Notice Of Intent to Award a Sole-Source Bridge Contract Contractor Operated Civil Engineer Supply Store (COCESS) At Ellsworth AFB, SD
Air Force and Space Force · FA4690 28 CONS PKC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA469026RXXXX-NOI-001 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 23, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
Notice Of Intent to Award a Sole-Source Bridge Contract Contractor Operated Civil Engineer Supply Store (COCESS) At Ellsworth AFB, SD THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS Notice ID: FA469026RXXXX-NOI-001 Release Date: 24 July 2026 Response Deadline: 8 August 2026, 01:00 PM MDT 1. POINT OF CONTACT Contracting Officer (Primary POC): Jason C. Wright, Contracting Officer Department of the Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) 28th Contracting Squadron (28 CONS/PKA) 1000 Ellsworth Street, Suite 1200, Ellsworth AFB, SD 57706-4904 Email: jason.wright@us.af.mil Contract Special… (show all)
ist (Secondary POC): SrA Vaishali Upadhyay 28th Contracting Squadron (28 CONS/PKA) Email: vaishali.upadhyay.1@us.af.mil Phone: 605-385-1741 2. SET-ASIDES Set-Aside Status: Not Applicable. The proposed contract action is a sole-source bridge acquisition intended for award to the incumbent contractor, CC Distributors, Inc. (210 McBride Ln, Corpus Christi, TX 78408-2338), to prevent a critical break in supply-chain services. No small business or local area set asides apply to this action. 3. CODES FOR SERVICES OR SUPPLIES North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 423840 � Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers Product Service Code (PSC) / Federal Supply Code (FSC): R706 � Support- Management: Logistics Support 4. DESCRIPTION The Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, supervision, equipment, supplies, transportation, and materials to operate a Contractor Operated Civil Engineer Supply Store (COCESS) storefront and warehouse at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The COCESS functions as a simplified procurement and logistics hub for the Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) and base Facility Managers to acquire commercial and industrial materials, tools, and equipment. .4.1 Procedures for Award: Other than full and open competition under the statutory authority of 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"). The Government intends to award a sole-source, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) bridge contract with CC Distributors, Inc. 4.2. Period of Performance: A six (6) month base period (1 October 2026 � 31 March 2027) with one six (6) month option period (1 April 2027 � 30 September 2027). 4.3. Anticipated Award Date: 1 October 2026. 5. 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 have the capability to seamlessly integrate a COCESS by 1 October 2026. Documentation submitted shall not exceed 5 pages and must be submitted electronically via email to the POCs in paragraph 1.
Who won similar work
10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) R706.
Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $2.9M to $22.7M, median $7.2M; range $423K to $73.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITERION CORPORATION | 3 | $84.7M | Jun 26, 2026 |
| FEDCON-1, LLC | 1 | $31.1M | Jan 27, 2026 |
| TUNISTA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $25.2M | Sep 9, 2026 |
| SPENDSMART GROUP LLC | 1 | $15.0M | Aug 12, 2025 |
| EXQUADRUM INC | 1 | $7.8M | Mar 19, 2025 |
| DATA MONITOR SYSTEMS INC | 1 | $2.2M | Jan 20, 2026 |
| T.S. AND E. TRADE SHOW AND EXHIBIT LOGISTICS INC | 1 | $1.1M | Jul 7, 2026 |
| DMG MORI FEDERAL SERVICES, INC. | 1 | $423K | Jun 20, 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.
- Sep 9, 2026TUNISTA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS, LLC$25.2MKirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) Base SupplyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2026T.S. AND E. TRADE SHOW AND EXHIBIT LOGISTICS INC$1.1MSpecialized maintenance, storage, and logistics services to support the Trade Show BoothNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 26, 2026CRITERION CORPORATION$73.1MBase Operations & Support (BOS) Services @ March ARBNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 27, 2026FEDCON-1, LLC$31.1MTheater Deployable Communications (TDC) Contractor Logistics Support (CLS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 20, 2026DATA MONITOR SYSTEMS INC$2.2MNOCA for Materiel Management Operations (MMO)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 12, 2025SPENDSMART GROUP LLC$15.0MContractor Operated Civil Engineer Supply Store (COCESS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 20, 2025DMG MORI FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.$423KRobins AFB Gamma Lathe 3000 RelocationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 19, 2025EXQUADRUM INC$7.8MLogistics for Aerospace Research and Development Operations II (LAREDO II)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 4, 2025CRITERION CORPORATION$5.0MBase Operations & Support (BOS) Services @ March ARB, CANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 5, 2024Criterion Corporation$6.6MBase Operations Support (BOS) Services, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, OHNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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
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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.