Special NoticePosted Jul 31, 2026·Responses due Aug 7, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source �USAFADS F16 Helmets

Air Force and Space Force · FA4861 99 CONS LGC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
F3GHDA6133AG01
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
8415
Place
Nellis AFB, NV, USA
Contact
SrA Sedrina Welches (sedrina.welches@us.af.mil)
Loading your pipeline and notes…
CSV Email

Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation F3GHDA6133AG01 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 1, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jul 31, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Jul 31, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 26, 2026 to Dec 27, 2026, middle of the range Oct 7, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 1, 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

Notice of Intent to Sole Source �USAFADS F16 Helmets The 99th Contracting Squadron intends to award a sole source delivery order under the authority of RFO 6.103-1(b), due to only one source being capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. The requirement is for the purchase of USAFADS F16 Helmets. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to su… (show all)

bmit a capability statement that includes technical data and cost information, sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to meet the requirement. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source procurement. Capability statements are due no later than 07 August 2026 by 10:00 AM Pacific Time. To ensure your response along with any and all attachments are received, attachment(s) must be less than 10 MB [in total]. It is the responsibility of the offeror to contact the government to confirm receipt prior to the offer due date and time. Capability statements shall be submitted by email ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: sedrina.welches@us.af.mil

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 8415.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $26K to $620K, median $83K; range $15K to $3.3M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ENVISION XPRESS INC3$61KAug 17, 2026
SAWASAWA LLC1$3.3MDec 31, 2024
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC.1$1.8MJan 28, 2025
BOTACH INC.1$804KAug 12, 2025
CRYE PRECISION LLC1$436KAug 7, 2026
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.1$188KSep 24, 2026
Blue Heron Tactical Supply LLC1$83KMay 5, 2025
Coregami, Inc.1$77KSep 16, 2025
DARBONNIER TACTICAL SUPPLY LLC1$24KSep 29, 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.

Latest awards

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
See who and the source records with Pro

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
See who and the source records with Pro

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
See who and the source records with Pro

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.