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Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY

Response status

Due in 1268 days

Apr 30, 2030, 9:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Sep 8, 2026
Archive date
May 1, 2030
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY published this special notice.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
4e5b4c0035de448daa58a679ee70e852
Solicitation
FA865226SC003
Base type
Special Notice
Version
1 of 1

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
FA865226SC003
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Sep 8, 2026
Responses due
Apr 30, 2030, 9:00 PM UTC
Archive date
May 1, 2030
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
SUB COMMAND
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Oct 21, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
—
Subagency
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Subagency code
—
Office
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
—
Place of performance
—
City code
—
State
—
State code
—
Postal code
—
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

8 Sep 2026: The CSO is amended. Attachment 1 - Areas of Interest and Mission Organization Alignment is revised to correct Tables 1.4 and 1.5. All other attachments remain unchanged. -------------------------------------------- 8 July 2026: The CSO is amended to remove all references to the Centralized Open Spiral. Attachment 1 - Areas of Interest is updated to include Mission Organization Alignment. All other attachments remain unchanged. The Spiral Tracker posted 4 June 2026 is unchanged. --------------------------------------------- 4 June 2026: Spiral Tracker is updated. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 April 2026: The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Procurement Headquarters (PK), located at 1864 4th St, Bldg. 15, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, has issued the AFRL Enterprise CSO under the authority of 10 USC 3458, as implemented by DFARS Subpart 212.70. The CSO serves as the overarching enterprise announcement broadly defining Areas of Interest (AOI) that encompass the full range of AFRL requirements. It provides the framework for the issuance of competitive centralized and decentralized Spirals releases which will solicit innovative technologies and services that fulfill the needs of the AFRL enterprise. Spirals will be posted to the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE), https://sam.gov, as separate solicitations. Refer to the enclosed Spiral Tracker for active Spiral solicitation numbers and search for the soliciation within the GPE accordingly. Resulting solutions awarded under the CSO shall meet the definition of "innovative", which is defined as: (1) Any technology, process or method, including research and development, that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal; or (2) Any application that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal of a technology, process or method existing as of such date. Resultant awards will be fixed-price type FAR Part 12 contracts, or 10 USC 4022 Other Transactions for Prototype (OTP). Foreign participation is not authorized. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 April 2026: Q&A is posted in anticipation of the final CSO Announcement and Centralized Open Spiral posting later this week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 February 2026: Presolicitation Notice and Draft Announcement.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$2,419,373
Median$6,909,178
High end (p75)$16,033,536
Comparable awards
14
Median
$6,909,178
Computed
Nov 7, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
INTEGRATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUSION (IITF) TO1PRAESES, LLC$4,018,364.72Sep 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PACIFICTORCH TASK ORDER 01TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC$15,113,575.00Sep 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND EMERGING CAPABILITIES (STEC) SUPPORTSTEPHENSON STELLAR CORPORATION$51,376,546.71May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MOLECULAR ASSESSMENT SENSING TECHNOLOGIESBLUEHALO, LLC$10,000,000.00May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MJOLNIR - TO DEVELOP, TEST AND DEMONSTRATE A MATURE PROTOTYPE BASED ON THE FIRST GENERATIOLEIDOS, INC.$37,978,160.00May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INCREMENTAL FUNDINGGEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$24,767,462.00May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II: SEEKER WITH INFRARED EVENT-BASED NEUROMORPHIC SENSING (SIRENS)KITWARE INC$1,987,138.00May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II: LOW COST INTERCEPTORS FOR MISSILE DEFENSEATEA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$1,981,920.00May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THIS MODIFICATION UPDATES THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT IN G.2.LYNNTECH INC.$139,993.00May 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE WORK PROPOSED HERE WILL DEVELOP A FPGA-BASED EGI-M THAT WILL ALSO BRING TO BEAR THE CANORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$3,716,076.00May 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EFFORT WILL WORK TO IMPROVE THE MODELING AND SIMULATION METHODS USED TO MODEL COUNTER-AIR CORVID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$499,590.00May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CMTC FY 26 PROJECT IMPROVED HIGH RATE ROTOR BLADE MANUFACTURING (S3083)ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL$3,979,696.00May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SBIR PHASE III TOPIC# AF191-009ICR, INC.$16,340,190.21May 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SBIR TOPIC #N07-160PACKET DIGITAL LLC$9,799,991.93May 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

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.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Oct 21, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 14 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 7, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.