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Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source - Overdrive

DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE

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Response status

Historical record

Aug 28, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 20, 2026
Archive date
Sep 12, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The notice uses NAICS 516210 (Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
6a4a1ca03e2d40dca17571ef1f8e0f82
Solicitation
FA8052082026
Base type
Special Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
FA8052082026
NAICS
516210 — Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
PSC
7630 — NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Aug 20, 2026
Responses due
Aug 28, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 12, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
AGENCY
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Aug 29, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
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Subagency
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Subagency code
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Office
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
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Office address
—
Place of performance
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City code
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State
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State code
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Postal code
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Country
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Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS) intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to a single source, Overdrive Inc, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) (only one source reasonably available) on 28 August 2026. The projected period of performance of 30 September 2026 � 15 June 2027. This effort will have three � one year option periods: Option year 1 - 30 September 2027 � 15 June 2028, and Option year 2 - 16 June 2028 � 15 June 2029.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$17,197
Median$42,500
High end (p75)$92,475
Comparable awards
10
Median
$42,500
Computed
Aug 23, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
PUNCHBOWL NEWSAJ PRESS, LLC$100,000.00Jun 16, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
WALL STREET JOURNAL DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONDOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.$11,667.60May 20, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION IS TO CORRECT THE ORIGINATING OFFICE CODE POLITICO, LLC$17,500.00Jun 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS FOR COMMERCIAL STANDARDS AND REGULATION DIRECTORATE USER AMARITIME INSIGHTS & INTELLIGENCE LIMITED$6,475.70Jun 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
POLITICO LICENSES EO 14398POLITICO, LLC$17,197.40Jul 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE CMS OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR (OA), OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS (OC), MEDIA RELATIONS GPOLITICO, LLC$42,500.00Jun 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CONGRESSIONAL WORKFLOW SYSTEMS SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ASL/CLOECONOMIC SYSTEMS INC$168,045.00Mar 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO EXERCISE OPTION 0003.EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC$46,115.00Apr 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NK PRO SUBSCRIPTIONNK CONSULTING, INC$92,475.00Apr 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ACCESS TO WATERSTECHNOLOGY.COM AND RISK.NET PUBLICATIONSINFOPRO DIGITAL, INC$902,313.00Aug 8, 202450Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 22, 2026Aug 28, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC9fdc44c0bad82108
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Aug 28, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC4bf9bed5c0894485

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 29, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 10 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 23, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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