Special NoticePosted Sep 10, 2026·Original deadline passed (Sep 11). See latest amendment for current deadline.

Notice of Intent to Contract with a Single Source

FAA · 693KA9 CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
Env_Notice
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
FAA AAQ 460 Contracting Office (9-AFN-AWA-AAQ460-Contracting-Team@faa.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

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Early notice
  • Sep 10, 2026 · this notice
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Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (1 found; 10 needed).

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

Introduction/Statement of Intent The FAA intends to award a single source contract to ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C. A competitive solicitation is not available for this procurement. The FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) authority for the planned single source, AMS policy section 3.2.2.4 Single-Source Selection (Revised 7/2023) and 3.2.1.3.7, Single-Source Approval (Revised 9/2020) is the FAA�s authority to single source. 1. Description of Supplies/Services The mission of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Commercial Space Transportation (AST) is to ensure protection of the public, property… (show all)

, and the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States during commercial launch or reentry activities, and to encourage, facilitate, and promote U.S. commercial space transportation. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires AST to integrate environmental values into its decision-making process. AST considers the environmental effects of proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions in order to make decisions based on an understanding of environmental consequences. AST analyzes the environmental effects of proposed licensed and permitted actions, including the licensing of launch and reentry activities, the operation of launch and reentry sites, and the issuing of permits for suborbital reusable rockets. It then takes the appropriate action required under NEPA. 2. Total Estimated Value and Period of Performance The total estimated value of the planned single source contract inclusive of all options is $8,852,914.43. The period of performance inclusive of all options is March 30, 2020 through March 29, 2027. 3. Single Source Rationale In accordance with the FAA Acquisition Management System, AMS 3.2.2.4, the purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the basis of the FAA's decision to contract with a selected source when it is determined to be in the best interest of the FAA. The current contractor, ICF, has supported the FAA in its mission in rocket launch licensing, under federal statutes and FAA commercial space transportation regulations located under Title 14, Chapter III, Parts 400 to 460, of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Included in this is the requirement to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which subject matter experts on this contract support. If AST does not have support on this contract the number of launch licenses AST can support may be greatly reduced, to the point of not meeting the needs of the commercial space launch industry. Given these legal requirements, and industry expectations, a break in service cannot be tolerated. This announcement is for informational purposes only and not a Solicitation/Request for Proposal. This requirement will be awarded to ICF and is not available for full and open competition. All questions pertaining to this announcement should be addressed in writing to 9-AFN-AWA-AAQ460-Contracting-Team@faa.gov no later than 12 pm (EST) on September 11, 2026. Note: The FAR references cited in SAM.gov are not applicable to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the FAA has its own policies and guidance referenced in the Acquisition Management System (AMS).

Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)

125 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (FAA), any industry: a loose match.

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

Single-winner award sizes (125): middle half $375K to $10.3M, median $1.2M; range $19K to $1.4B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ADB SAFEGATE AMERICAS LLC3$24.7MJun 5, 2025
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B2$752.8MJul 10, 2025
GUARDIAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.2$11.1MAug 24, 2026
FREQUENTIS USA, INC2$8.6MDec 16, 2025
UNIQUE FACILITY RESOURCES INC2$8.1MSep 14, 2026
Frontgrade Technologies Inc.2$4.9MSep 8, 2026
Quarterwave Corp.2$1.5MJun 22, 2026
X-CLEAN CORP2$1.2MAug 18, 2025
FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC.2$826KNov 8, 2024
ALPHA CONTRACTORS GROUP INC2$568KSep 28, 2026

Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Investor context
  • $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 125 past awards, $1.2M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since 2024 (11 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) job
  • $58K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • 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.

  • 3 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 983 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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 0 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.