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Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range (VOR) MVP Market Survey

Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration · FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
b9595363d56e42f79b2008f8cdfc7bb7
Notice type
Special Notice
NAICS
334511
Product service code
5825
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-08-19
Response deadline
Sep 21, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
Contracting contact
richard.j.simons@faa.gov

Market intelligence

Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays

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Statement of work, as posted

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has developed a VOR Minimum Viable Product (MVP) requirements set in response to industry feedback received from a November 2025 FAA VOR Market Survey. The MVP requirements set focuses on the essential capabilities needed to moderniize legacy VOR Systems while addressing equipment obsolescence, diminishing parts availability, and long-term sustainment needs. This Market Survey is intended to serve as a starting point for industry engagement and is not intended to prescribe a unique FAA design solution. The FAA seeks to understand how existing Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) products align with the MVP requirements and to obtain industry recommendations for closing any identified gaps while minimizing cost, schedule, technical risk, and long-term sustainment burdens. Please see attached VOR Market Survey, VOR Specification FAA-E-37012 with MVPs highlighted, and the MVP Requirements Matrix for additional information, including due dates for responses. The MVP Requirements Matrix is provided in Word Format for ease of response.

Contact

Point of contact
Richard J. Simons
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
richard.j.simons@faa.gov
Secondary
Michael.E.Jones01@faa.gov
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