Sources SoughtPosted Apr 23, 2025·Responses due Aug 22, 2025

AFTAC's Geophysical Signal Exploitation System (GeoSES)

Air Force and Space Force · FA7022 AMIC DET 2 OL PATRICK PKA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA702225R0007
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AC13
Place
Patrick AFB, FL, USA
Contact
Lileana Moran, Contract Specialist (lileana.moran@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA702225R0007 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 21, 2025
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Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jun 16, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025, middle of the range Jul 28, 2025.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Apr 21, 2025).
Responses are due Aug 22, 2025, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

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What the notice says

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY TO INFORM INDUSTRY OF UPCOMING INDUSTRY DAYS. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. I. INTRODUCTION: The Acquisition Management and Integration Center… (show all)

(AMIC) Det 2 OL/PKA, Contracting Office, in support of the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) at Patrick Space Force Base (SFB), seeks through this sources sought announcement to invite industry to participate in its industry days for the Geophysical Signal Exploitation System (GeoSES) need. In addition, the Government is contemplating the utilization of current AFTAC Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) 2024, Topic 6- ENTERPRISE WIDE INTEGRATION AND ARCHITECTURE MODERNIZATION, specifically tailored for the GeoSES effort. The CSO can be found at SAM.gov Contract Opportunities with Notice ID FA702224SC001. Then, in its attachment, AFTAC CSO 2024 Final.pdf, see page 20. Submissions shall be tailored to the GeoSES. See potential draft SOO attached. All business sizes are encouraged to participate, but attendance to Industry Days will be limited to 2 persons per prime offeror. Please see registration instructions below. It is noted that the Secretary of Defense has directed "all DoD Components to adopt the Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) as the preferred pathway for all software development components of business and weapon system programs in the Department"; and to accomplish this, "the use of CSO as the default solicitation and award approach for acquiring capabilities under the SWP" is directed. See applicable memorandum, dated 06 March 2025, attached to this notice. We encourage industry to continuously monitor this notice for potential updates or other communication. White Paper Submission (in accordance with (IAW) CSO) AFTAC seeks through this sources sought announcement to also invite industry to prepare to submit a white paper through the current AFTAC Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) 2024, Topic 6 - ENTERPRISE WIDE INTEGRATION AND ARCHITECTURE MODERNIZATION, providing innovative solutions that specifically address the GeoSES problem/need. White Papers with a solution for GeoSES are requested to be submitted by close of business on 22-Aug-25 EDT. Industry does not have to wait until this date but can submit as early as feasible. Industry Days Information: Industry Day # 1: Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM Place: The Tides Address: 1001 North Highway A1A, S Atlantic Ave, Patrick Space Force Base, FL 32925 Parking Information: At location. Maximum number of attendees per potential prime offeror: 2 Industry Day # 2: Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM Place: The Tides Address: 1001 North Highway A1A, S Atlantic Ave, Patrick Space Force Base, FL 32925 Parking Information: At location. Maximum number of attendees per potential prime offeror: 2 Potential Contract Details: Estimated Award: Approximately between April and June 2026. Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with pre-priced labor for future Task Orders. Anticipated Ordering Period: Base Ordering Period of 5 Years. Options only on Task Orders. Anticipated Funds: Research & Development (R&D) CLIN Structure: 0001, GeoSES (RDT&E) (FFP); 0002, Travel (FFP); 0003 Technical Data & Information Deliverables (CDRLs) (NSP). PLACE OF PERFORMANCE Percentage of Effort Government (On-Site) Contractor (Off-Site) AFTAC, Patrick SFB 100% 100% 0% See BACKGROUND information and additional details in the attachments section. [Notice Attachment Upated 04.23.2025] Updates to this Notice will be provided via SAM.gov. See Attached Notice Document which reflects changes or updates highlighted in yellow.

Who won similar work

28 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) AC13.

Single-winner award sizes (28): middle half $3.3M to $13.4M, median $7.6M; range $92K to $116.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX3$49.4MMar 6, 2026
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP · $RTX · $68.9B2$201KJan 30, 2026
KRATOS TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING SOLUTIONS, INC. · $KTOS · $1.0B1$116.7MNov 13, 2024
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON Dayton OH 45469 USA1$98.5MAug 5, 2025
UES INC1$25.0MSep 18, 2025
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B1$17.0MJun 17, 2025
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B1$15.9MMar 26, 2025
DCS CORPORATION1$15.0MSep 24, 2025
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC1$12.8MSep 30, 2025
Robotic Construction Technologies, Inc.1$9.5MOct 23, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Investor context
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $KTOS reported $1.0B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, is 0.7% of that. 10-K
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 28 past awards, $7.6M, 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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (22 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $1.1M 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 5 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 18 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.