Intent to Single Source-University of California, Davis for Enhancement of FAALCAn
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 692M1526P00074
- Agency
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Technical Center
Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Place of performance
- Atlantic City, New Jersey 08405, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its intent to sole-source a contract to the University of California, Davis for enhancement of FAALCAn, with a comment deadline of July 10, 2026. FAALCAn is a web-based tool that promotes energy use and resource conservation for construction and maintenance of airport runways and taxiways to support cost-effective airfield infrastructure planning. The FAA seeks to enhance the software so airports can more accurately track and reduce the environmental impact of building and maintaining airport pavements. UC Davis, as the original developer, possesses exclusive knowledge of the tool's architecture, algorithms, and integration with the Federal Life Cycle Assessment Commons, making it uniquely qualified to perform the work. This announcement is informational only; competitive solicitation is not available. Industry members may submit questions or comments to Contracting Officer Christine M. Melton (Christine.M.Melton@faa.gov) by 5:00 p.m. EST on July 10, 2026. The FAA will not reimburse costs for preparing responses.
Notice text
In accordance with Section 3.2.2.4 of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS), the purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the basis for the FAA’s decision to contract on a single source basis to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis).
The FAA has a has a requirement to enhance the FAA Life Cycle Analysis (FAALCAn), a web-based tool that is used to promote energy use and resource conservation for construction and maintenance of airport runways and taxiways (pavement) to result in cost-effective airfield infrastructure planning. The FAA wants to enhance the software tool so airports can more accurately track and reduce the environmental impact of building and maintaining airport pavements. UC Davis, as the original developer of FAALCAn, is uniquely qualified to provide the required services. They possess exclusive knowledge of the tool’s architecture, algorithms, and integration with the Federal Life Cycle Assessment Commons.
This announcement is for informational purposes only. Competitive solicitation is not available to this procurement. The FAA is not liable for any costs associated with the preparation of a response to this announcement.
Any questions or comments about this announcement may be directed to the Contracting Officer, at Christine.M.Melton@faa.gov, no later than 5:00PM EST on July 10, 2026.
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