Pre-solicitationPosted Oct 9, 2026·Responses due Oct 16, 2026

VDATS Rohde & Schwarz BPA

Air Force and Space Force · FA8579 SOFTWARE SPRT AFSC PZIM

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334515
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA857927Q0004
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J059
Place
Warner Robins, GA, USA
Contact
Ashley McClain (ashley.mcclain.2@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA857927Q0004 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 9, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Oct 15, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 4, 2026 to Apr 6, 2027, middle of the range Jan 15, 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 9, 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 is a pre-solicitation notice of a sole source BPA to OEM due to proprietary data. Rohde & Schwarz, Inc (CAGE 82199) Due to the proprietary information, data and equipment, no offers are being solicited.

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334515.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TERADYNE, INC. · $TER1$139.9MJun 11, 2026
Aantilia LLC1$101KOct 5, 2026
KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC1$91KAug 25, 2026
ALTA DATA TECHNOLOGIES LLC1$67KFeb 12, 2026
AMPHENOL CORP · $APH1$61KNov 19, 2025
CORELIS, INC.1$21KAug 3, 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 6 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.

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