Sources Sought
Commercially Available Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Power Meters
Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration
AI summaryThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is running a sources sought market survey (a request for information, not a solicitation) for commercially available distance measuring equipment (DME) power meters and power sensors. The FAA wants to know which products already meet its performance requirements. Responses are due by the response due date, November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern, by email, and no contract is awarded from this notice. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Federal Aviation Administration who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is running a sources sought market survey (a request for information, not a solicitation) for commercially available distance measuring equipment (DME) power meters and power sensors. The FAA wants to know which products already meet its performance requirements. Responses are due by the response due date, November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern, by email, and no contract is awarded from this notice.
How to submit: Email to Michael Jones (Michael.E.Jones01@faa.gov) and Victor Jefferson (Victor.Jefferson@faa.gov), with "DME Power Meters Market Survey" in the subject line. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Worth checking: Market survey only, not a solicitation. No contract can be awarded from this notice, and a response neither qualifies nor excludes a company from any later solicitation.
- Minor: Response limited to 10 pages. The full response, with the matrix, price, drawings and capacity data, must fit in 10 pages excluding attachments.
- Minor: Question deadline of November 6 has no year. Questions are due by Friday, November 6 at 3:00 p.m. ET, but the year is not written. The FAA says it does not intend to answer questions directly.
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- Minor: Product must meet specific technical requirements. The attachment sets frequency range, accuracy, connector and temperature requirements; a product that does not meet them must be rated as such in the matrix.
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- DME Power Meters MSA Final.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Find vendors with fully developed, commercially available power meters and power sensors used to install and maintain DME facilities
- A requirements matrix showing whether the product meets, exceeds, partially meets or does not meet each performance requirement
- Identify which unmet requirements carry the greatest technical, cost or schedule risk
- Product specifications and technical information, drawings, and a rough order of magnitude (ROM) price
- Number of power meters already deployed, split into USA and foreign deployments
- Percentage of components made in the USA, whether final assembly is in the USA, and how many units can be delivered per year
- List of ancillary components needed for the meter to work, and the meter's power requirements
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC, USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Michael Jones (Michael.E.Jones01@faa.gov) and Victor Jefferson (Victor.Jefferson@faa.gov), with "DME Power Meters Market Survey" in the subject line
- Page limits
- Response: 10 pages, excluding attachments
What to include when you submit
- Send a requirements matrix listing each identifier from the Performance Requirements attachment and whether your product meets, exceeds, partially meets or does not meet it
- Say which unmet requirements present the greatest risk (technical, cost, schedule) to implement
- Include the specifications and technical information used to design and manufacture the DME power meter
- Include the rough order of magnitude (ROM) equipment price and drawings that illustrate the equipment
- State the number of power meters currently deployed, with quantities for USA and foreign deployments if applicable
- State the percentage of components made in the USA and whether final assembly occurs in the USA
- State the number of units that can be delivered per year with current production
- List any ancillary components needed for the power meter to function and whether they are included, plus the meter's power requirements
- Use a Word file or PDF with a font size no smaller than 12 point
- Mark any confidential or proprietary information in your response
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The announcement says the current contract for procuring power meters and power sensors expires in 2027.
Not in the notice text
- The procurement strategy, any set-aside, contract type and quantities are not decided; the FAA will choose after the responses
- Whether the FAA will hold an Industry Day or issue a formal solicitation later is not stated
- How the year applies to the November 6 question deadline is not written in the announcement
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- 693KA8 System Operations Contracts, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- 6625 · Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334515)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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