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

Intent to Award Sole/Single Source - USAFSAM/FEE TD2 Flight Simulators

Air Force and Space Force · FA2396 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL PZLE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0042
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6930
Place
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Contact
Christof Olp-Weakland (christopher.olp-weakland@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0042 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 5, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Aug 5, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
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 requirement is for five (5) TD2 Flight Simulators for the USAFSAM/FEE at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 333310 � Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Strategies and Initiatives Contracting Division (RMZ), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, intends to award a sole source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.102(a) to Redbird Flight Simulations Inc. In order to comply with RFO 5.101(c)(4)(vii), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: Redb… (show all)

ird Flight Simulations Inc. is the only vendor capable of providing the required five (5) flight simulators to align with current training initiatives and existing curriculum. Please see attachment to this notice for additional details. This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources or authorized distributors may submit a capability statement that meets all the requirements in the attached Minimum Requirements Document (MRD) dated 13 July 2026, quotation, or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government via e-mail to Mr. Christof Olp-Weakland at christopher.olp-weakland@us.af.mil no later than Monday 17 August 2026 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads �Notice of Intent to Award SS � TD2 Flight Simulators�. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or .xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments. Attachment(s): Minimum Requirements Document (MRD) Single Source Justification (SSJ) Redacted

Who won similar work

24 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 333310.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Stephen Paul Mangum Temecula CA 92591 USA2$841KJul 24, 2025
KEYENCE CORPORATION2$330KJul 8, 2026
Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC1$1.6MJun 18, 2026
POTOMAC RIVER GROUP, LLC1$489KJun 22, 2025
RESOLUTECORP LLC1$454KAug 1, 2025
IPERFORMX LLC1$315KJun 25, 2025
ADAM N EVE SAFETY LLC1$269KSep 17, 2025
Operator XR LLC1$244KApr 10, 2026
Better Engineering Manufacturing Inc.1$215KSep 2, 2025
VISION RESEARCH, INC1$171KSep 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.

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.