PKB Ascent Aerosystems Spirit Base Kits
Air Force and Space Force · FA4613 90 CONS PK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA461326Q1050 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 10, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
- Jul 29, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
Solicitation Number: FA461325Q1050 Ascent Aerosystem Spirit Base Kits This announcement constitutes the only solicitation/notice; responses/quotes are being requested, further written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation will be posted to the SAM.gov website as a 100% small business set-aside. The 90th Contracting Squadron at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming is issuing this combined solicitation, FA461325Q1050, as a Request for Quote. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 336411, Aircraft Manufacturing, with a small business standard of … (show all)
1,500 employees. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price contract. DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS: Brand Name Robinson Unmanned Spirit Base Kit and Payload Module CLIN STRUCTURE: CLIN 0001: Spirit Base Kit (SPIRIT-KIT-NP) Estimated Delivery Date: 90 Days After Date of Contract (ADC) Quantity: 2 Unit of Issue: Each Unit Price: $ ___________ Extended (Unit) Price: $ ___________ CLIN 0002: Gremsy VUI F1 Payload Module (SLG-1IO-F1) Estimated Delivery Date: 90 Days After Date of Contract (ADC) Quantity: 2 Unit of Issue: Each Unit Price: $ ___________ Extended (Unit) Price: $ ___________ CLIN 0003: Shipping Estimated Delivery Date: 90 Days After Date of Contract (ADC) Quantity: 1 Unit of Issue: Lot Unit Price: $ ___________ Extended (Unit) Price: $ ___________ Pricing includes ALL costs, direct and indirect, to complete the requirements in accordance with this solicitation. ATTACHMENT LIST: Attachment 1- Brand Name Justification and Approval Attachment 2 - Offeror Response Form Attachment 3 - Pricing and Schedule Attachment 4 � Provisions and Clauses Attachment 5 � Supplemental Provisions PLACE OF DELIVERY FOR ALL CLINs: Francis E. Warren AFB, WY 82005 QUESTIONS: Questions MUST be received by 2PM Mountain Time on Wednesday, 5 August, 2026. All questions must be submitted by email to katie.nieft@us.af.mil AND donna.doss.1@us.af.mil. RESPONSES/QUOTES: Responses/quotes MUST be received by 2PM Mountain Time on Wednesday, 12 August, 2026. Forward responses by e-mail to katie.nieft@us.af.mil AND donna.doss.1@us.af.mil. Offerors MUST be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at time of submission of quote. Any quote, modification, or revision of a quote received after the exact time specified in this solicitation shall be determined as late and may not be considered. OTHER INFORMATION: Offerors are required to be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) at time of submission of quote. Failure to do so will result in the offer being deemed ineligible for award. This is a notice that this order is an open market requirement for an Ascent Aerosystems Spirit Base Kit and posted in SAM.gov. Only quotes submitted by businesses holding NAICS Code 336411 may be accepted by the Government. Interchanges. The government intends to award a purchase order without interchanges with respective vendors/quoters. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct interchanges if deemed in its best interest. Under appropriate circumstances, interchanges can be an effective method to improve the Government's evaluation of Offerors' quoted approaches and may reduce acquisition cycle time. Interchanges may be written, email, phone call, etc., or any method which would accurately capture the contemporaneous sharing of information between the Government and the Offerors. Interchanges may also be oral conversations between the Government and the Offerors. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: After receipt of quotes the Government may, with or without notice, negotiate with and, if desired, seek quote revisions from as many or as few quoters as it, in its discretion, deems appropriate. The term �offeror� or �offer� shall be understood to mean �quoter� and �quote,� respectively. Further, the term �award� shall be understood to describe the Government�s issuance of an order. The Government will consider all quotes that are timely received and may consider late quotes. Failure of a quote to address any items required in the submission package may make a quote unacceptable, therefore, unawardable. Quote shall not exceed five (5) pages. Any pages exceeding 5 pages will not be evaluated. Quote shall include CAGE, Unique Entity Identifier, Point of Contact, Socioeconomic Categories and Email Quoters shall provide the following, as part of the quote submission package, no later than the required time and date for quote submission: Completed Copy of Attachment 2 � Offeror Response Form Completed Copy of Attachment 3 - Pricing and Schedule Firm Fixed Pricing to include Unit Price and Extended Price. Price must include ALL materials, labor, tools, equipment, shipping, ALL direct/ indirect costs to complete the requirement Discount Terms (if applicable) EVALUATION: Award will be made to the offeror with the lowest priced technically acceptable (LPTA) quote. The following factor(s) shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. Technical Capability: items meet the Government requirement/specifications listed in the description. If all requested information is not provided or does not meet the requirements identified, the Government will determine the quote to be nonresponsive. 2. Price: The lowest priced quote will be evaluated for technical acceptability first. The Government will evaluate quotes for acceptability but will not rank the quotes by non-price factors. If the Government receives fewer than three (3) quotes, all quotes will be evaluated for Technical Acceptability. If the Government receives three (3) or more quotes, the Government will only select the three (3) lowest priced quotes to evaluate for Technical Acceptability. The Government reserves the right to evaluate additional quotes for technical acceptability if it is in the Government�s best interest to do so. Price will be evaluated to ensure fair and reasonable pricing. A price is reasonable if, in its nature and amount, it does not exceed that which would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of competitive business. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to ensure a fair and reasonable price. Some of those techniques are, but not limited to, comparison of quoted prices received in response to the solicitation and/or comparison of quoted prices with the Independent Government Estimate. Prices must be determined fair and reasonable. No additional information from the offeror will be required if the price is based on adequate price competition. In the event adequate price competition does not exist, the contracting officer will obtain information from the offeror to the extent required to determine the reasonableness of the offered prices. (End of Provision)
Who won similar work
21 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 336411.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA | 3 | $1.2B | Dec 22, 2025 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT | 2 | $132.0M | May 5, 2026 |
| ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. | 2 | $175K | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC | 2 | $87K | Jul 23, 2026 |
| BORSIGHT, INC | 1 | $2.2B | Jun 16, 2025 |
| DMAERO, LLC | 1 | $996.0M | Dec 18, 2025 |
| ARISTA AVIATION SERVICES, LLC. Enterprise AL 36330 USA | 1 | $86.4M | Dec 26, 2024 |
| Lockheed Martin Aero Marietta GA USA | 1 | $48.8M | Jul 2, 2025 |
| TYONEK TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $46.0M | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Able Aerospace Services, Inc. | 1 | $21.8M | Apr 21, 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.
- Aug 14, 2026UAV SOLUTIONS, INC.$118KDrone Targets
- Jul 23, 2026Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC$18KAircraft Static Display Restoration/Painting
- May 5, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$48.0MSpecial Operation Forces (SOF) Aircraft (C-130J) Logistics Sustainment Support (SALSS)
- Apr 20, 2026Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC$69KAircraft Static Display Restoration/Painting
- Dec 22, 2025THE BOEING COMPANY$265.1MFlight Deck Replacement
- Dec 18, 2025DMAERO, LLC$996.0MSpecial Operations Forces Multiple Award Contract for Modifications
- Oct 1, 2025TEAL DRONES INC$750KUSAFA Teal 2 Drones
- Sep 19, 2025ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$25KSkydio X10 Starter Kit
- Sep 10, 2025THE BOEING COMPANY$282.5MC-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Contract (G3) - Phase II, Ordering Period 5 Landing Gear
- Aug 27, 2025L3HARRIS FUZING AND ORDNANCE SYSTEMS, INC.$14.9MInventory Objective Increase
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.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (22 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $676K 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
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
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 1 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.