Sources SoughtPosted Sep 17, 2026·Responses due Sep 18, 2026

Request for Information (RFI) - Next-Generation Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

Air Force and Space Force · FA8307 AFLCMC HNCK HNC CYBER & NTR

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541519
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
A068763
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7A21
Place
Not stated
Contact
Kyle Braunlich (kyle.braunlich@us.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation A068763 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 8, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 17, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 3, 2026 to Mar 6, 2027, middle of the range Dec 15, 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 8, 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 Request for Information (RFI) initiates market research under Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Part 10 to support planning for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Defensive Cyber Systems Branch (HNCD), Joint Base San Antonio�Lackland, TX. This notice is for information and planning purposes only to assess industry capabilities and market potential. This RFI does not constitute an invitation for Bids, Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ), or solicitation. No solicitation document exists currently. This RFI constitutes no Gove… (show all)

rnment obligation to procure these items or issue a solicitation. The Government does not have an obligation to pay for information responding to this RFI and will not accept any responses as offers. Vendors should mark any proprietary information clearly and appropriately. PURPOSE This is a Request for Information for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Defensive Cyber Systems Branch (HNCD). The purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research to identify commercial sources capable of providing a Next-Generation, Vendor-Agnostic Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) software solution. The program office is seeking industry feedback on software solutions that meet or exceed the capabilities of enterprise orchestration platforms like Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR. The desired platform must avoid vendor ecosystem lock-in, support highly extensible modular open architectures, and be capable of deployment across enterprise cloud, garrison, and localized tactical edge environments on standard commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) computing baselines (referred to as the V+ platform architecture). The government intends to evaluate solutions that offer robust, decentralized orchestration, a vast open-integration marketplace, native threat intelligence lifecycle management, and advanced Machine Learning (ML)-assisted analyst workflows. Please see the attachment for additional information and deadlines.

Who won similar work

57 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 7A21.

Single-winner award sizes (57): middle half $80K to $701K, median $276K; range $28K to $317.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP3$3.2MSep 30, 2026
CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC.3$783KJun 9, 2026
The MathWorks, Inc.2$10.3MJan 12, 2026
Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC2$2.6MDec 31, 2025
DATAMINR, INC.1$317.8MAug 27, 2026
OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE LLC1$15.0MApr 1, 2026
ECHELON SERVICES, LLC1$3.5MFeb 6, 2025
BOEING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.1$2.1MMay 30, 2025
ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1$1.4MMar 25, 2025
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC1$1.2MAug 5, 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 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. 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.