Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration · 6973GH FRANCHISE ACQUISITION SVCS
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
6973GH-26-R-00177
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
221122
Product service code
6150
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
2026-10-15
Response deadline
Nov 4, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Oklahoma City, OK
Contracting contact
tamara.m.maxwell@faa.gov
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 221122 at this agency — the incumbent, what they were paid, when their period of performance ends, and the real pricing distribution rather than the headline number. From public federal award records.
SOLICITATION FOR THE ACQUISITION OF 6973GH-26-R-00177 MINIATURE UPS KITS MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT, IN SUPPORT OF CBP DETAILED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE FAA. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE IN WRITING AND EMAILED TO THE CONTRACTING SPECIALIST. CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW. The purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the basis for the FAA's decision to contract, in accordance with Section 3.2.2.4 of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS), brand name products detailed in this announcement for the Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Remote Video Surveillance System Legacy (RVSS-L) program and in Section B of the attached solicitation. The FAA’s desire and intent are to pursue a competitive award resulting in a single purchase order, based on the lowest price, technically acceptable responsible offer per the Terms and Conditions of the solicitation. The signed solicitation must be completed and submitted to the contracting officer by the deadline stated in the solicitation for it to be considered for review. The FAA intends to award a single purchase order for Marathon Power equipment listed below: Line Description Quantity 00001 Period 1 (12 months) 600 00002 Shipping 600 00003 Period 2 (12 months) 600 00004 Shipping 600 00005 Period 3 (12 months) 600 00006 Shipping 600 00007 Period 4 (12 months) 600 00008 Shipping 600 00009 Period 5 (12 months) 600 00010 Shipping 600 Marathon Power is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the required equipment and is the only manufacturer providing Miniature Uninterruptible Power Supply (mUPS) Supply Kits, Part number: UP-SDRU-0500-H1-KIT, in support of AJM-5 Telecommunications Integrated Services (TIS). The proposed principle North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 221122 - Electric Power Distribution, with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,100. All responses to this announcement should be addressed via email to the Contracting Officer, Tamara Maxwell, no later than 4:00 P.M. (CST), Wednesday, November 04, 2026. Subject line of email response should be titled “6973GH-26-R-00177 - MINIATURE UPS KITS – SIR”. Contact info: Contracting Officer: Tamara Maxwell tamara.m.maxwell@faa.gov
Contact
Point of contact
Tamara Maxwell
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
tamara.m.maxwell@faa.gov
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