Sources SoughtPosted Jul 6, 2026·Responses due Jul 10, 2026

336 TRS Cypres Automatic Activation Devices

Air Force and Space Force · FA4620 92 CONS LGC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
314999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA462026QA284
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
1670
Place
Fairchild Air Force Base, WA, USA
Contact
Yuying Wang (yuying.wang@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA462026QA284 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 6, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Jul 28, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 31, 2026 to Jan 1, 2027, middle of the range Oct 12, 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 6, 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 purpose of the sources sought is to identify available authorized businesses to provide Cybernetidc Parachute Release System (CYPRES) Activation Device. This sources sought notice is for informational and planning purposes only. Pricing information is not being requested at this time. It does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government. REQUIREMENT: This notice is issued by the U.S. Air Force, 92d Contracting Squadron, Fairchild AFB, WA. This sources sought is seeking to identify responsible potential sources to provide the following for 336 … (show all)

Training Squadron at Fairchild AFB: - 27 units of model AAD2C1M1535L (CYPRES-2 1-Pin MIL 1500' 35m/s - w/LTM) ANTICIPATED NAICS/SIZE STANDARD: This requirement falls under the NAICS Code of 314999 - All Other Miscellaneous Texitile Product Mills with a size standard of 500 Employees SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION: All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to the resultant solicitation separately from their response to this sources sought notice. A responsible potential source shall have registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). The response should be no more than five pages providing the following information: Business name, address, CAGE code Size and socioeconomic classification based on NAICS size standard If claiming a specific small business category, provide supporting documentation Point of contact including email and phone number Please respond to this request by 10 July 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FA4620 92 CONS LGC), same product/service code (PSC) 1670.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $32K to $64K, median $41K; range $10K to $128K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC2$81KAug 26, 2026
SSK MILITARY INDUSTRIES INC1$128KAug 25, 2026
VIGIL AMERICA INC1$10KJul 30, 2026

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 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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