6550--Loflupane - Brand Name or Equal
Veterans Affairs · 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24425Q0226 in this department, oldest first.
- Dec 31, 2024 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Jan 6, 2025Combined Synopsis/SolicitationOpen
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 4 (NCO4), on behalf of the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, anticipates the award of a firm-fixed price service contract for Radiopharmaceutical Isotopes for the Nuclear Medicine Department. Please see the solicitation #36C24425Q0226 for detailed information regarding this requirement and opportunity. Block #6 on 1449 shows closing date and Time (Eastern Time). The government anticipates awarding a contract for one (1) base year contract with four (4) option years. SON information is important to understand and reference to submit a… (show all)
quote deemed to be technically acceptable. Instructions to Quoters (Section E of RFQ) lists details on how to submit The applicable North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 325412: Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing. Information and solicitation documents will be posted on the website of beta.SAM.gov at https://www.beta.sam.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site for the posting of the solicitation including any future addenda to the solicitation, and any other pertinent information. Any and all questions regarding this solicitation must be in writing and must include the vendor s point of contact and telephone number and sent to: Amanda Saunders, Contracting Officer at amanda.saunders@va.gov Questions will be answered if received prior to 12:00 Noon EST on Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 Subject line of the email to read as: Solicitation # 36C24425Q0226 | Radiopharmaceutical Isotopes
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)), same product/service code (PSC) 6550.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $227K to $904K, median $291K; range $30K to $924K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC. | 3 | $1.4M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| JUBILANT DRAXIMAGE RADIOPHARMACIES, INC. | 1 | $924K | Jan 2, 2025 |
| 10X GENOMICS, INC. · $TXG · $616.9M | 1 | $30K | Sep 11, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $TXG reported $616.9M revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $291K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 2, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC.$291K6550--Intent to Sole Source | 3 Month Bridge Philadelphia VA Medical Center Laboratory Hematology/Chemistry TestingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 2, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC$227K6550--Lab Automation Preventative Maintenance and Service Beckman EquipmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 11, 2025BECKMAN COULTER, INC$904K6550--Task Order for Lab-In-CP Automated Chemistry, Hematology, and Immunoassay in accordance with SOW and Price Schedule in VA244-17-D-0256No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 202510X GENOMICS, INC.$30K6550--10X Genomics Supplies | 646Materiality: <0.01% of $TXG revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 2, 2025JUBILANT DRAXIMAGE RADIOPHARMACIES, INC.$924K6550--Radiopharm – (Tc-99m ) - NEW Requirement (5-Year) (current contract expires 12/30/24) - Wilmington (VA-25-00016468)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 3 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.