Sources SoughtPosted Sep 2, 2026·Responses due Oct 1, 2026

Schriever Space Force Base Other Transaction HVAC Sources Sought

Air Force and Space Force · FA2550 50 CONS PKP

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA2550ST
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
Not stated
Place
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Contact
Sara Tolva (sara.tolva@spaceforce.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA2550ST in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 2, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 28, 2026 to Feb 28, 2027, middle of the range Dec 9, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 2, 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

1. Capability & Project Interest: Is your firm interested in providing a turn-key, commercial design and construction/installation solution for a large-scale HVAC modernization/replacement project at a military installation in the Colorado Springs, CO area? 2. Delivery Model & Teaming: Does your firm possess both Engineering (A/E) and mechanical construction capabilities in-house, or do you routinely execute turn-key projects via a prime-subcontractor or joint venture partnership? Please briefly outline your typical delivery structure. 3. Commercial Experience & Innovation: What experience doe… (show all)

s your company have delivering large-scale commercial, industrial, or mission-critical facility HVAC systems (e.g., chillers, air handlers, VRF, BAS controls, high-density cooling)? Have you integrated energy-efficient or smart-facility prototypes? 4. Registration & Entity Status: Is your firm currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) with an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and CAGE Code? If not, is your firm willing and able to complete this registration prior to entering into an agreement with the U.S. Government? 5. Installation & Security Experience: What experience does your firm (or teaming partners) have executing projects on military installations (e.g., USSF, USAF, DoD), high-security facilities, or active 24/7 mission environments? Are your on-site personnel capable of obtaining standard base access credentials and background clearances? 6. Business Size: Under NAICS code 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors / $19.0M size standard) or NAICS 236220 (Commercial Construction / $45.0M size standard), is your firm considered a Large Business or Small Business? If a Small Business, do you hold any active socio-economic certifications (e.g., 8(a), WOSB/EDWOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone)? 7. Financial Protections & Bonding Capacity: What is your firm�s current single-project and aggregate surety bonding capacity? If bonding is constrained or unavailable, would your firm be capable of utilizing alternative commercial financial protections, such as an Irrevocable Letter of Credit (ILOC) or a Tri-Partite Escrow Account? Does your company have a preference for financial protection methods? 8. Prevailing Wage & Labor Compliance: Is your firm familiar with and capable of complying with statutory prevailing wage rate requirements (Davis-Bacon Act / 40 U.S.C. �� 3141�3148), including submitting weekly certified payroll reports for work performed on-site? 9. Milestone Payment Structure: Is your company structured to accept electronic milestone-based payments (via WAWF / EFT) tied to validated, physical work-in-place milestones rather than traditional cost-reimbursement billing? 10. Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Participation: Would your company be interested in responding to a streamlined Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) by submitting a concise Solution Brief? Would under 30 days be suitable for a 5-page whitepaper submission? 11. Communications: Besides SAM.gov, are there routes/points of access commonly monitored by your company for commercial opportunities?

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.