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Aircraft Configuration Upfit and Operations & Maintenance Support

DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS ACQUISITION DIVISION III · Washington, District of Columbia

Response status

Historical record

Sep 3, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Archive date
Oct 30, 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

  • DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS ACQUISITION DIVISION III published this special notice.
  • The place of performance is Washington, District of Columbia.
  • The notice uses NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
4f7147167a964142b85a5bcdbb95077f
Solicitation
70RDA326R00000003
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
70RDA326R00000003
Set-aside
Set-aside code
Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Responses due
Sep 3, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Oct 30, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
Office of Procurement Operations
Subagency code
Office
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS ACQUISITION DIVISION III
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
Washington, DC, 20528, USA
Place of performance
Washington, District of Columbia
City code
State
District of Columbia
State code
DC
Postal code
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

Dear Industry Partners, The Department is issuing this notice to provide industry with a Draft Performance Work Statement and Draft Evaluation Factors for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Aircraft Configuration Upfit and Operations & Maintenance Support requirement. This notice also provides details regarding the Department�s upcoming virtual Industry Engagement Event. A notional timeline of key events is provided below: Virtual Industry Day Event: August 25, 2026, 2:30 p.m. (ET) Final solicitation release: On or about August 25, 2026 Industry questions due on final solicitation: August 26, 2026 Government responses posted to SAM.gov: August 27, 2026 Proposal due date: September 3, 2026 Anticipated contract award: September 11, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security is providing the following details on an upcoming virtual Industry Engagement Event for Aircraft Configuration Upfit and Operations & Maintenance Support: WHEN: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 TIME: 2:30 PM Eastern Time (ET) WHERE: Virtual Attendance and Registration: If you are interested in attending the virtual Industry Engagement Event, please register no later than Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 9:00 AM ET. Attendance at the event is not a pre-requisite for submitting a proposal once the Final solicitation is released. Registration: Registration for the virtual Industry Engagement Event is available by clicking on the link at the end of this notice. Registration through any other means will not be accepted or allowed. The registration deadline for interested companies is Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 9:00 AM ET. Attendance will be tracked for all event participants. Each registrant must provide their first and last name, company name, and email address. On the day of the event, a link to access the event will be sent via email to those who have registered. Note: The Industry Engagement Event will be recorded. Any responses provided during the Industry Engagement Event may be superseded in the resulting Final solicitation. This event is closed to the press. Thank you for your interest in this requirement. Please continue to monitor SAM.gov for future updates.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$1,850,435
Median$6,007,800
High end (p75)$23,463,070
Comparable awards
50
Median
$6,007,800
Computed
Aug 25, 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
UNDEFINITIZED ORDERTHE BOEING COMPANY$287,540,062.04Apr 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TOTAL AVIATION SUPPORT SERVICES - FORT WORTH, TXVERTEX AEROSPACE LLC$171,431,576.25Dec 20, 202452Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
UNDEFINITIZED ORDERTHE BOEING COMPANY$34,313,425.30Mar 20, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
P-3 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT SERVICESNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$365,237,237.20Jun 5, 202052Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FY24 - KC46 SMOKE BARRIER CURTAIN REPAIRSAIRCRAFT COVERS UNLIMITED INC$181,600.00Apr 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
AIRCRAFT STATIC DISPLAY RESTORATIONLINDYS PAINTING, LA PORTE LLC$69,000.00Apr 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CONTRACT FIELD TEAM (CFT) SUPPORT FOR HSC-2, NORFOLK, VA.GLOBAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT SERVICES INC$18,244,886.41Apr 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
E-4B PROGRAM - RED ROUTERSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$3,817,229.10Apr 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MODIFICATION FOR E-4B PLATFORMSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$11,250,120.82Apr 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MODIFICATION FOR E-4B PLATFORMSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$5,558,880.30Mar 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NATIONAL AND NUCLEAR COMMUNICATION SUPPORT (N2CS) BUILD, ARCHIVE AND REVIEW SYSTEM (BARS) STRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$4,104,207.82Mar 27, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SPECTRE INC 1A KA-BAND PRODUCTIONSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$4,562,247.00Apr 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
COMMUNICATION SERVICES SUPPORTING E-4B FLEETSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$16,064,852.36Mar 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TAIL 5STRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$3,492,294.11Mar 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
N2CS OPTION YEAR 8 EXTENSIONSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$12,007,935.65Mar 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
E-4B N2CS SPECTRE KA RADOME PRE PLANNINGSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$31,633.15Apr 15, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
E-4B TAIL 5 APIP BACKBONESTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$9,396,683.48Mar 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MULTI-ROLE TACTICAL COMMON DATA LINK 6.0 SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONSTRATEGIC MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC$533,340.74Apr 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
C-37 ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT (ESC) FUNDING FOR STARSHIELD COMMUNICATIONS MODIFICATIOGULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION$3,958,247.05Mar 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
C37 FUNDING FOR ESC ARMY PUBLICATIONSGULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION$16,014.00Mar 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 23, 2026Sep 3, 2026, 2:00 PM UTCc6bbb19534a12399
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Sep 3, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC57fe702a58b04bc3

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 Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 25, 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.

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