Sources SoughtPosted Jul 28, 2026·Responses due Aug 11, 2026

VISN 5 Optical Fabrication Laboratory Lens Production Machines

Veterans Affairs · 260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339115
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C260-26-AP-2394
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6540
Place
Boise, ID, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C260-26-AP-2394 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 28, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jul 31, 2026 to Aug 23, 2026, middle of the range Aug 15, 2026.
Measured from 20 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 339115 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 28, 2026).
Responses are due Aug 11, 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.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)), same product/service code (PSC) 6540 and NAICS 339115.

Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $735K to $5.4M, median $5.4M; range $64K to $5.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SATISLOH NORTH AMERICA INC2$1.5MSep 25, 2026
ESSILOR OF AMERICA, INC.1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
GENESIS VISION, INC1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
KK0719 LLC1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
YOUNGER MFG. CO Torrance CA 90503 USA1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
Coburn Technologies, Inc.1$64KSep 15, 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.

Latest awards

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
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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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 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.