Sources SoughtPosted Jul 28, 2026·Responses due Aug 3, 2026

FY 26 SOS Operational Fan System

Air Force and Space Force · FA3300 42 CONS CC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FY26SOSOPFANS
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
4140
Place
Montgomery, AL, USA
Contact
Marc Engel (marc.engel@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FY26SOSOPFANS in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 28, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 22, 2026 to Jan 23, 2027, middle of the range Nov 3, 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 28, 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 42d Contracting Squadron, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), AL, is seeking sources that can provide an operational fan system at Squadron Officer School (SOS), Maxwell AFB, AL. All feedback and information received may be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy. If interested, see attached Sources Sought and DRAFT Statement of Requirements (SOR) for requirement summary and submission instructions. Please see atached documents for additional details.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 333413.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TIGER-VAC INC.2$438KOct 31, 2025
SPEARPOINT HORIZON SOLUTIONS LLC2$63KJun 16, 2026
TIER 1 MANAGEMENT LLC1$425KSep 30, 2026
HI-TECH AIR & WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS, LLC1$179KMar 27, 2026
Range Services, LLC1$54KSep 24, 2026
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES INC1$49KSep 17, 2025
SCIENTIFIC SALES, INC.1$47KJun 25, 2025
DAVIS INDUSTRIES, LLC1$42KApr 17, 2025
PORTABLE AIR GROUP LLC1$39KApr 8, 2025
AIR CLEANING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1$33KApr 2, 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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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.