CBP INVNT Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) Request for Information (RFI)
- Client
- Department of Homeland Security
- RFP Number
- —
- Posted
- 10/17/2026
- Category
- US Federal
- Budget
- —
- NAICS
- 336411
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Contact
- Zachary Dennis
Description
AI GeneratedU.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks information to determine if interested and qualified vendors can deliver a Personal Aerial Vehicle meeting specific performance and characteristic needs. The requirement demands a manned aircraft featuring vertical or near-vertical liftoff, level-attitude takeoff and landing, non-jet rotor or propeller propulsion with enclosed fan blades, and a minimum one-hour flight duration. The vehicle must support single-occupant or double-occupant weight capacities, include specific emergency and geofencing equipment, and fit standard helicopter pads and vehicle-towed trailers. Vendors must email their responses directly to Senior Contracting Officer Peter Giambone and Contract Specialist Zachary Dennis. Submissions must not exceed five pages and must answer all questions in Sections 1 through 11 of the Information Sought section, including product capabilities, pricing, business size, socioeconomic categories, manufacturing origins, and compliance details.
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- CBP-INVNT-PAV-RFI
- Agency
- Department of Homeland Security
- Buying office
- US Customs and Border Protection › Mission Support Contracting Division
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Oct 30, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 16, 2026
- NAICS
- 336411 · Aircraft Manufacturing
- Product/service code
- 1520
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC, 20229
- Contracting contact
- Zachary Dennis
Zachary.T.Dennis@cbp.dhs.gov - Additional contact
- Julianne Chavis
JULIANNE.R.CHAVIS@cbp.dhs.gov
Read the official notice description
This notice is issued solely for the purpose of conducting market research in support of acquisition planning in accordance with Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) 7.103(b)(1) and 7.104(a). This notice does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposals, or Request for Quotations. No solicitation is being issued at this time, and the Government makes no representation that a solicitation will be issued. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Submission of a response will not affect an entity’s ability to respond to any future notice or solicitation, if one is issued, and does not restrict the Government’s eventual acquisition approach. The Government is not obligated to provide reimbursement for any information submitted in response to this notice. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with preparing and submitting a response. A Vendor’s response to this RFI should address all questions in Sections 1 through 11 of the Information Sought portion of the attached RFI document. The Vendors response to this RFI should not exceed 5 pages. All responses become the property of the Federal Government upon submission and will not be returned to vendors. See the attached RFI document for response instructions. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a requirement for a Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) as specified below. The primary purpose of this RFI/Sources Sought Notice is to identify if there are enough interested and qualified vendors that currently have capabilities to deliver equipment that meets the government’s performance and characteristic needs. Responses on this RFI must be sent via email to the following: CBP Procurement POC: Peter Giambone, Senior Contracting Officer at [email protected] and Zachary Dennis, Contract Specialist at [email protected]
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Aircraft Manufacturing). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Homeland Security, NAICS 336411, performed in DC
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Top vendors in this category: Department of Homeland Security, NAICS 336411, since Oct 1, 2024
260 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$92.2M
- 2. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$57.0M
- 3. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$48.7M
- 4. INTER-OP.NET, INC.$47.2M
- 5. PILATUS AIRCRAFT USA LTD.$25.8M
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.
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