Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 12, 2026·Responses due Aug 27, 2026

Brake Temperature Monitoring System

Air Force and Space Force · FA8509 AFLCMC WIUKA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA850926RB003
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
5999
Place
USA
Contact
Samantha Kirk (samantha.kirk.1@us.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA850926RB003 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Nov 20, 2025
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 12, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jan 15, 2026 to May 18, 2026, middle of the range Feb 26, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Nov 20, 2025).
Responses are due Aug 27, 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

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Special Operations Forces/Personnel Recovery (SOF/PR) Fixed Wing Branch intends to solicit and negotiate a sole-source contract with Global Defense Solutions LP (Cage 6T7K0) for the purchase of a Brake Temperature Monitoring System kit that involves the design, install and integration that meets SOF current capability. This support encompasses the HC/AC/MC-J aircraft. The Government intends to award a six (6) year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a six (6) month option to extend in accordance with FAR 52.217-9 for a potent… (show all)

ial period of performance of six years and six months. The period of performance for this effort is anticipated to begin FY27 and end FY32. This acquisition will be awarded using Other than Full and Open Competition procedures citing the authority at 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Based on market research, only Global Defense Solutions LP has propriety software, data and component design capable of completing this effort. Award to any other source would result in an unacceptable risk in fulfilling the Air Force requirements and substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. The Justification and Approval (J&A) authorizing the sole source award will be made publicly available within 14 days of contract award IAW FAR 5.301(d)(1) and FAR 6.305(a). The J&A will remain publicly available on Sam.gov IAW FAR6.305(d). This is a notice of proposed contract action and NOT a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. All inquiries should be sent by email to the designated point of contact or Contracting Officer. Responses to this notice must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements.

Who won similar work

113 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 541715.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH5$46.6MSep 24, 2025
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT5$40.1MJan 8, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX4$39.5MAug 5, 2026
SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC4$18.3MSep 29, 2025
DCS Corporation3$33.3BFeb 23, 2026
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX3$49.4MMar 6, 2026
MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.2$33.2BMar 26, 2025
MATRIX RESEARCH INC2$109.9MJan 20, 2026
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION2$31.8MJul 21, 2026
SAAB, INC2$8.5MJul 23, 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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (8 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $780K 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
  • 1 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.

  • 4 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 6 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.