Solicitation
FOPR for F-16 AAGs for the Common Aircraft Portable Reprogrammable Equipment (CAPRE) Secure Memory Loader Verifier (SMLV)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA8533-26-R-0007
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The Air Force (AFLCMC at Robins AFB, GA) wants proposals to build production-level software, hardware and technical orders for F-16 Aircraft Adapter Groups (AAGs) that plug into its Common Aircraft Portable Reprogrammable Equipment (CAPRE) Secure Memory Loader Verifier. Only companies that already hold the ATSA-I multiple-award contract can bid, and it is expected to be awarded as a task order once funds are available.
Watch out for
- Closed to ATSA-I contract holders. Unless you hold the ATSA-I contract, you cannot bid directly; your only route is to team with or subcontract to an awardee.
WILL NOT review any proposals from non-ATSA-I awardees.
- Funds not yet available. No award will be made until funding arrives, and the Government may cancel without paying your proposal costs.
Funds are not presently available for this effort.
- Technical data owned by the original manufacturers. The Government does not hold the data rights needed to load software onto the aircraft units, so you must get data from OEMs such as Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, GE Aviation, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
Those rights are retained exclusively by the OEMs.
- Security requirements. A DD254 is attached, meaning classified work and a facility clearance may be required.
DD254, Contract Security Classification Specification
- Heavy past-performance bar. You must show three comparable efforts in five years with F-16 relevance, within only 15 pages.
Offerors are required to provide a maximum of three (3) prior efforts
- Short question window. The Government asks that questions arrive a week before the due date.
requests that all questions be received one week prior to proposal due
Read from the notice and 4 attachments.
- Letter FOPR - Amd 1 - F-16 AAGs CAPRE SMLV - FA8533-26-R-0007.pdf
- ATSA-I FOPR Announcement - FA8533-26-R-0007.pdf
- ATSA-I_CAPRE_Questions Comments.pdf
- Attachment J - Original Equipment Manufacturer of AAGs.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Develop F-16 Aircraft Adapter Groups (AAGs) with production-level software, hardware and technical orders
- Integrate the AAGs into the Government-designed CAPRE Secure Memory Loader Verifier (SMLV)
- Obtain data and artifacts for each line replaceable unit (LRU) from the original equipment manufacturers, or work with the Government to use its Software Integration Labs
- Build production-ready cables for LRUs such as ALQ-131, Anti-Skid, CPDG/eCPDG, CSFDR, EEFCC and FCSDR (the Q&A says 1,800 cables over the whole contract)
- Price the work using the CLIN structure in Attachment C, with each CDRL (required deliverable) priced separately
- Contract type
- Task order under the ATSA multiple-award contract (fair opportunity proposal request); pricing is by CLIN with separately priced CDRLs
- Period of performance
- Not stated in the files provided; Q&A mentions a basic year with an Option I if development and production are not finished in the basic year
- Place of performance
- USA (SAM.gov); not otherwise stated
- Contract vehicle
- ATSA-I (Automatic Test System Acquisition-I) multiple-award contract, FA8533-24-R-0002
- Offers due
- 16 Dec 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern (SAM.gov: 2026-12-16 16:00 -05:00)
- How to submit
- DoD SAFE drop-off link; email Ben Wilton and Ashley Wynn to request the link, then reply to the link they send
- Page limits
- Volume II, Factor 2 Past Performance: 15 pages maximum; other volumes' limits are in Attachment A (not provided)
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 2: Past Performance, including Subfactor 2.1 (project specifics, platform identification, complexity and F-16 comparability)
- Other factors are in Attachment A (not provided)
What to include when you submit
- Follow Attachment A (Instructions to Offerors and Evaluation Factors for Award) and use attachments A-H
- Use the CLIN structure in Attachment C and separately price all CDRLs
- Give up to three prior efforts from the past five years for past performance
- Send questions to the Contracting Officer, one week before the proposal due date
You must have
- You must already hold an ATSA-I multiple-award contract (FA8533-24-R-0002); proposals from anyone else will not be reviewed
This acquisition is only open to ATSA-I awardees, FA8533-24-R-0002.
- Past performance in the last five years with comparable hardware and software integration, ideally on the F-16
Offerors are required to provide a maximum of three (3) prior efforts
- A DD254 Contract Security Classification Specification is attached, so security clearances and a facility clearance are likely required
DD254, Contract Security Classification Specification
- Access to F-16 technical orders requires qualifying for ETIMS access after award
If the contractor meets the requirements to obtain ETIMS access, we
Not in the notice text
- Estimated value and contract length
- Full evaluation method and factor order (in Attachment A, not provided)
- The Statement of Work, CLIN structure, CDRLs, cost model, government-furnished property and DD254 details (Attachments B-H, not provided)
- Page limits and format for volumes other than Past Performance
- Whether the Government will extend the funding timeline
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Key facts
- Response due
- Dec 16, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- FA8533-26-R-0007
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA8533 AFLCMC Rokb
- NAICS
- 334515
- Product/service code
- 6625
- Business type
- Electrical & electronic components
- Contracting contact
- Ashley Wynnashley.wynn.1@us.af.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
What similar contracts paid
412 contracts at this agency for the same NAICS and product/service codes had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 22% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$145KMiddle half: $57.8K to $701K
Typical per year$272KValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Amendment 1 - The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate Attachment J - Original Equipment Manufacturer of AAGs. An updated FOPR letter and Attachment J will be uploaded to this post as attachments. Questions were also received regarding this solicitation. The questions and Government answers are also being provided as an attachment in this post. The purpose of this requirement is to develop Aircraft Adapter Groups (AAGs) designed for the F-16 aircraft which includes the required production level software, hardware, and corresponding technical orders. The AAGs are to be integrated into the Government developed and designed Common Aircraft Portable Reprogrammable Equipment (CAPRE) Secure Memory Loader Verifier (SMLV).
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