Sources SoughtPosted Feb 18, 2026·Responses due Feb 21, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Bridge Contract, Army National Guard (ARNG) Mission Command Training Support Program (MCTSP)

Army Contracting Command (ACC) · W6QK ACC-APG-ORLANDO

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
ARNGMCTSP
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Not stated
Contact
Adrianna Frederick (adrianna.s.frederick.civ@army.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

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

Early notice
  • Sep 26, 2025
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jan 29, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jan 29, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Feb 18, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Feb 18, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 5, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 5, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 7, 2025 to Nov 21, 2025, middle of the range Nov 15, 2025.
Measured from 11 past early notices at Dept of the Army with NAICS 541990 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 26, 2025).
Responses are due Feb 21, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

UPDATE 29 Jan 26: this update is to post the redacted Justification and Approval (J&A) for this Sole Source contract in accordance with FAR Part 6. THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This synopsis is hereby issued in accordance with FAR Part 5.203, to announce the Government�s intent to award a 7-month, Firm Fixed-Price Bridge Contract, on a noncompetitive basis to Valiant Integrated Services LLC, (CAGE 7S8Q1) for the Army National Guard (ARNG) Mission Command Training Support Program (MCTSP) Mission Training Complex Capabilities Sup… (show all)

port (MTCCS) effort. Such will consist of 1 base month and 6 option months. exercised only as needed. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract under statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Procedures, Guidance, and Information 206-302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Army Contracting Command-Orlando (ACC-ORL) and the Army National Guard have identified a need to award a sole source contract to Valiant (CAGE 7S8Q1), to continue performance of ARNG MCTSP requirements as a result of protests following the award of MTCCS II Task Order W900KK-25-F-A121. The current ARNG MCTSP Bridge Contract expires 21 OCT 25. The contemplated sole source contract will include a limited performance period of seven (7) months, commencing 22 OCT 2025 - 21 MAY 2025, ensuring continuation of mission command (MC) training at the ARNG MCTSP Mission Training Complexes (MTCs). Services performed under this sole source contract will include the continuation of non-personal services to support the six (6) MTCs located at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. No other contractor is in the position to assemble a large team of administrative, program management and subject matter experts (SMEs) who specialize in providing individual through collective Mission Command (MC) training, by the expiration of the current ARNG MCTSP Task Order performance period (21 OCT 25). Award to anyone other than the incumbent contractor (Valiant) would result in a significant break in service during the resolution of the protests. Award of this limited Bridge Contract will ensure ample time for the Government team to complete corrective action, re-evaluate the protested proposals, and conclude with an award decision. This is NOT a request for competitive quotes. The Government intends to negotiate solely under statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1. Any interested firms must identity their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than ten (10) business days after this notice posts. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Please respond by 10 OCT 2025 at 1400 hours Eastern Standard Time (EST). Your response must include your stated technical knowledge of and experience with mission command (MC) training and information to demonstrate the Contractor�s ability to complete Phase-In activities and commence full performance by the end of the current ARNG MCTSP task order (21 OCT 2025). Send your response to Adrianna Frederick via email, adrianna.s.frederick.civ@army.mil with a courtesy copy to Erica Numa via erica.n.numa.civ@army.mil. All responding contractors must be registered to the System for Award Management (SAM).

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Contracting Command (ACC)), same NAICS 541990.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CACI, INC. · $CACI2$865.7MMay 21, 2025
LMI CONSULTING, LLC1$63.8MJul 27, 2026
CREDENCE DYNAMO SOLUTIONS LLC1$45.8MDec 19, 2024
MEDIA PLUMBING & HEATING INC1$86KMar 10, 2025
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ACCREDITATION Frederick MD 21703 USA1$30KAug 13, 2026
SAI GLOBAL, INC1$27KJan 24, 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 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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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.

  • 1 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.