Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 13, 2026·Responses due Sep 22, 2026

Replace DSN-HDD Generator for 78th Signal Battalion, Camp Zama, Japan.

Air Force and Space Force · FA5209 374 CONS PK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA520926Q0077
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6115
Place
Zama, JP-14, JPN
Contact
Hiroko Takahashi (hiroko.takahashi.jp@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA520926Q0077 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 13, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Sep 9, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 18, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 8, 2026 to Feb 8, 2027, middle of the range Nov 19, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 13, 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 Government intends to solicit this requirement IAW RFO FAR 12.201-1 for firm-fixed price contract to purchase and install a DSN-HDD Generator 78th Signal Battalion, Camp Zama, Japan. The government anticipates posting the solicitation on or around August 18, 2026. The contractor shall provide all necessary personnel, supervision, management, tools, equipment, transportation, materials, and any other items or services necessary to decommission, remove, dispose, and install a 150 KVA/50 Hz generator. Any damages caused to U.S. Government property during performing this contract shall be rest… (show all)

ored, replaced and/or repaired to its original condition at no additional cost to the U.S. Government. The contractor shall perform testing and handover to ensure all items are functioning properly. The contractor shall perform in accordance with (IAW) Performance Work Statement (PWS). Notes: Note 1: This project will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan. The successful offeror must have valid licenses to meet the requirement in the country of Japan. Offerors must have a Japanese CAGE code.

Who won similar work

1918 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC17$2.5BOct 6, 2026
WAREHOUSE ONE, INC11$9.0MSep 23, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX9$22.7BSep 29, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA9$3.5BOct 2, 2026
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT9$281.4MAug 26, 2026
ARHAB LLC8$1.0MAug 10, 2026
THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED7$57.9MMay 29, 2026
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX7$22.1MSep 25, 2026
Aantilia LLC7$3.4MOct 5, 2026
AIRTRONICS, LLC7$1.6MJul 16, 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.

  • 3 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (36 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $1.7M 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.

  • 5 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 6 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.