Sources Sought
Posted 2026-10-08· Response deadline 2026-10-21· Related by: same prefecture and category
Worked example: this is the full analysis a Hashike account shows for this opportunity. Data as of Oct 17, 2026.
What is being purchased?
Original English — the controlling text
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SOURCES SOUGHT / MARKET RESEARCH NOTICE INTERIOR FINISH BRAND NAME OR EQUAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Project Title: P530 Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Facility Project Location: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan Procuring Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Japan District Anticipated Solicitation Number: W912HV27BA005 Associated Sources Sought Reference: W912HV26Z0007 1. GENERAL INFORMATION & PURPOSE The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District (POJ), is conducting market research to assess industry capabilities, market availability, and potential equivalent products regarding interior finishes specified for the upcoming construction project: P530 Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The Government intends to include brand-name-or-equal product descriptions for certain interior finishes within the planned solicitation (W912HV27BA005). Any required Brand Name Justification will be posted with the solicitation in accordance with the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Class Deviation FAR 6.301 (Availability of the Justification). This notice is issued strictly for market research and planning purposes to determine whether competitive Japanese domestic or international equivalent products exist that meet the Government’s salient functional, aesthetic, and performance requirements. 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION This project entails the construction of a multistory intermediate-level (I-Level) aircraft maintenance facility to provide organic flightline maintenance support for the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD) at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. For general scope context, refer to the draft specifications and drawings previously published under Sources Sought Notification W912HV26Z0007. 3. ELIGIBILITY / LICENSING REQUIREMENTS In accordance with U.S.-Japan bilateral agreements and USACE Japan District policy, competition will be limited to local sources licensed and qualified to perform construction work in Japan pursuant to the Japanese Construction Business Act (Kensetsu-gyo Ho). 4. SPECIFIC FEEDBACK REQUESTED Interested sources and licensed contractors are requested to review Drawing Sheet A-701, "Interior Finish Schedule" (attached), and provide feedback regarding: a. Availability & Lead Times: Are the specified brand-name finish products readily available through established distribution networks within Japan and Okinawa? Are there anticipated supply chain disruptions or excessive lead times? b. Equivalent Products: Do comparable Japanese domestic or international products exist that satisfy the salient physical, chemical, and aesthetic characteristics of the specified items? If so, please provide manufacturer names, model numbers, product literature, and compliance with applicable Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS). c. Cost & Commercial Practices: Would the use of the specified brand names unnecessarily restrict competition or cause disproportionate cost increases compared to standard commercial alternatives available in Japan? 5. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Interested sources are invited to submit written responses and capability feedback via email to: • Contract Specialist: William House (William.e.house@usace.army.mil) • Contracting Officer: Erica Stiner (erica.j.stiner@usace.army.mil) Responses must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time (JST) on 30 October 2026. Please include "Feedback: W912HV27BA005 - P530 AIMD Interior Finishes" in the email subject line. 6. DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation, Invitation for Bids (IFB), Request for Proposals (RFP), or as an obligation on the part of the U.S. Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice, nor will it reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparing responses.
Japanese — AI translation
AI-generated translation, unedited, for orientation only — not the controlling text. Rely on the English original and SAM.gov's official notice for bid decisions.
Everything from here down is calculated from past contracts in the same category and place of performance. It says nothing about this specific notice.
Market depth: deep — 879 analyzed awards, 90 suppliers, 4 buying organizations, 11 contracting offices. 9.8 awards per supplier, and repeat suppliers account for 97%.
How large is the comparable market, and what shape is it?
Comparable demand
879
public award records with activity recorded between 2022-10-17 and 2026-10-17, using last-modified date as a proxy for USAspending's action-date window (an award may have started earlier)
Place of performance Japan, NAICS 236220, prime awards only. Limited to awards at or above $350K.
Typical award value
$1.4M
Middle 50%: $690K–$3.6M
of 879 analyzed comparable awards
Median and quartiles. The median leads because a mean is pulled by a few very large awards.
Observed competition
3
Single offer: 125/785
of the 785 awards with a reported offer count
Offer counts appear only on award detail records. Of all 879 awards with a detail record on file, 785 reported an offer count; 125 of those recorded a single offer. The remaining 0 analyzed awards have no detail record. These percentages cannot be applied to awards without a detail record.
Supplier concentration
16%
Top 5: 49% · 90 suppliers
by observed value across 879 analyzed awards
Share of the federal awards analyzed here — not commercial market share in this sector.
Observed recurrence
157.3/yr
629 / 4.0 yr
comparable awards that began within the observation window
247 analyzed awards began before the window and were still active inside it; they are ongoing work, not new demand, so they are excluded here.
Awards to Japan-based suppliers
822
US 57 · Other 0
of 879 awards with a recorded supplier country (0 unknown)
Supplier location is an observed characteristic. It does not establish eligibility, which is set by each solicitation.
Evidence strength
Every figure here is calculated from past public award records. None of it describes what will happen on this solicitation.
Official procurement database — USAspending.gov federal award data synced to Hashike ↗ · Retrieved 2026-10-17
What have comparable awards been worth?
The mean ($5.2M) is substantially above the median ($1.4M) because several unusually large awards are included — the largest 10% of awards account for 67% of total observed value. The median is the better guide to a typical award.
| Count | 879 |
| Minimum | $352,202 |
| 25th percentile | $689,898 |
| Median | $1,357,405 |
| 75th percentile | $3,591,953 |
| Maximum | $166,548,873 |
| Mean | $5,192,853 |
| Standard deviation | $14,488,638 |
| Interquartile range | $2,902,055 |
| Coefficient of variation | 2.79 |
| Total | $4,564,517,525 |
Percentiles use linear interpolation — the same definition as a spreadsheet's PERCENTILE function. 0 records with a non-positive amount were excluded as administrative modifications rather than work anyone bid for.
"Award amount" is obligations recorded against the award to date — not the contract ceiling, and not outlays. Based on 879 analyzed awards.
Of the 879 awards examined in detail, 879 carried a recorded ceiling (Base and All Options Value). Its median was $1,357,405, against a median obligated amount of $1,357,405 across the same 879 awards — 1.0x. 753 of those had a ceiling equal to the obligated amount, meaning no unexercised option value.
The ceiling is what the award could reach if every priced option were exercised — it is not spending that has happened or a forecast that it will.
How frequently have comparable awards occurred?
Awards per year
157.3
Quarterly 39.3 · Monthly 13.1
629 awards over the 4.0-year observation window
Median days between awards
1 days
Middle 50%: 0–3 days
across 628 consecutive award pairs
Most recent comparable award
2026-09-25
25 days ago
observed range 2022-10-17 to 2026-09-25
Awards that began earlier
247
analyzed awards that began before the window and were still active within it
Ongoing work rather than new demand, so it is excluded from the frequency figures above.
| Year | Count | Total | Median | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | $250.2M | $1.7M | Partial year |
| 2023 | 187 | $991.6M | $1.1M | Full year |
| 2024 | 189 | $658.9M | $1.1M | Full year |
| 2025 | 149 | $533.9M | $1.5M | Full year |
| 2026 | 83 | $493.5M | $1.6M | Partial year |
Historical award activity. It does not indicate when or whether comparable requirements will be solicited again. Counts awards at or above $350K only.
How many offers have comparable procurements reported?
The population behind this statistic
Median reported offers
3
Mean 3.6 · Range 1–13
of the 785 awards with a reported offer count
Awards reporting a single offer
125 / 785
16%
of the 785 awards with a reported offer count
A single reported offer does not mean no other supplier could have bid. It records only that one offer was reported.
Awards reporting multiple offers
660 / 785
84%
of the 785 awards with a reported offer count
Offer count unavailable
94
Not detail-fetched 0 · No record 94
of 879 analyzed comparable awards
Distribution of reported offers
The competition procedure the buying office recorded in FPDS. It does not govern who may bid on this solicitation.
Official procurement database — USAspending.gov federal award data synced to Hashike ↗ · Retrieved 2026-10-17
Who has historically performed comparable work?
| Supplier | Count | Share of awards | Amount | Share of value | Median | First | Latest | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 8.3% | $746.9M | 16.4% | $2.0M | 2016-12-23 | 2026-07-10 | JPN | |
| 5 | 0.6% | $481.2M | 10.5% | $80.3M | 2017-12-22 | 2023-09-07 | JPN | |
| 117 | 13.3% | $475.2M | 10.4% | $1.9M | 2020-09-29 | 2026-07-08 | JPN | |
| 5 | 0.6% | $363.2M | 8.0% | $53.1M | 2022-07-19 | 2026-05-15 | JPN | |
| 1 | 0.1% | $166.5M | 3.6% | $166.5M | 2026-03-30 | 2026-03-30 | JPN | |
| 47 | 5.3% | $161.5M | 3.5% | $1.5M | 2019-09-03 | 2026-07-08 | JPN | |
| 1 | 0.1% | $140.0M | 3.1% | $140.0M | 2024-06-27 | 2024-06-27 | JPN | |
| 10 | 1.1% | $138.0M | 3.0% | $4.7M | 2015-07-30 | 2025-12-17 | USA | |
| 14 | 1.6% | $125.8M | 2.8% | $5.9M | 2016-07-28 | 2025-07-09 | JPN | |
| 27 | 3.1% | $107.4M | 2.4% | $2.5M | 2021-12-06 | 2026-07-01 | JPN |
Distinct suppliers
90
of 879 analyzed comparable awards
Spelling variants of one company are merged by official identifier (UEI) or normalized name. Different companies are never merged on name similarity alone.
Top supplier share
16%
By award count: 13%
by observed value across 879 analyzed awards
Top 5 supplier share
49%
By award count: 39%
by observed value across 879 analyzed awards
HHI (unconcentrated)
642
computed over every supplier in the 879 analyzed awards
The sum of each supplier's percentage share, squared. Every analyzed award is attributed to a supplier, so this is exact for this population. US antitrust agencies read below 1,500 as unconcentrated and 2,500+ as highly concentrated.
These are shares of the federal awards analyzed here, not commercial market share in this sector. Share of observed value and share of award count are different metrics and can differ sharply for the same supplier.
Suppliers with one award
27
of 90 suppliers
Two awards
17
of 90 suppliers
Three or more
46
of 90 suppliers
Awards to repeat suppliers
97%
Median days to repeat award: 34
of 879 analyzed comparable awards
Public data does not show why a supplier recurs. An ongoing relationship, specialised facilities and sole-source availability all produce the same pattern.
Who is buying this work?
Buying organizations (share of value)
4 buying organizations account for the 879 analyzed awards; the largest holds 43% of observed value.
Contracting offices
| Contracting office | Count | Share of awards | Amount | Share of value | Median | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 8.4% | $2.0B | 42.9% | $5.9M | 2015-09-28 | 2026-05-15 | |
| 429 | 48.8% | $1.4B | 30.7% | $1.3M | 2016-07-28 | 2026-07-08 | |
| 205 | 23.3% | $483.5M | 10.6% | $1.1M | 2021-01-25 | 2026-08-16 | |
| 88 | 10.0% | $217.6M | 4.8% | $1.1M | 2019-08-30 | 2026-07-10 | |
| 27 | 3.1% | $213.4M | 4.7% | $4.2M | 2015-07-30 | 2024-07-02 | |
| 42 | 4.8% | $168.3M | 3.7% | $1.1M | 2018-09-25 | 2026-10-24 | |
| 7 | 0.8% | $89.7M | 2.0% | $4.1M | 2021-05-03 | 2026-11-02 | |
| 3 | 0.3% | $21.4M | 0.5% | $4.9M | 2023-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | |
| 2 | 0.2% | $8.0M | 0.2% | $4.0M | 2025-09-23 | 2025-12-15 | |
| 1 | 0.1% | $3.1M | 0.1% | $3.1M | 2019-09-30 | 2019-09-30 |
Contracting office appears only on detail records, so this covers the 879 awards examined in detail, out of 879 analyzed. Concentration at a single office may indicate a recurring requirement specific to that office.
Are there recurring suppliers worth investigating as possible incumbents?
Public procurement data has no incumbent field. What follows is a pattern extracted mechanically from award records. It does not establish that any supplier currently holds this work, or that it will win the next award. Treat it as a starting point for research.
117 · $475.2M · latest 2026-07-08
73 · $746.9M · latest 2026-07-10
58 · $90.9M · latest 2026-06-02
50 · $75.3M · latest 2026-04-20
47 · $161.5M · latest 2026-07-08
Derived from the 879 analyzed comparable awards. It does not imply that other suppliers will not bid.
Where are the suppliers based, and where is the work performed?
| Location | Count | Share of awards | Amount | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 822 | 93.5% | $4.1B | 90.9% |
| United States | 57 | 6.5% | $416.4M | 9.1% |
| Unknown | 0 | — | — | — |
Shares are over the 879 of 879 analyzed awards that carry a supplier address. The other 0 have no recipient location recorded in the public data.
Supplier location is an observed characteristic, not a statement of eligibility. That Japan-based suppliers have won comparable work does not mean a Japan-based firm may bid on this solicitation; that U.S.-based suppliers have performed in Japan does not mean any U.S. firm could. Eligibility is set by this solicitation.
Japan 879 · Other 0 · Not recorded 0. Place of performance is the filter that scoped this comparable set — a separate field from supplier location.
DODEA PA00199, REPLACE KUBASAKI HIGH SCHOOL, CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN.
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2026-03-30〜2029-05-19 · USAspending ↗
THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT A MARINE CORPS BARRACKS COMPLEX CONSISTING OF TWO BUILDINGS, P810 AND P812, ON KADENA AB, OKINAWA, JAPAN. P810 WILL HOUSE E-1 THROUGH E-5 PERSONNEL WHILE P812 WILL PROVIDE QUARTERS FOR SNCO THROUGH OFFICER GRADES.
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2024-06-27〜2027-02-17 · USAspending ↗
PA00109 DODEA REPLACE KINNICK HIGH SCHOOL, COMMANDER FLEET ACTIVITIES (CFA), YOKOSUKA, JAPAN
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2022-07-19〜2026-10-02 · USAspending ↗
BECHTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2023-09-07〜2027-08-31 · USAspending ↗
MILCON CONSTRUCT RESCUE HELICOPTER OPS MAINTENANCE HANGAR, KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2023-03-31〜2027-01-01 · USAspending ↗
MIL CON CORROSION CONTROL HANGER YOKOTA AIR BASE JAPAN
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2023-10-31〜2027-02-16 · USAspending ↗
CONSTRUCTION OF THREE-BAY HANGAR / AMU, YOKOTA AIR BASE, JAPAN
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2022-11-30〜2027-01-23 · USAspending ↗
IGF::OT::IGF SOFA FY15 DODEA MILCON PA00017 REPLACE KILLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CAMP FOSTER, OKINAW A, JAPAN
Department of the Army · W2SN ENDIST JAPAN · 2016-12-23〜2023-11-07 · USAspending ↗
Descriptions are written by the buying office and are often terse or blank. These are the largest awards, not typical ones — the median above is the guide to a typical award.
Does a set-aside restrict who may bid?
This solicitation
No set-aside stated
As stated on SAM.gov
Comparable historical awards
Of the 879 awards examined in detail, 879 had a recorded set-aside status
The historical distribution is descriptive only and does not determine eligibility for this solicitation. Review the notice and SAM.gov for the eligibility and restrictions that apply, including any bearing on non-U.S. entities.
What is observed, what it may mean, and what it does not establish
A possible implication is an interpretation, not a finding. Public award data cannot establish cause.
What to verify before deciding whether to pursue this
Who performed the most recent comparable award, and what does the public record show about it?
← The most recent comparable award started 2026-09-25.
Is the same supplier repeatedly serving this contracting office, and is there evidence of an incumbent relationship?
← AMERICAN ENGINEERING CORPORATION holds 117 of the analyzed comparable awards.
Are comparable requirements typically competed, or does the record show limited-source procedures?
← Of the 879 awards with a recorded competition procedure, the most common is "FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION".
Are awards concentrated among a small number of suppliers, and are the larger awards concentrated among particular ones?
← The top five suppliers hold 49% of observed value.
How much comparable work has gone to Japan-based suppliers, and is there evidence of subcontracting or teaming?
← 822 of the 879 awards with a known supplier country went to Japan-based firms.
How many contracting offices buy this, or is it one office's recurring requirement?
← The 879 analyzed awards span 11 contracting offices.
What eligibility and registration requirements appear in this notice — SAM registration, NCAGE, export controls, installation access?
What is missing from the public record, and what should be raised with the contracting office during the question period?
How complete and reliable is the evidence?
Missingness by field
| Field | Missing | Of | Missing share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award amount | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
| Award start date | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
| Supplier name | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
| Supplier UEI (identifier used to resolve entities) | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
| Reported offer count (of records examined in detail) | 94 | 879 | 10.7% |
| Supplier country | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
| Set-aside (of records examined in detail) | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
| Contracting office (of records examined in detail) | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
| Award description | 0 | 879 | 0.0% |
The denominator differs by field because offer count, set-aside and contracting office exist only on per-award detail records. Those rows are measured against the number of detail records fetched, not against the whole analyzed set.
What remains unknown after everything above
These are structural limits of published federal procurement data, not gaps in this analysis. Where one of them matters to a bid decision, it has to be answered outside the public record — through the solicitation's question period or your own market research.
Which awards were included, and how was everything calculated?
| Place of performance | Japan (JPN) |
| NAICS | 236220 |
| Award type | A, B, C, D — prime awards only |
| Recorded activity window (last-modified date) | 2022-10-17 → 2026-10-17 |
| Dollar floor | $350K or above |
| Awarding agency | None (all) |
| Unit of analysis | One record = one prime award. Modifications are rolled into the award and are not counted separately. |
| Records matching filters | 879 |
| Awards analyzed | 879 |
| Award start-date range (earliest to latest, within the analyzed set) | 2015-07-30 → 2026-11-02 |
| Detail records fetched | 879 |
Excluded
Selection: A complete census of every award matching these filters.
Large-award analysis: $350,000+
This is an analytical filter used to focus on larger comparable awards. It should not be interpreted as the current statutory Simplified Acquisition Threshold.
For reference: the statutory simplified acquisition threshold (FAR 2.101) changed from $250K to $350K during the observation window (effective 2025-01-17). This is separate from the analysis threshold above.
How it is calculated
Official procurement database — USAspending.gov federal award data synced to Hashike ↗ · Retrieved 2026-10-17
Where does each part of this page come from?
This solicitation
Primary: the solicitation — SAM.gov notice ↗
Historical award activity
Official procurement database — USAspending.gov federal award data synced to Hashike ↗ · Retrieved 2026-10-17
FAR / DFARS clauses
Official regulation — eCFR — the official Code of Federal Regulations ↗
Simplified acquisition threshold
Official regulation — FAR 2.101 ↗
Business size standards
Official agency source — U.S. Small Business Administration ↗
Every statistic on this page is calculated from public USAspending.gov records. The solicitation's own terms come from SAM.gov, which is authoritative; where the two differ, SAM.gov controls.
Posted 2026-10-08· Response deadline 2026-10-21· Related by: same prefecture and category
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Posted 2026-02-09· Closed· Related by: same prefecture and category
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