Notice of Intent to Sole Source
Updated
Special Notice from the Department of the Air Force, for work in Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Due Nov 3, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC-7), 4 days left.
| Solicitation number | Repair |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Air Force |
| Office | Dept of the Air Force |
| Notice type | Special Notice |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | All Other Telecommunications (517810) |
| Product or service code | DG11 |
| Place of performance | Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico |
| Posted | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 3, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC-7) (4 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: New Mexico Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Tularosa Communications for 10Gbps/10Gbps Symmetrical Ethernet over Fiber The 49th Contracting Squadron on Holloman AFB, New Mexico has concluded their market research and intends to solicit, negotiate, and award a sole source firm-fixed price (FFP) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) under RFO 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, to a small business: Tularosa Communications, CAGE 8FSL8.
The proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 517810, with a small business size standard of $40.0 Million. This BPA will be to purchase10Gbps/10Gbps Symmetrical Ethernet over Fiber for use by all units on Holloman AFB. Market research has concluded that Tularosa Communications is the only vendor able to meet specifications for this requirement without significant expense to the government.
The anticipated award date is 4 November 2026. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals or quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Although the Government intends to solicit and award a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement under the authority of RFO 6.103-1(b), all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, a bid, proposal, or quotation which will be considered by the Government if received no later than 3 November at 5:00 PM MST. All information shall be submitted electronically to the following: Contract Administrator: SSgt David McKinney II, [email protected] Contracting Officer: Ms. Kitty Williams, [email protected]
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 517810, a business counts as small if it has no more than $40.0 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for all other telecommunications work, who also hold Air Force contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Peraton Inc. $144.5 million in this trade
- Indyne, Inc. $53.3 million in this trade
- Five Rivers Analytics, LLC $44.5 million in this trade
- General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. $25.4 million in this trade
- V2X Systems LLC $17.3 million in this trade
About the buyer
The Department of the Air Force awarded $84.5 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were The Boeing Company, The Boeing Company and Raytheon Company. See what Air Force is buying now.
Who can bid: Small Business set-aside
Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.
All open Small Business set-asides.
All Other Telecommunications contracts right now
There are 7 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 517810), 3 posted in the last 7 days; 86% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Air Force, Department of Veterans Affairs and Federal Aviation Administration. Most of the work with a stated place is in New Mexico, Colorado and District of Columbia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 16 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 5 days.
All open all other telecommunications contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
Recent awards in this trade
- The Boeing Company $22.0 million · Department of the Air Force · Sep 30, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.