Special NoticePosted Aug 18, 2026·Responses due Aug 21, 2026

Truck Fill Stands Replacement

Air Force and Space Force · FA5270 18 CONS PK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
332911
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA527026QM057
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
KADENA AB, JP-47, JPN
Contact
Ava J. Sabado (ava.sabado.jp@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA527026QM057 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 6, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 1, 2026 to Feb 1, 2027, middle of the range Nov 12, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 6, 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 AWARD SOLE SOURCE Truck Fillstand Components to Bay Associates LLC. The Government intends to award a sole-source, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to Bay Associates to provide truck fillstand components. No set-aside will be utilized for this acquisition. NAICS Code: 332911 (Industrial Valve Manufacturing) The Contracting Officer (CO) has determined that only one source is reasonably available to fulfill this requirement. Bay Associates is currently the sole vendor capable of providing the exact proprietary components necessary to maintain, and ensure the operational integr… (show all)

ity of the existing truck fillstands. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations, and no formal solicitation package exists. However, any interested party that believes it has the capability to meet this specific requirement may submit a statement of capabilities that includes detailed, convincing documentation demonstrating the ability to supply the identical technical specifications of the required fillstand components. The Government reserves sole discretion to determine whether to compete this requirement based on responses received. Information submitted will be evaluated strictly to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with the sole-source award. Capability statements must be submitted via email only as a Word or PDF attachment to ava.sabado.jp@us.af.mil no later than August 20, 2026, by 4:00 PM Japan Standard Time (JST). Telephone requests, verbal inquiries, or physical mail will not be accepted. It is the sole responsibility of the submitting offeror to contact the Government prior to the deadline to confirm receipt of their transmission.

Who won similar work

25 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same industry group (NAICS 3329).

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX2$1.1BApr 7, 2026
Laser Shot, Inc.1$1.2MApr 28, 2026
UNITED CAPITAL INVESTMENTS GROUP, INC.1$552KJul 22, 2026
ONYX INDUSTRIES, LLC1$536KSep 15, 2026
SENTRY SOLUTIONS INC1$398KSep 15, 2025
DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC1$273KJul 27, 2026
CRYO ASSOCIATES INC1$184KJul 30, 2025
JONES ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING CO INC1$167KApr 29, 2025
HPS FABRICATIONS INC1$156KJul 18, 2025
FAXON ENGINEERING CO INC1$130KFeb 20, 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 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
  • $386K 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
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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.

  • 1 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.