Special NoticePosted Oct 6, 2026·Responses due Nov 6, 2026

6640--Sole Source Post-Award Notice Individually Ventilated Cage Systems

Veterans Affairs · RPO EAST (36C24E)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
332999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24E26P0048
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6640
Place
Not stated
Contact
Latonya Hughes (latonya.hughes2@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24E26P0048 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 6, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Oct 6, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Oct 6, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 3, 2026 to Feb 2, 2027, middle of the range Dec 6, 2026.
Measured from 4901 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 6, 2026).
Responses are due Nov 6, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

Sole Source Post-Award Notice Subject: Notice of Award Sole Source Procurement Notice Number: 36C24E26P0048_1 Award Date: September 09, 2026 1. Contracting Agency Information Agency/Organization Name: Veterans Health Administration Department/Division: Regional Procurement East Division Address: Building 32 Suite 1A1111, 101 Delafield Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15215-1802 2. Contractor Information Contractor Name: Allentown, LLC Address: 165 ROUTE 526, ALLENTOWN, NJ 08501 3. Contract Details Contract Title: Individually Ventilated Cage Systems Contract Number: 36C24E26P0048 Total Award Value: $353,2… (show all)

15.75 USD Period of Performance: September 25, 2026, to November 30, 2026 4. Description of Requirement Individually Ventilated Cage Systems (IVC) 5. Justification for Sole Source Award In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) / 8.405-6(a)(2) this contract was awarded on a sole source basis because proprietary airflow/manifold is a highly specialized service with no substitutes manufactured exclusively by Allentown, LLC. No other vendor manufactures, distributes, or services this specific system. Allentown, LLC is the only known source capable of fulfilling this requirement without causing unacceptable delays, duplication of costs, or compatibility issues with existing infrastructure. 6. Point of Contact For any questions regarding this notice, please contact: Name/Title: Latonya Hughes-Contract Specialist Email: Latonya.hughes2@va.gov

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 332999.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
QUALITY MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, INC.1$10.1MOct 1, 2025
INNOVATION ASSOCIATES, INC.1$2.0MOct 2, 2025
LEUM ENGINEERING INC1$435KJan 14, 2026
KNAPP INC1$170KSep 30, 2026
TRAKA USA LLC1$74KAug 26, 2026
AMISH FURNITURE BY DAVID LLC1$53KSep 23, 2025
GALLS, LLC1$27KApr 15, 2026
ALLENTOWN, LLC1$25KSep 22, 2026

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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 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
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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
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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
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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.