Sources SoughtPosted Jul 1, 2026·Responses due Jul 6, 2026

KC-130J Assorted Dollies

NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333924
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N6833526R1086
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
1740
Place
Lakehurst, NJ, USA
Contact
Mairen Flanagan (mairen.e.flanagan.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N6833526R1086 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 1, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Jul 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 11, 2026 to Apr 12, 2027, middle of the range Dec 1, 2026.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 1, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

Pursuant to FAR 15.101(c)- This is a Request for Information only. There is no solicitation package available. This Sources Sought is being posted to satisfy the requirements of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance and Information (PGI) 206.103-170(d). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Lakehurst intends to solicit, negotiate, and make an award on a sole-source basis with KWD Aircraft Support Equipment LLC, CAGE Code: 71670, for a Firm Fixed-Price type contract. This procurement is to acquire Wheel Removal/Landing Gear Dollies (P/… (show all)

N 206-000-101), Propeller Transport Dollies (P/N: 207-000-104) and Engine/QEC Dollies (P/N: 200-000-101) in support of the KC-130J Program, United States Navy and FMS Kuwait. The Engine/QEC Dolly is a designated Aviation Critical Applications Item (CAI). FAR 46.203 defines a CAI as an item �in which the failure of the item could injure personnel or jeopardize a vital agency mission.� For this item, the technical authority is NAWCAD Lakehurst. KWD Aircraft Support Equipment LLC is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the aforementioned items of support equipment. In order to award to any company other than the approved source, an engineering and quality assurance audit would need to be performed on an interested company. For companies interested in becoming an approved source, a Source Approval Request (SAR) is necessary, which involves the submission of a SAR package. Please contact the Point of Contact identified in this post for more information about the SAR package and approval process. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes and is issued in conformance with DFARS PGI 206.103-170; it does not constitute an Invitation for Bid (IFB), a Request for Proposals (RFP), or a Request for Quotes (RFQ). This RFI does not commit the Government to award a contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The Government WILL NOT pay for any information received in response to this RFI, and the Government will not compensate the respondent for any cost incurred in developing the response to this RFI. Respondents are notified that a formal solicitation may be announced under a separate SAM announcement. Any requests for copies of solicitations will not be addressed since this is an RFI, not an IFB, RFP or RFQ. Responses will be treated as information only, and not as proposals. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP. Any comments provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation. The Government will not release any information marked with a proprietary legend received in response to this RFI to any firms, agencies or individuals outside the Government without written permission in accordance with the legend. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All interested parties should send company information and descriptive literature on currently available products that meet the Navy's requirements, as described above. With the response, include a point of contact, phone number, email address, website information, CAGE code, and Business Size Status for the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of this RFI. Any responses in reference to this RFI shall be submitted electronically to the Point of Contact associated with this RFI no later than the requested responses date.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV), same product/service code (PSC) 1740 and NAICS 333924.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $269K to $4.0M, median $356K; range $163K to $14.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
D. GILLETTE INDUSTRIAL SERVICE'S INC1$14.7MApr 16, 2026
KWD AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT LLC1$409KJan 23, 2025
DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC1$304KAug 21, 2026
AVIOSS LLC1$163KSep 17, 2026

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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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines 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. 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
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