Sources SoughtPosted Sep 2, 2026·Responses due Nov 1, 2026

Engine Inlet Bellmouth Housing, Male

NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
326150
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N68335-26-R-1113
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
4920
Place
Lakehurst, NJ, USA
Contact
Matthew Melon (matthew.e.melon2.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N68335-26-R-1113 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 2, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Sep 2, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 13, 2026 to Jun 14, 2027, middle of the range Feb 2, 2027.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 2, 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 Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) (PMA-262/MQ-4C Program Office) is soliciting information and comments from industry on its ability to manufacture the Engine Inlet Bellmouth Housing (Part Number: 4106AS0275) in accordance with the Navy�s Technical Data Package to include 3D CAD DATA FILE 3673310M01110-11 (available upon request from the contract specialist listed in this RFI). Should this requirement be procured and awarded, the Navy will also provide the existing part mold to the awardee as Government Furnished Equipment during the Period of Performance. Please see the attached RFI documen… (show all)

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Who won similar work

47 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV), same product/service code (PSC) 4920.

Single-winner award sizes (47): middle half $135K to $1.1M, median $307K; range $17K to $12.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC4$3.6MJul 6, 2026
AVIOSS LLC4$1.6MSep 17, 2026
TESTEK LLC3$3.0MJun 5, 2026
DELFLO INDUSTRIES, INC.3$713KMar 25, 2026
RHINESTAHL CORPORATION2$14.6MOct 6, 2026
D. GILLETTE INDUSTRIAL SERVICE'S INC2$5.7MJan 21, 2026
KD PRECISION MACHINING INC.2$2.7MAug 25, 2025
HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.2$2.6MJan 26, 2026
HEATCON COMPOSITE SYSTEMS, INC.2$855KSep 29, 2026
Druck, LLC2$623KOct 7, 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.

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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (2 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines 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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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.