Sources SoughtPosted Aug 20, 2026·Responses due Sep 22, 2026

FAA Market Survey /Request for Information / Capability Assessment: Procurement of Power Systems Battery Replacement IV

FAA · 6973GH FRANCHISE ACQUISITION SVCS

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
33591
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
6973GH-26-RFI-PSBRIV
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
Not stated
Place
USA
Contact
Joseph Stewart (joseph.w.stewart@faa.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 6973GH-26-RFI-PSBRIV in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 20, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (1 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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

INTRODUCTION The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Power Services Group (PSG) is conducting a Market Survey to ascertain current market conditions and vendor capabilities for a follow-on requirement for supply, replacement, and repair of battery systems at FAA National Air Space (NAS) facilities located in the United States and its territories. BACKGROUND The FAA�s PSG requires Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) battery systems and services to support NAS facility backup power requirements. The battery systems, equipment, and accessories must consist of COTS/… (show all)

Non-Developmental Items (NDI) conforming to requirements as described or as noted Attachment J.02, Battery System Equipment Characteristics. A Draft SOW and Draft specification are attached to this market survey outlining requirements with significantly more detail. Vendors are strongly encouraged to review the attachments for the best understanding of the FAA's requirements. The requirement is anticipated to be a five (5) year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract, consisting of a one (1) year base period and four (4) one-year option periods. The anticipated period of performance is subject to change at the FAA�s discretion. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: In order to make the best determination, the FAA requires interested vendors to fill out Appendix A, Capability Form NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The Principal North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) size standard code for this requirement is 335911, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. If you believe that another NAICS code is more appropriate to the work specified in this market survey, include supporting justification with your alternate NAICS code. Suggestion of an alternate NAICS code does not require that the work be set aside or solicited under that alternative code. NATURE OF COMPETITION This Market Survey is conducted, in part, to determine whether adequate competition exists to set aside the competition among qualified small businesses, as certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA), that meet the applicable size standards for this procurement as specified above. With that said, this Market Survey is intended to seek information from interested vendors of all sizes and types. The acquisition strategy and the nature of this procurement has yet to be determined. The FAA may decide to do an unrestricted competition or a full or partial set-aside. GENERAL In accordance with FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy 3.2.1.2.1 Market Analysis - this announcement is to conduct a Market Survey for the purpose of soliciting statements of interest and capabilities from potential vendors. This Market Survey announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) of any kind. This survey is for informational and planning purposes only. No solicitation exists currently; the FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. This notice should not be construed as a commitment of any type by the Government to take or not to take any action. Since this is a Market Survey, no evaluation letters or results will be issued to respondents. The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred by vendors in responding to this notice. The responses to this Market Survey will be used for information purposes only and will not be released, except as required under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); proprietary information that is appropriately marked will be protected in accordance with the FOIA. Responses will not be returned. This announcement does not guarantee that a solicitation or procurement of any kind will be issued, and this announcement will not be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the https://sam.gov website. It is the prospective Offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any such solicitation. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS Submit any questions or comments, which must be limited to aspects of this announcement that affect the preparation of the Market Survey, by email to joseph.w.stewart@faa.gov no later than 4:00PM CST on September 15, 2026. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MARKET SURVEY Please include the following in your response to this Market Survey: Capability Statement Form (See Appendix A), not to exceed sixty (60) pages, with 12-point Times New Roman font); Name and Address of Company, Point of Contact (name, title, telephone number, and email address); Number of years in business; Large or Small Business Designation and Business size status: i.e. 8(a) Certified, Large Business, Small Business, SDB, SDVOSB, etc; Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code; and Unique Entity ID SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Email your response to Joseph Stewart, joseph.w.stewart@faa.gov, no later than 4:00PM CST on September 25, 2026. Responses received after this deadline will not be considered. The electronic submission should be in either Microsoft Word format or Portable Document Format (PDF). Respondents are encouraged to review the Draft SOW and J attachments. This Market Survey and attachments are available at https://sam.gov.

Who won similar work

125 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (FAA), any industry: a loose match.

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

Single-winner award sizes (125): middle half $375K to $10.3M, median $1.2M; range $19K to $1.4B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ADB SAFEGATE AMERICAS LLC3$24.7MJun 5, 2025
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B2$752.8MJul 10, 2025
GUARDIAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.2$11.1MAug 24, 2026
FREQUENTIS USA, INC2$8.6MDec 16, 2025
UNIQUE FACILITY RESOURCES INC2$8.1MSep 14, 2026
Frontgrade Technologies Inc.2$4.9MSep 8, 2026
Quarterwave Corp.2$1.5MJun 22, 2026
X-CLEAN CORP2$1.2MAug 18, 2025
FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC.2$826KNov 8, 2024
ALPHA CONTRACTORS GROUP INC2$568KSep 28, 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.

Investor context
  • $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 125 past awards, $1.2M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

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 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since 2024 (11 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) job
  • $58K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • 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.

  • 3 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 983 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
  • 1 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.