Trading Summary - March 13. Another most satisf
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Another most satisfactory status quo and loading opportunity day for $TMPS - as the clock keeps running down on letting the contract for the 2020 MAC + recent USAF developments becoming public.
When there was a minor attempt at manipulation in early trading, by walking the ask down in stages to .1500 and possible shorting to .1200, the main traders of $TMPS started jockeying for position outbidding each other.
It soon became obvious that bids would not fill and former bidders hit the token hold back attempts at .1500 - eventually with a 50,000 buy order ($7.5K) - of which 45K went to the bid.
The lesson there was that those that hit the ask first at each level got the most before it was at .1700 next and .1800 shortly thereafter - as seen on the run to .7500+ last year.
The whale bid at .1500 moved up in stages - ultimately to .1680 - before hitting the retreated hold back attempt at .1800 whilst still possible before the .2000+ break.
The highest bid reached was .1750.
Overall, 136,807 shares were bought today - the largest single price portion being at the high of the day of .1800 - at prices as follows:
.1800: 41,470
.1700 / .1750: 25,150
.1650: 5,000
.1620: 13,438
.1600: 5,500
.1500: 14,650
.1479 / .1495: 5,600
.1425: 10,000
.1400: 5,000
.1200: 10,999
Very little is being offered under .7500.
The Industry Day for a potential 2020 CAS AAR MAC to replace the extant contract awarded to $TMPS (but larger, multi-company and for twice as long) was held on September 12, 2019.
The new (from Nov 2019) Government website beta.SAM.gov shows that it is still the USN's intent to award a Multi (company) Award Contract (presumed to be $TMPS + Omega as the only companies in the field available in the timescale) for AAR in DoD 2020 Q2 (which ends March 31, 2020).
Keep an eye out for developments on the future contract to be awarded up to March 31, 2020 (latest).
Companies interested in being considered for inclusion in the 2020 MAC were required to provide inputs to the USN by January 8, 2020.
The deadline for those companies interested in being considered as part of the 2020 MAC to provide information requested by the USN - and / or to comment on the Draft Request For Proposals (from the USN to interested companies for them to bid against) has now expired.
Progress of the 2020 MAC staffing that is releasable to the public can be viewed here [reference CAS_AAR_RFI]:
https://beta.sam.gov/opp/db6fb963242c46a4b242...lues=false
The next thing we should see is an update at the Federal government website showing the actual final version RFP.
US TRANSCOM is now in agreement with the USAF that contracted out AAR should be considered to alleviate the shortfall in availability caused by the numerous, long delays to the KC-46A tanker program and has already held an Industry Day which was attended by 12 interested companies.
30% of the US TRANSCOM requirement is for "probe-and-drogue" - the type $TMPS can provide.
Some of these were manufacturers for new build aircraft (eg Airbus) and some may be operators of Red Air aggressor fighter aircraft considering buying ex-military tankers to expand their operation - Omega and $TMPS remain the only US companies currently owning military tanker fleets.
A 2nd Industry Day for the US TRANSOM contract opportunity was held on December 17, 2019.
Progress of the US TRANSCOM / USAF AMC contract opportunity / review staffing that is releasable to the public can be viewed here: [referenceTRANSCOM18R013]:
https://beta.sam.gov/opp/fb4c98b5704e47c7a034...40652/view
Announcements of DoD contracts are posted Mon-Fri after 1700 hours EST and this may happen before any update at beat.sam.gov - check here:
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/
On February 10, the USAF FY21 Plan called for the early retirement of a number of KC-135s and KC-10s - making contractorization of part of the its task even more likely.
https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=5671176
Also watch for any developments in the UK with wholly owned subsidiary Tristar Air UK Ltd and / or work on the Tristars.
Warning ! Anyone who is seen posting nonsense on iHub on any on the thinly traded stocks I'm a shareholder in - especially when small paint downs are also seen along with undercut asks - can expect to have their user ID passed to the SEC which has now started to take action against those using the exact modus operandi I have detected and commented on for the past 2 years:
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2019-216
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