detection for NORAD and Homeland Defense missions. Operations are governed by the North America Air Defense Modernization (NAADM) Memorandum of Understanding/Supplementary Arrangement (MOU/SA) dated March 1985 (updated July 2018 and November 2025), which mandates that the USAF provide 60% of total program support in the form of material and services. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, and supervision required to transport cargo (payloads of 2,100 and 3,000, or 6,000 pounds) and personnel to remote NWS sites. Due to the geographic isolation of these assets, the contractor must maintain the specialized capability to operate within the extreme environment of the Canadian Arctic and execute take-off and landing maneuvers on the unimproved surfaces found at various radar sites identified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). This acquisition is 100% full and open competition. Furthermore, Small Business Consideration, Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 19, does not apply because 100% of the performance will be outside of the United States. The anticipated period of performance will consist of a 12-month base contract period, and four one-year option periods. A single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract with Cost Reimbursable (CR) line items will result from the solicitation using best value source selection procedures. The Government anticipates making award on or about 18 January 2027. The Government plans to use the Internet (Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) and SAM.gov) and e-mail as the primary means of disseminating and exchanging information. Hard copies of documentation will not be made available. Solicitation, amendments, and other miscellaneous documents will be posted on PIEE. It is the responsibility of each offeror to continually monitor and review PIEE and SAM.gov for notice of amendments, updates, or changes to current information. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 481212- Nonscheduled Chartered Fright Air Transportation. Primary Points of Contacts (POCs) for this requirement are Maj Ryan Tagatac, Contracting Officer and, TSgt Nelson Sosa Contract Manager. Secondary POC is Contract Manager 1st Lt Nathaniel Goodale. POCs can be reached by email at ryan_mark.tagatac.3@us.af.mil, nelson.sosa@us.af.mil and nathaniel.goodale.l@us.af.mil .Contact with government personnel, other than the ACC AMIC Contract Managers and/or Contracting Officer listed above, by a potential offeror or their employees regarding this acquisition is strictly prohibited. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 481212 - Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation, and the Small Business Size Standard is 1,500 employees. Notice to Offerors: Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this acquisition until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFP either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this RFP, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs. All interested parties should review all documents and provide comments/questions concerning this RFP to the POCs above no later than 15 calendar days after the release date of this RFP by 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The Government will provide a response to all inquiries via PIEE.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 481212.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $1.8B to $5.5B, median $3.9B; range $8.6M to $5.9B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · $SPCX1$5.9BApr 4, 2025
UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC1$5.4BApr 4, 2025
Blue Origin, LLC1$2.4BApr 4, 2025
LYNDEN AIR CARGO, LLC1$8.6MJun 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (10 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.

  • 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 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.