Special NoticePosted Jul 21, 2026·Responses due Aug 5, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Standalone Bridge Contract for AFLCMC/EZ Cybersecurity and Systems Engineering Support

Air Force and Space Force · FA8604 AFLCMC PZI

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
AFLCMC-EZ-20260716-NO
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
R425
Place
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Contact
Annika Hutchinson (annika.hutchinson@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation AFLCMC-EZ-20260716-NO in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 21, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 15, 2026 to Jan 16, 2027, middle of the range Oct 27, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 21, 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 new contract action is an individual sole source justification in accordance with FAR Part 6. This is an acquisition for highly specialized cybersecurity, systems engineering, and AIMS Program Office support services: KBR Wyle Services, LLC 22309 Exploration Drive Lexington Park, MD 20653 United States This procurement will be a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Level-of-Effort (CPFF LOE) award. Please see the Justification and Approval document attached to this posting for additional details. This is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is available at this time. All responsible… (show all)

sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Interested sources must respond in writing with clear and convincing evidence to support their ability to provide the required supplies/services by 5 August 2026 at 2PM EST. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. Col(S) Paul W. Tinker has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. Existence of the Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and, therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact the buyer at the telephone number listed herein. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Col(S) Paul W. Tinker can be reached at e-mail: asca@us.af.mil.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541330.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SYSTEM HIGH CORPORATION4$865KJul 1, 2026
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT1$32.6MAug 26, 2026
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY · $GE1$29.1MMar 2, 2026
RTX CORPORATION · $RTX1$19.3MSep 18, 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 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.

  • 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
  • $811K 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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 8 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.