Special NoticePosted Aug 5, 2026·Responses due Aug 17, 2026

SETCAN Stress Vest - Intent to Award

Air Force and Space Force · FA6606 439 CONF PK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
315990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
None
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6920
Place
Chicopee, MA, USA
Contact
KYLE KALAGHER (KYLE.KALAGHER.1@US.AF.MIL)
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Where this opportunity stands

This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.

Early notice
  • Aug 5, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 30, 2026 to Jan 31, 2027, middle of the range Nov 11, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 5, 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

This Special Notice of Intent to Award is NOT a request for competitive proposals, nor is it a solicitation or request for offers/quotations. No solicitation package is available and no requests will be honored. Only one responsible source, and no other supplies or services, will satisfy agency requirements. The contract is expected to be awarded under the authority of FAR Overhaul 12.102(a). A Sole Source Justification has been prepared. Westover Air Reserve Base (439 CONF) intends to offer a sole source award to SETCAN Corporation for the current Stress Vest system system requirement. See as… (show all)

sociated attachment, Single Source Justification, for full details. Interested small business parties who can supply a like system with mtaching specifications to the Stress Vest system may identify their interests and capability and may respond to this requirement by August 17, 2026 at 12:00PM (EDT). Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed award upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing interests and capability information will be provided.

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 315990.

Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $50K to $312K, median $83K; range $24K to $804K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BOTACH INC.1$804KAug 12, 2025
CRYE PRECISION LLC1$436KAug 7, 2026
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.1$188KSep 24, 2026
Blue Heron Tactical Supply LLC1$83KMay 5, 2025
BLUE LINE INNOVATIONS, LLC1$72KSep 26, 2025
ENVISION XPRESS INC1$28KJul 31, 2026
DARBONNIER TACTICAL SUPPLY LLC1$24KSep 29, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 7 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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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.