Wheatstone Notice of Intent to Sole Source/Synopsis
Department of Defense (all) · HQ DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HQ0516-26-S0001 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 1, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
In accordance with FAR 5.203(a)(1) and FAR 13.105(a)(1), an expedited three (3) business day response period has been established for this updated notice due to fiscal year-end procurement lead-time constraints and the necessity to avoid a lapse in mission-critical technical support for the AFN Broadcast Center transition. Furthermore, the Government previously synopsized this core requirement from 07 August 2026 to 14 August 2026, during which zero expressions of interest were received.
Who won similar work
218 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same product/service code (PSC) R425.
Single-winner award sizes (177): middle half $1.4M to $52.1M, median $10.7M; range $7K to $4.0B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 8 | $2.2B | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation · $LMT · $77.0B | 6 | $657.2M | Jul 27, 2026 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B | 5 | $216.9M | Mar 27, 2026 |
| SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC. | 4 | $648.7M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC. | 4 | $172.5M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B | 3 | $171.3M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Delphinus Engineering LLC | 3 | $23.2M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Woodward Inc. · $WWD · $4.2B | 3 | $3.3M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| CORE SERVICES GROUP INC | 2 | $306.8M | Oct 16, 2026 |
| LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING INC | 2 | $135.6M | Oct 1, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 177 past awards, $10.7M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 177 past awards, $10.7M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 177 past awards, $10.7M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 177 past awards, $10.7M, is 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $WWD reported $4.2B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 177 past awards, $10.7M, is 0.3% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 16, 2026CORE SERVICES GROUP INC$263.9MR425 - OPTEVFOR/VX-1 Technical and Analytical Support ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026ISPA TECHNOLOGY LLC$11.7MRequest for Proposals for Modeling, Simulation, Engineering, Analysis, and Tactics (MSEAT)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$70.5M2027 FACILITIES ACQUISITION & ENGINEERING (FA&E) SUPPORT SERVICESNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.$37.7MTrident II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLB) and Strategic Weapons System (SWS) SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING INC$70.9MN6449826R3104 - SeaPort-NXG, 60 HZ Shipboard Electrical Systems Engineering ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$94.6MLong Range BAA for the Undersea Security ProgramNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026EHS TECHNOLOGIES CORP$22.2MNetwork Engineering Support SeaportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$595KSSCO NPOR MANET F-GCS Installation and IntegrationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$22.3MF-35 Radar Sustainment Support Follow-OnMateriality: 0.05% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 28, 2026Woodward Inc.$1.6MLPD 17 Electrical Plant Control Midlife UpgradeMateriality: 0.04% of $WWD revenue (Low) SEC
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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.
- 5 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (73 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
- $1.2M 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
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
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.
- 5 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 3 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.