Special NoticePosted Jul 23, 2026·Responses due Aug 4, 2026

FA465926QM005 - GFAFB MAUS Maintenance - Intent to Sole Source

Air Force and Space Force · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA465926QM005
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
H316
Place
Grand Forks AFB, ND, USA
Contact
2d Lt Jarred Cronin (jarred.cronin@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA465926QM005 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 7, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jul 23, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jun 5, 2026 to Jul 24, 2027, middle of the range Aug 6, 2026.
Measured from 13 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force with NAICS 811210 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Apr 7, 2026).
Responses are due Aug 4, 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

Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract � FY26 Grand Forks AFB Mobile Automated Ultrasonic Scanner (MAUS) Maintenance THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract under statutory authority 41 U.S.C. 1901, as implemented by Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.102. Further delineated under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1): �the property or services needed by the agency are available from only one responsible source or only from a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the… (show all)

agency�. The 319th Contracting Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota, requires annual maintenance, calibration, and repair services for MAUS equipment used by the Nondestructive Inspections (NDI) Lab to inspect RQ-4 airframes for cracks, dis-bonds, and delaminations. The anticipated contract will provide for the uninterrupted service and operational support of the MAUS units in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Award to an unauthorized contractor would result in unacceptable delays, potential damage to multi-million-dollar equipment, and the voiding of existing warranties due to the highly specialized, proprietary nature of the Boeing Global Services AUSS Mobile product line. The loss or degradation of MAUS inspection capabilities would severely compromise the structural integrity and flight safety of the RQ-4 mission at Grand Forks AFB. Based on the results of a recent Sources Sought Notice (posted on SAM.gov on April 15, 2026), no other interested vendors were found to be capable or authorized to provide maintenance services for the MAUS system. The Original Equipment Manufacturer, Boeing, has provided a formal declaration acknowledging that NDT Solutions, LLC is the sole authorized distributor and service provider for this product line, holding exclusive access to the required proprietary technical data and parts. Therefore, only NDT Solutions, LLC is capable of providing these services without incurring unacceptable mission risk or schedule impacts. The Product Service Code (PSC) is H316, and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 811210. Interested businesses may identify their capability to fulfill this requirement by submitting a capability statement. Responders must clearly demonstrate in their capability statement that they possess the OEM-authorized access to proprietary data, parts, and trained personnel required to service Boeing MAUS units, ensuring no service interruptions or added investment costs to the Government. Documentation submitted shall not exceed 5 pages and must be submitted electronically. Submit capability statements by email to 2d Lt Cronin, Jarred, Contract Specialist, at jarred.cronin@us.af.mil no later than 04 August 2026, 1000L Central Standard Time (CST).

Who won similar work

107 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 811210.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED3$18.2MSep 30, 2025
LINMARR ASSOCIATES, INC.3$2.2MJul 21, 2025
APPLIED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INC3$2.1MApr 27, 2026
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC2$143.3MApr 22, 2026
IAP WORLD SERVICES, INC.2$92.0MMay 20, 2026
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.2$50.7MOct 22, 2025
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX2$15.2MSep 25, 2026
DRS TRAINING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 USA2$9.8MSep 15, 2025
PEAK SIGNALS, LLC2$1.4MJan 31, 2025
DELTA TEKNIK ELEK.ELEKTRO.GUV.SIS.TEK.MALZ.PAZ.TURZ.ITH.IHR.INS.SAN. VE TIC.LTD.STI. adana 01310 TUR2$771KJul 29, 2026

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (14 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $675K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • 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.

  • 8 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 1 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.