Pre-solicitationPosted Oct 5, 2026·Responses due Oct 14, 2026

DRAFT RFP - Global Unified Airbase Readiness and Defense (GUARD) IDIQ - Force Protection Division

Air Force and Space Force · FA2381 FORCE PROTECTION AFLCMC/HBUK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561621
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA2381999
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Partial
PSC
6350
Place
Hanscom AFB, MA, USA
Contact
McKenna Clippert (mckenna.clippert@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA2381999 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 27, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 25, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 25, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 25, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 25, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 5, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 21, 2026 to Jan 22, 2027, middle of the range Nov 2, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 27, 2026).
Responses are due Oct 14, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

AFLCMC/ESSK is issuing this Draft RFP as an RFI to improve understanding of market landscape and engage with industry to ensure our acquisition strategy and formal RFP, upon release, are understandable and actionable. The GUARD IDIQ provides for the acquisition and sustainment of Integrated Base Defense Security Systems (IBDSS) tailored to the Air Force Security Forces community, ensuring the warfighter is equipped with a means to deter, anticipate, deny, detect, report, delay, assess, and track hostile forces and targets for the protection of resources and personnel. **Draft SOW, PWS, and Rel… (show all)

evant Experience Self-Scoring matrix updated shortly after publication due to access issues. No material changes made. Updated Introduction and Instructions uploaded 28 Sept 2026 to clarify page limit language. ** THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IS SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. IAW RFO 15.101(c)(2), requests to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract, nor do they affect a potential offeror�s ability to respond to a future synopsis/solicitation, which may or may not follow or restrict the Goverenment�s eventual acquisition approach. The Government will not provide reimbursement for any information that may be submitted in response to this notice, and no basis for a claim against the Government shall arise from a response to this notice or Government use of any information provided. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.**

Who won similar work

46 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 561621.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NASATKA BARRIER, INCORPORATED2$733KMar 28, 2025
VINDICATOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2$129KOct 1, 2026
BETA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC1$4.8MJul 20, 2026
LITTLE RIVER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING, LLC1$3.5MJul 24, 2025
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC · $HON1$1.5MOct 1, 2026
BDM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC1$844KSep 15, 2026
JOHNSON CONTROLS SECURITY SOLUTIONS LLC1$561KSep 11, 2025
AES SYSTEMS INC1$314KSep 25, 2025
NORTHERN SUPPORT SERVICES INC1$307KAug 4, 2025
LAVISH LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LLC1$290KApr 29, 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.

  • 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
  • $346K 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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 2 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.