Special NoticePosted Jul 22, 2026·Responses due Jul 27, 2026

iPerform X - Software Simulation

Air Force and Space Force · AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541519
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
None
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7A20
Place
Dayton, OH, USA
Contact
Stephen Wenclewicz (stephen.wenclewicz.1@us.af.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.

Early notice
  • Jul 22, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 16, 2026 to Jan 17, 2027, middle of the range Oct 28, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 22, 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

Please see attached BOM and Sole Souce Memo, and provide a quote for the items on the BOM if you feel your company is able to provide these items. Redacted J&A has been added.

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 7A20.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $79K to $746K, median $268K; range $34K to $1.3M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC2$1.6MDec 11, 2025
RESOLUTION3D, LLC1$1.3MSep 24, 2025
COLLABORATION.AI, LLC1$716KJan 24, 2025
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.1$327KMay 13, 2025
GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE LLC1$268KJul 29, 2025
The MathWorks, Inc.1$255KJan 30, 2025
STEVE LIEBER & ASSOCIATES, INC.1$83KJul 16, 2025
SAVANCE LLC1$75KOct 21, 2024
AI SOLUTIONS INC1$68KSep 29, 2025
SYNOPSYS, INC.1$34KMar 17, 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.

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
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 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. 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
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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.