Brand Name Holganix Fertilizer Riverside National Cemetery -- 8720
Veterans Affairs · NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN (36C786)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation QSE--36C78625Q50345 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 5, 2025 · this noticePre-solicitation
- Aug 5, 2025Pre-solicitationView
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
Brand Name Holganix Fertilizer Riverside National Cemetery -- 8720 NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROCURE BRAND NAME REQUIREMENT THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, Pacific District, intends to issue a Brand Name Request for Quote (RFQ) for HGX Pro Bio 800 Holganix lawn fertilizer and Blue Sky 21-0-0, Holganix Lawn Fertilizer for the Riverside National Cemetery on or about August 15, 2025. Riverside National Cemetery has a need for Holganix fertilizer due to its unique microbial function, nutrient support, and proven success at th… (show all)
e cemetery The proposed acquisition is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). To be eligible, the contractor must be SBA SDVOSB certified. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 325314-Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing and with a Small Business Size Standards 550 employees. When available, the solicitation documents for this requirement 36C78625Q50345 will be provided via https://sam.gov, on or about August 15, 2025. The solicitation will be a Request for Quote (RFQ). FAR Part 13 procedures and Lowest Price Technical Acceptance (LPTA) selection process. The quote closing due date and time will be detailed in the RFQ and any amendments that may be issued. When available, the solicitation documents for this requirement will be available via https://sam.gov. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to the Notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror inability to access the document posted at the referenced website. All quotes received by the solicitation closing date that are SBA SDVOSB certified will be considered by the Government. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Register via the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov or contact SAM Customer Service at 866-606-8220. Offerors must also complete Offeror Representations and Certifications on-line at https://www.sam.gov or complete in solicitation 36C78625Q50345.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
1642 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (1622): middle half $100K to $2.6M, median $520K; range $2K to $30.0B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevated Technologies Services, LLC | 43 | $249.1M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Edwards Lifesciences LLC · $EW · $6.5B | 39 | $2.5M + 3 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| TK Elevator Corporation | 19 | $91.0M | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Trillamed LLC | 19 | $12.4M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Alvarez LLC | 16 | $35.2M | Oct 20, 2026 |
| V3GATE, LLC | 13 | $64.2M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT · $45.1B | 10 | $16.9M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| HILL-ROM, INC. | 10 | $16.0M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| SUNRISE MEDICAL (US) LLC | 10 | $287K | Oct 21, 2026 |
| INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | 10 | $251K | Oct 15, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either (1 here). Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $EW reported $6.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 1622 past awards, $520K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $ABT reported $45.1B revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 1622 past awards, $520K, 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 21, 2026MISSISSIPPI POWER CO$1.6MS112--OY4 Generator Maintenance Service ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026Sparkly Fresh LLC$138KS201--Janitorial Services l Chattanooga National CemeteryNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026VALIANT CONSTRUCTION LLC$22.3MY1QA--Project 621-24-103 Restoration Historical Theater No.35No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026SUNRISE MEDICAL (US) LLC$28K6515--EQUIPMENT-POWER WHEELCHAIR- ANN ARBORNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026MEDTRONIC INC$171KJ065--Medtronic Stealth S8 Navigation For Intent to Sole Source Louis Stoked Cleveland VA Medical CenterMateriality: <0.01% of $MDT revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 21, 2026VICON MOTION SYSTEMS, INC.$42KJ065--Vicon Motion Study Agreement Intent to Sole Source For Louis Stokes Cleveland VA CenterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026F & C GROUP JV LLC$2.3MZ1DA--PROJECT NO. 526-20-508 - REPLACE MORGUE FREEZERSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026GLORY ENTERPRISE, INC.$1.8MCook Chill Food Delivery HSA 2.1 01Oct2026 - 30Sept 2031No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026SUNRISE MEDICAL (US) LLC$30K6515--EQUIPMENT-POWER WHEELCHAIR- ANN ARBORNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026WESTMORELAND PROTECTION AGENCY, INC$758KSecurity Guard Services Wilkes-Barre VAMC CBOCsNo 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 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (7 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $56K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- 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.
- 6 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 12 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.