Sources Sought
Request for Information - Knox License and Cables
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Special Warfare Program Office (AFLCMC/WISN) is asking companies whether they can supply Knox license server software and three kinds of cables. They are for Samsung S20 Tactical Edition (TE) end user devices (EUDs). This is a sources sought notice and request for information (RFI) for market research only. It is not a solicitation and promises no award. The response due date is November 14, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern, by email. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Air Force 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 Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Special Warfare Program Office (AFLCMC/WISN) is asking companies whether they can supply Knox license server software and three kinds of cables. They are for Samsung S20 Tactical Edition (TE) end user devices (EUDs). This is a sources sought notice and request for information (RFI) for market research only. It is not a solicitation and promises no award. The response due date is November 14, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern, by email.
Who can bid
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be awarded a DoD contract, with the NAICS code listed in your SAM record if it fits your capabilities. Not needed to send an RFI response.
- No set-aside is stated; U.S. and non-U.S. firms may respond to the RFI.
How to submit: Email to Joseph Evans, Contracting Officer (joseph.evans.27@us.af.mil), with Christopher Day, Program Manager (christopher.day.13@us.af.mil) and Kenneth Aldrich, Engineer (kenneth.aldrich.2.ctr@us.af.mil) also listed. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Worth checking: Two quantity levels for each cable, unit of issue not stated. Cable quantities are given as 70 and 120, 40 and 80, and 5 and 10, to be priced separately, and no unit of issue is stated for any item.
- Minor: Request for information only, no award promised. The Government will not pay for response costs and has made no commitment to buy, so this is market research and not an order.
- Minor: Small business rules explanation requested. You are asked to explain how you would meet the limits on subcontracting and the nonmanufacturer rule if the buy is set aside for small business.
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- Minor: Response limited to 20 pages. Responses including the cover page cannot exceed 20 pages, so the long list of requested items has to fit.
- Minor: Delivery within 6 months after receipt of order. Respondents may be asked to show they can deliver within 6 months after an order.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Request for Information FA8629-27-R-5003 Knox License and Cables.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Knox License Server Software with 45 licenses (Qty 45), so a user can restore 45 S20 TE devices after a factory reset.
- 37" Dual Radio Handheld Battery Cable, part number CB-0406-00 (Qty 70 and Qty 120): a power cable that splits one battery to power two radios.
- PRC-163 DATA Only Cable, part number CB-0532-25 (Qty 40 and Qty 80): USB 2.0 link for L3 Harris AN/PRC-163 and AN/PRC-167 radios.
- APEX Ethernet Adapter cable, part number CB-0556-00 (Qty 5 and Qty 10): links ethernet-capable hardware into the APEx hub network.
- Send information on each quantity level separately, plus a rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimate, for Government budget planning only.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 14, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Joseph Evans, Contracting Officer (joseph.evans.27@us.af.mil), with Christopher Day, Program Manager (christopher.day.13@us.af.mil) and Kenneth Aldrich, Engineer (kenneth.aldrich.2.ctr@us.af.mil) also listed
- Page limits
- Response: 20 pages total, including the cover page
What to include when you submit
- Respondent data: company or institute name, address, point of contact with phone and email, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, and web page URL.
- State your status under NAICS 334419 and 513210: small business, women-owned, economically disadvantaged women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned and 8(a), each as self-certified or third-party certified, with SBA certification and graduation dates for 8(a).
- State whether you are domestically or foreign-owned (and the country if foreign), and whether you want to be a prime or a subcontractor.
- Show you have the technology and qualifications now; pictures, drawings, links to other systems, test results and ability to deliver within 6 months after receipt of order may be included.
- Give a rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimate for the quantities, based on optimum or varied pricing quantities.
- Say whether you do this work now or could supply it under an existing Government contract, with contract numbers and Government points of contact.
- Say whether the item is sold commercially, and whether all materials meet the Buy American Act or Berry Amendment (rules favoring U.S.-made goods).
- Include warranty terms and limits (or N/A), possible spare parts, new equipment training details with process and cost, planned product improvements, and risks to meeting the requirement.
- Explain how you would meet FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting and FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule if the Government sets the buy aside for small business, including teaming and the share of work subcontracted.
- Mark proprietary data clearly; anything unmarked is treated as publicly releasable.
- Send questions in writing by email to the Contracting Officer, with the other listed contacts copied.
Not in the notice text
- Unit of issue for each cable and for the software licenses is not stated.
- Whether the Government will set the buy aside for small business is not stated; SAM.gov lists no set-aside.
- Whether items other than the listed part numbers (CB-0406-00, CB-0532-25, CB-0556-00) would be accepted is not stated.
- Place of delivery, contract type, estimated value and a deadline for questions are not stated.
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 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- FA8629 AFLCMC WISK Sof/PR, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334419)
- 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
This Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS)/Request for Information (RFI) is issued for informational purposes and market research only; it does not constitute a solicitation. The Government will not reimburse any company or individual for any expenses associated with preparing/submitting information in response to this posting. The information provided may be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy, statement of work/statement of objectives, and/or performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained within their response as instructed later in this posting. The United States (US) Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance & Special Operations Forces (ISR & SOF) Directorate, Special Warfare Program Office (AFLCMC/WISN) is conducting market research to identify possible sources capable of providing Knox License Server Software, 37" Dual Radio Handheld Battery Cable, PRC-163 DATA Only Cable and APEX Ethernet Adapter cable for use with Samsung (S20) Tactical Edition (TE) end user devices (EUDs). PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO RESPOND.
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