Intent to Sole Source - Bombardier
Air Force and Space Force · FA4659 319 CONS PK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA465926QZ022 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 12, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures as authorized by RFO 12.102(a). The Bombardier Flight Deck 3 is the application that is currently being utilized in the remaining E-11 fleets both domestically and down range. Continuity is imperative for mission success to ensure pilot familiarity. Bombardier Flight deck has all the publications needed to fly the aircraft and calculate takeoff and landing data and weight and balance data. Bombardier is the only application with these capabilities that have proper authorization and clearance for E-11 operation groups to utilize… (show all)
. Currently, 18 ACCS at Robins AFB, GA is standing up a fleet with several aircraft and are borrowing two electronic flight books with Bombardier installed on it. This is not sustainable and therefore is mission essential.
Who won similar work
57 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 7A21.
Single-winner award sizes (57): middle half $80K to $701K, median $276K; range $28K to $317.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP | 3 | $3.2M | Sep 30, 2026 |
| CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC. | 3 | $783K | Jun 9, 2026 |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | 2 | $10.3M | Jan 12, 2026 |
| Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC | 2 | $2.6M | Dec 31, 2025 |
| DATAMINR, INC. | 1 | $317.8M | Aug 27, 2026 |
| OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE LLC | 1 | $15.0M | Apr 1, 2026 |
| ECHELON SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $3.5M | Feb 6, 2025 |
| BOEING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1 | $2.1M | May 30, 2025 |
| ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 1 | $1.4M | Mar 25, 2025 |
| JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC | 1 | $1.2M | Aug 5, 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.
- Sep 30, 2026CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$262KNotice of Award - HADEAN AI TRL7 & TRL9 Software
- Sep 29, 2026STARLIMS CORPORATION$84KSTARLIMS Annual Maintenance Plan
- Sep 17, 2026PLEXSYS INTERFACE PRODUCTS, INC$131K(VADAAR) License, Hardware, and Services
- Aug 27, 2026DATAMINR, INC.$317.8MRequest For Proposals: HAF/A2 Publicly Available Information (PAI) Alerting Services for Department of War (DoW) Enterprise Licensing
- Aug 14, 2026CGTECH Irvine CA 92618 USA$141KVericut Maintenance Renewal
- Jul 30, 2026ADVANCED SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$80KTelestra Servers and Software Upgrade with Maintenance
- Jul 27, 2026PARATUS AI, INC.$120KScheduling Software
- Jul 23, 2026IDEA ENTITY CORPORATION$1000KAATC Digital Transformation - Financial Execution and Knowledge Port
- Jul 14, 2026VCLOUD TECH INC$108KPolyworks Renewal 2026
- Jun 11, 2026BLUEALLY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC$701KNutanix Renewal
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
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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.