Notice of intent to Sole Source to Phillips Inc.- Dual Chamber Aerospace Heat Treating Furnace
Air Force and Space Force · FA4809 4TH CONS SQ CC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA4809 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 30, 2024Award NoticePERFECTED SOLUTIONS LLC · $39KOpen
- Sep 27, 2024Award NoticeHAIR ENGA Darlington SC 29532 USA · $800KOpen
- Sep 5, 2025Award NoticeX CELL MANAGEMENT INC · $270KOpen
- Sep 5, 2025Award NoticeX CELL MANAGEMENT INC · $270KOpen
- Feb 18, 2026Award NoticeFaith & Loving Medical Transportation LLC · $42KOpen
- Jun 17, 2024Justification (Sole Source)Open
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 requirement consists of one DEF-DC-RH-181248/2000-CH-241648/1200 DELTA-H Defender Series Dual Chamber Aerospace Heat Treating furnace sys designed specifically for military aircraft maintenance heat treating of aluminum, PH stainless, titanium, ferrous alloys. Must meet AMS2750F & TO 1-1A-9 Certified Temperature Uniformity Survey. Please contact A1C Art Louie Lesaca at art_louie.leasca.ph@us.af.mil before 6 June 2024 if you are able to provide product meeting the following salient characteristics: a. Meets AMS2750F & TO 1-1A-9. b. Certified Temperature Uniformity Survey (TUS) Work Volume: … (show all)
Lower Radiant Heat Chamber 2000�F 18�W x 12�H x 48� Deep. c. Meets Class 3, +/- 15�F from 1,200�F to 2,000�F. d. Upper Convection Heat Chamber 1200�F 24�W x 16�H x 48�Deep. e. Meets Class 1, +/- 5�F from 200�F to 1,200�F. f. Rapid cooling capability - 1,000�F to 250�F in > 60 mins. g. Dual Bath Roll-Away Quench Tank - water and oil, for quenching up to 16 inch high parts. h. Eurotherm Nanodac controller/programmer/recorder & high limit controller - iTools Software for batch records. i. Start up with 4 days onsite qualifying/training. j. Heat treating view interface software. k. Automated Quench delay option. l. 3-year supply of thermocouples, Tus Probe set, spares, SAT thermocouples per AMS750. m. Dual Chamber services ensuring full compliance of SAE-AMS2750/Boeing BAC5621. n. DVD set up instructions, aerospace pyrometry record keeping, 2-year warranty.
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 333994.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $46K to $231K, median $110K; range $18K to $1.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS CORPORATION | 2 | $463K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| MACHINE TOOL MARKETING INC | 1 | $1.1M | Jul 11, 2025 |
| ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1 | $110K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Barton Associates, Inc. | 1 | $60K | Jul 8, 2025 |
| IPSEN, INC | 1 | $32K | Oct 14, 2026 |
| SAVE AGAIN.COM Santa Clarita CA 91350 USA | 1 | $18K | Mar 10, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 14, 2026IPSEN, INC$32KBall Screw and ComponentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$110KRadyne Induction HeatersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026PHILLIPS CORPORATION$328KDual-Chamber Aerospace Heat Treating (DCAHT) Furnace System Full and open competitionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 31, 2025PHILLIPS CORPORATION$135KIntent to Sole Source - Delta H Single Chamber Heat Treat OvenNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 11, 2025MACHINE TOOL MARKETING INC$1.1ML5WC03_Universal Process Heat Treat Oven ReplacementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 8, 2025Barton Associates, Inc.$60KIndustrial OvensNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 10, 2025SAVE AGAIN.COM Santa Clarita CA 91350 USA$18KAsphalt Ignition OvenNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 6 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
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
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
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.