Combined Synopsis/SolicitationPosted Aug 28, 2026·Responses due Sep 11, 2026

Burden Sharing SAF/IA

Air Force and Space Force · FA7014 AFDW PK

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
512110
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA701426Q0048
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
T006
Place
Not stated
Contact
Danielle Sookhai (danielle.sookhai.1@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA701426Q0048 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Aug 28, 2026 · this notice
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
  • Sep 1, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 2, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 3, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 9, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 26, 2026 to Nov 20, 2026, middle of the range Oct 19, 2026.
Measured from 688 past solicitations at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 28, 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

1. Description of Requirement: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Burden Sharing to provide the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs (SAF/IA) with professional digital media services to develop concise, visually compelling training and communication video explaining the Department of the Air Forces Burden Sharing initiative. The video will illustrate how cooperation with allies and partners contributes to collective security, strengthens partner capabilities, supports the United States and foreign Defense Industrial Base, and provides the Unite… (show all)

d States with greater strategic flexibility. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) contract resulting from this solicitation. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Changes effective 10 November 2025, and Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Changes effective 16 October 2024.(a) Set-Aside: This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside.(b) Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs): See attached SF1449(c) Description of Requirements: The contractor shall provide all personnel, supervision, project management, equipment, software, materials, licenses, and services necessary to plan, design, produce, edit, and deliver the completed Burden Sharing video. Work shall include project management, concept development, storyboard and script development, two-dimensional and three-dimensional animation, motion graphics, narration, audio production, video-editing, post-production, Government review cycles, captioning, and final delivery. (d) Delivery and Acceptance: See attached SF14492. Provisions and Clauses:(a) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. See attached addendum (b) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. The specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of that provision are: [clearly define the evaluation factors for award, such as technical capability, price, and past performance]. If this provision is not used, describe the evaluation procedures to be used. (c) Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with their offer. (d) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. (e) See attached SF1449 for additional applicable clauses.(f) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS): Not Applicable 3. Submission of Offers:Due Date and Time: See attached addendaPlace of Submission: See attached addenda

Who won similar work

1918 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (1890): middle half $80K to $2.0M, median $328K; range $566 to $20.7B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B17$2.5BOct 6, 2026
WAREHOUSE ONE, INC11$9.0MSep 23, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $68.9B9$22.7BSep 29, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $77.8B9$3.5BOct 2, 2026
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B9$281.4MAug 26, 2026
ARHAB LLC8$1.0MAug 10, 2026
THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED7$57.9MMay 29, 2026
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $19.4B7$22.1MSep 25, 2026
Aantilia LLC7$3.4MOct 5, 2026
AIRTRONICS, LLC7$1.6MJul 16, 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.

Investor context
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LHX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, 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.

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.

  • 3 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (36 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $1.7M 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.

  • 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 5 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.