Special NoticePosted Aug 27, 2026·Responses due Sep 1, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source- OCO Deployment Gear BPA

Air Force and Space Force · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
315990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA301026RD01
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
8415
Place
Biloxi, MS, USA
Contact
Rachel Davis (rachel.davis.15@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA301026RD01 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 27, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 22, 2026 to Feb 22, 2027, middle of the range Dec 3, 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 27, 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 81st Contracting Squadron, Keesler AFB, hereby provides notice of its intent to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). This requirement satisfies the need for the uninterrupted, rapid procurement of specialized Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) deployment gear, uniforms, and clothing. The basis for this sole-source determination rests on the following unique and combined requirements, which no other known source can satisfy.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 315990.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BOTACH INC.1$804KAug 12, 2025
CRYE PRECISION LLC1$436KAug 7, 2026
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.1$188KSep 24, 2026
Blue Heron Tactical Supply LLC1$83KMay 5, 2025
BLUE LINE INNOVATIONS, LLC1$72KSep 26, 2025
ENVISION XPRESS INC1$28KJul 31, 2026
DARBONNIER TACTICAL SUPPLY LLC1$24KSep 29, 2025

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 7 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 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.

  • 0 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.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 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.