Sources SoughtPosted Sep 4, 2026·Responses due Sep 30, 2026

FD2020-26-MBUKIDIQ

Air Force and Space Force · FA8213 AFLCMC EBHK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
325920
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FD2020-26-MBUKIDIQ
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
1377
Place
USA
Contact
Lauren Johnston (lauren.johnston.4@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FD2020-26-MBUKIDIQ in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 4, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Sep 4, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 30, 2026 to Mar 2, 2027, middle of the range Dec 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 Sep 4, 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

NOTICE: This is not a solicitation but rather a Sources Sought Synopsis to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. Please see attachment for details.

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 325920.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CHEMRING ENERGETIC DEVICES INC5$8.2MSep 29, 2026
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company2$100.7MSep 30, 2026
ARMTEC COUNTERMEASURES CO Coachella CA 92236 USA1$49.0MJul 2, 2025
Rockwell Collins Fairfield CA 94533 USA1$7.3MJul 27, 2026
CCI CAPCO, LLC1$3.6MApr 22, 2025
Stratus Systems, Inc.1$2.9MSep 12, 2025
Decryptor XP Inc.1$1.9MApr 22, 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 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.

  • 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.