Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source for CAST Calibration
Air Force and Space Force · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA4897 in this department, oldest first.
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
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The 366th Contracting Squadron at Mt. Home AFB, Idaho, intends to award a sole source purchase order to Chemring Energetic Devices as a result of them being the authorized distributor / manufacturer of the required CAST Calibration. This purchase order will be completed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) & 13.106(b).The anticipated award date is after August 30th, 2024. Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believ… (show all)
e they can meet this requirement are invited to submit in writing a complete statement describing their ability to provide the product / services listed above. A determination by the the government not to compete this requirement regardless of responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether it is in the government's best interest to conduct a competitive procurement. For information regarding this Sole Source notice, please contact 1st Lt Konrad Zirkle at konrad.zirkle.1@us.af.mil.
Who won similar work
43 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) J016.
Single-winner award sizes (43): middle half $708K to $7.7M, median $2.6M; range $46K to $4.3B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED | 3 | $18.2M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION · $RTX · $68.9B | 3 | $18.0M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $19.4B | 3 | $15.2M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Able Aerospace Services, Inc. | 2 | $38.5M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| THE GYRO HOUSE Auburn CA 95602 USA | 2 | $11.1M | Jun 3, 2026 |
| ELEVAN LLC | 2 | $3.5M | Sep 4, 2025 |
| ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC | 2 | $1.9M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC | 1 | $4.3B | Sep 8, 2025 |
| Leidos, Inc. | 1 | $987.0M | Dec 12, 2024 |
| Multiple Awardees Tinker AFB OK USA | 1 | $471.0M | Jul 9, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 43 past awards, $2.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $LHX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 43 past awards, $2.6M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 2, 2026HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$7.5MRepair service of the B-2 Integrated Drive Generator(IDG)Materiality: 0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 29, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$839KRepair of Traffic Collison Avoidance SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026BAE SYSTEMS CONTROLS INC.$7.9MF-16 Transducer RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026CHELTON AVIONICS, INC$6.6MRepair of Avionics Components Applicable to the TH-1H HelicopterMateriality: 0.10% of $TDG revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 25, 2026L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$2.4MElectronic Flight Indicator (EFI) and Radar Display Unit (RDU)Materiality: 0.01% of $LHX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 25, 2026L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$12.8MElectronic Flight Indicator (EFI) and Radar Display Unit (RDU)Materiality: 0.07% of $LHX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 4, 2026AMETEK INC$4.4MRepair of B-1B Torque MotorMateriality: 0.07% of $AME revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 3, 2026ARISTA AVIATION SERVICES, LLC. Enterprise AL 36330 USA$10.4MOverhaul of Dynamic Components on the UH-1N HelicoptersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2026Able Aerospace Services, Inc.$16.8MRepair of Transmission Assemblies Applicable to the UH-1N HelicoptersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 2, 2026EDL CONSTRUCTION INC$176K442/509 Sunshade Lighting and Inspection ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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
- $620K 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.
- 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 4 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.