Special NoticePosted Oct 15, 2026·Responses due Oct 22, 2026

CY28 FFP Services

Air Force and Space Force · FA2401 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SN-27-0002
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
AC13
Place
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Contact
SDA Contract Cell (ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.SN-27-0002@mail.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SN-27-0002 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 15, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 10, 2026 to Apr 12, 2027, middle of the range Jan 21, 2027.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 15, 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

The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to issue a modification to the sole source, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract number FA240125C0001 awarded to Space X (CAGE 9ADW9). This modification will enable SpaceX to continue its support of a satellite processing and integration facility to accommodate up to 21 satellites and associated dispenser hardware for the SDA. This facility will support post-transport functional testing as required, satellite mechanical and electrical mates to the dispenser hardware, and integrated payload stack encapsulation. The planned firm-fixed price contract modifica… (show all)

tion is anticipated to be awarded in December 2026. The modification will extend the period of performance for 1 year. The total estimated value of the extension is $15,000,000. This award of this modification will be made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, 10 U.S.C. 3204 (a)(1). This is NOT a request for competitive proposals and is published for informational purposes only. Questions or comments related to this Notice of Intent shall be directed to ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.SN-27-0002@mail.mil (phone calls/voicemails will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent to Sole Source � SDA-SN-27-0002.

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FA2401 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDA), same product/service code (PSC) AC13 and NAICS 541715.

Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $7.3M to $30.5M, median $10.1M; range $1.1M to $116.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX2$40.6MMar 6, 2026
KRATOS TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING SOLUTIONS, INC. · $KTOS · $1.0B1$116.7MNov 13, 2024
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. · $RTX · $68.9B1$7.3MMay 6, 2025
WEBSEC, CORP1$1.1MOct 28, 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.

Investor context
  • $KTOS reported $1.0B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $10.1M, is 1.0% of that. 10-K
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $10.1M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.

Competitive landscape

For the 4 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
  • $386K 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.

  • 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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 16 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.