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Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Satellite Air Time

AIR AND MARINE CONTRACTING DIVISION · March Arb, California, 92518

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Response status

Historical record

Aug 14, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 6, 2026
Archive date
Aug 29, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • AIR AND MARINE CONTRACTING DIVISION published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is March Arb, California.
  • The notice uses NAICS 517410 (Satellite Telecommunications).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
0ac0a7af58db421a9d5cfeba905c0677
Solicitation
20159779
Base type
Special Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
20159779
NAICS
517410 — Satellite Telecommunications
PSC
5821 — RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, AIRBORNE
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Aug 6, 2026
Responses due
Aug 14, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Aug 29, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Aug 29, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
—
Subagency
US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
Subagency code
—
Office
AIR AND MARINE CONTRACTING DIVISION
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
WASHINGTON, DC, 20229, USA
Place of performance
March Arb, California, 92518
City code
—
State
California
State code
CA
Postal code
92518
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source award to NAL Research in Manassas, Virginia for a base year for uninterrupted internet connection that will allow the iridium GPS satellite tracking device information to be transmitted to and displayed at the Air and Marine Operations Center. The GPS information derived from NAL Research satellite tracking devices are dependent upon the vendor�s infrastructure Period of performance: Base Year - October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 If any contractors feel they can meet the requirements please contact the contracting officer by email at Michael.A.Hall@cbp.dhs.gov by the response date and time listed with this notice. You must submit a capabilities statement displaying your ability to meet the requirements.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

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No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Amendment history

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VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 10, 2026Aug 14, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCa77c06a3366affde
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Aug 14, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC2c69bcf29a100b87

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 29, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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