Experiments, Prototypes, Research, and Evaluation Supporting Systems (EXPRESS)
Department of the Air Force · Wright Patterson AFB, OH
Why this score
Active buyer ($36.7B FY24–FY26), 93 days to respond; but posted 1731 days ago.
Solicitation # FA8650-22-S-1004Updated Apr 15, 2026Scored Nov 13, 2026
May 12
May 12, 2027, 5:00 PM EDT
Summary by RFP Detector
Department of the Air Force (FA2377 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL RYKS), part of the Department of Defense, posted a presolicitation notice titled “Kaiju” under solicitation number FA8650-22-S-1004. It was first posted on Sep 9, 2021 and has been updated 19 times since. Responses are due May 12, 2027, 5:00 PM EDT. It is classified under NAICS 541715 and product/service code AC12. No set-aside is listed. The place of performance is Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. The listed point of contact is Gabriel Berner.
RFP Detector Score
Every RFP starts at 50. Each factor adds or subtracts points compared with a typical RFP; unknown data counts as neutral.
Starts at 50
No value published. Typical award is about $1.1M: the median of 4,873 Air Force contracts over $25K awarded in NAICS 541715, FY24–FY26.
Full and open competition. The largest recipient took 9% of these dollars in FY24–FY26, and spending is spread across many vendors.
Air Force obligated $36.7B on NAICS 541715 across 5,004 contracts in FY24–FY26. 7 other notices from this office in the past 12 months.
Presolicitation: 180 days to respond (due May 12, 2027, 5:00 PM EDT). Long lead time.
Documents not listed, 2 named contacts with email and phone, 290-word description.
Posted 1890 days ago.
50 + contributions = 67 (B, Strong)
Informational, not advice to bid or not bid. Score version 1.0.0, evaluated Nov 13, 2026.
Eligibility · Full and open competition
Full and open competition means the notice states no set-aside: any responsible business can respond, subject to the requirements in the notice.
Not stated in a form we could extract. See the official solicitation for requirements, evaluation criteria and submission steps.
From the official notice
. UPDATE as of 04 April 2025: This is Amendment 06 to remove all references to the Model Contract and Section K in this announcement as these documents will be provided with each individual RFP along with removing the Pre-Award Clearance section. Kaiju is a Broad Agency Annoucment (BAA) with Calls. This announcement does not request any white papers or proposals. Calls will be issued against the Kaiju BAA requesting white papers and/or proposals at later dates. Continue to monitor (see the official solicitation) for furture Call Opportunities. Please Note: Due to the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) nature, Attachment 6 - Kaiju Statement of Objectives (SOO) can be obtained by requesting access under Attachments/Links, if you have an active (see the official solicitation) account. If you do not have an active (see the official solicitation) account and are unable to request access, please contact the POCs listed in this solicitation. Additionally, vendors must have an active DD2345. UPDATE as of 04 April 2025: This is Amendment 05 clarifies attachment titles and reorders them for improved organization. It also adds the S&T protection formally into an amendment, previously omitted on 13 January 2025. UPDATE as of 13 January 2025: This ammendment is to update the S&T Protection language UPDATE as of 24 June 2024: Amendment 04 updates the contracting POCs. UPDATE as of 20 June 2023: Amendment 03 incorporates clause FAR 52.204-27, Prohibitation on a ByteDance Covered Application. UPDATE as of 25 May 2023: Amendment 02 conducts the annual review of the Kaiju BAA. The following is amended: Contracting POCs, Language is added to Kaiju Solicitation, Attachments 1, 2, 5 and 7 are amended/re-uploaded based on annual review. UPDATE as of 26 May 2022: Amendment 01 amends the Statement of Objectives (Attachment 6) to correct the CUI classification to FEDCON.
No documents are listed for this notice.
Gabriel Berner
PrimaryRichard Bailey
Points of contact as published on the notice.
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Responses dueNext · in 179 days
Archive date on the official notice
Federal award history
Department of the Air Force · NAICS 541715 · FY24–FY26
Recipients of past awards in this market, not the incumbent of this RFP.
| Fiscal year | Obligated ($) |
|---|---|
| FY2022 | 10,018,579,060.38 |
| FY2023 | 12,629,464,078.22 |
| FY2024 | 12,477,552,291.57 |
| FY2025 | 13,991,214,820.28 |
| FY2026 | 10,183,020,275.85 |
Federal contract award records, award types A–D, FY24–FY26. Updated Nov 13, 2026.
Same NAICS group or Research & Scientific Services, nearby first, ranked by score.
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