PENTAX SPEECH CART
Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24626P0985 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 19, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Aug 19, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
The Department of Veteran Affairs intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to VETERANS HEALTH SUPPLY SOLUTIONS (VHSS). This order will be for the PENTAX I-SCAN Imaging Enhancement Technology speech cart at the Charles George VAMC. Pentax is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of this product, and VHSS is the only SDVOSB Authorized Distributor for the required Pentax products for Government orders. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all expressions of interest received within three (3) days of the issuance of this notice will … (show all)
be considered by the government. Interested contractors may identify their capability to provide the requirement prescribed within this notice and should provide sufficient data for the government to determine them as a comparable alternative to the intended source. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This proposed contract action is for services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Expressions of interest should be sent via email to Harold McQuillia at harold.mcquillia@va.gov. PENTAX SPEECH CART
Who won similar work
6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334510.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANTIVE US HEALTHCARE LLC | 1 | $307K | Aug 21, 2025 |
| AFTER ACTION MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLY, INC. | 1 | $279K | May 19, 2025 |
| ELECTRA-MED CORPORATION | 1 | $228K | Feb 18, 2025 |
| AB MARTIN SERVICES INC | 1 | $53K | Jul 17, 2026 |
| DOUBLE BLACK IMAGING CORP | 1 | $33K | Jun 13, 2025 |
| BEST PRICED PRODUCTS, INC. | 1 | $28K | Aug 4, 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.
- Jul 17, 2026AB MARTIN SERVICES INC$53K6515--Audiometric Sound Room, Greenville VA Medical Clinic
- Aug 21, 2025VANTIVE US HEALTHCARE LLC$307K6515--Hemodialysis Equipment for Durham VAMC
- Aug 4, 2025BEST PRICED PRODUCTS, INC.$28K6525--2 Channel Electrotherapy
- Jun 13, 2025DOUBLE BLACK IMAGING CORP$33K6525--PHOENIX II WORKSTATION
- May 19, 2025AFTER ACTION MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLY, INC.$279KDefibrillator Upgrade
- Feb 18, 2025ELECTRA-MED CORPORATION$228K6515--WELCH ALLYN GREEN SERIES 777
Competitive landscape
For the 6 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.