Requirements Library
Every kind of buy that shows up at a military air show, pulled from thousands of real awards. Open one to see who usually writes the requirement, what money pays for it, what bases paid, and what other bases put in their solicitations. Tick the ones your show needs and the page builds your buy plan.
Why work from a list
- The acts get the attention. The support buys sink the schedule. Toilets, buses, fencing and sound each need their own requirement, funds and award, and they all come due at once.
- Each requirement belongs to somebody. The contracting officer buys it. The owning unit defines it and funds it. If nobody owns it, it does not get bought.
- Identify purchase requirements early and put a contracting officer on the open house staff. That is the manual's instruction, not a courtesy.
Your buy plan
Tick requirements above and enter an estimate for each. The lane column shows which rules apply at that dollar value. Saved in this browser only.
Prices and competition figures: USASpending.gov contract awards, FY2007 to FY2026, all DoD components. "Middle half" is the 25th to 75th percentile. Solicitation excerpts: SAM.gov contract opportunities, quoted from the public notice. Owning units are the usual arrangement, and wings may tailor the staff (AFMAN 10-1004, para 3.1). Funding sources are from AFMAN 10-1004 Chapter 6 and Attachment 4. Confirm the source of funds with FM for your show.