Combined Synopsis/SolicitationPosted Sep 3, 2026·Responses due Sep 18, 2026

Spaceport and Launch Assessment & Strategic Help (SPLASH)

Air Force and Space Force · FA2521 45 CONS PK

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA252126Q0010
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
R425
Place
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Contact
Jose L. Plasencia (jose.plasencia.2@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA252126Q0010 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Sep 3, 2026 · this notice
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
  • Sep 16, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 2, 2026 to Nov 26, 2026, middle of the range Oct 25, 2026.
Measured from 688 past solicitations at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 3, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
  • Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
  • Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Request for Quotation no. FA2521-26-Q-0010 for a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Technical Services Case between Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for Space Access (SA) and a Partner Nation (PN) to support the establishment of a PN National Security Space Launch (NSSL) capability at a sovereign spaceport, utilizing a Commercial Launch Vehicle (CLV). The attached documents provide the information necessary to be able to submit a quote by the stated time and date on this notice. IMPORTANT: The attached SPLASH SOW is for public posting/dissemination t… (show all)

o faciliate vendor engagement and interest and provides a general informational overview of the requirement. The complete SPLASH SOW requires Contractor Verification* and a signed Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)** before being able to be obtained. Each company (individual) must sign a CUI Non-Disclosure Agreement (also included in as an attachment to this notice) and provide it to the Contracting Officer POC to obtain a copy of the complete NDA version of the document. *Contractor Verification: This is to verify that each interested vendor is a legitimate entity authorized to conduct business with the U.S. Government. This will be done by confirming they are a contractor with an active SAM.gov registration. **CUI NDA: This legally binds the signer to protect the information and outlines the consequences of unauthorized disclosure. The NDA is essential for sharing CUI for a lawful government purpose with non-contracted entities.

Who won similar work

113 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 541715.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH5$46.6MSep 24, 2025
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT5$40.1MJan 8, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX4$39.5MAug 5, 2026
SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC4$18.3MSep 29, 2025
DCS Corporation3$33.3BFeb 23, 2026
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX3$49.4MMar 6, 2026
MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.2$33.2BMar 26, 2025
MATRIX RESEARCH INC2$109.9MJan 20, 2026
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION2$31.8MJul 21, 2026
SAAB, INC2$8.5MJul 23, 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.

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (8 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $780K 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
  • 1 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.

  • 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
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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.

  • 4 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 6 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.