Special NoticePosted Jul 20, 2026·Responses due Jul 27, 2026

6640--Blood Product Supplier for Salisbury and Asheville

Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
621991
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24626Q0669
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6640
Place
Not stated
Contact
Jo Ann Harris (jo.harris@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24626Q0669 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 18, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jul 20, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
  • Sep 18, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 18, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Oct 8, 2026
    Award Notice
    AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE CHARLOTTE 28273 NCL · $505K
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

Special Notice Special Notice Page 2 of 2 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 2 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6 intends to award a sole source award to The American Red Cross for blood and blood products for the Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805 and W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center, 1601 Brenner Avenue, Salisbury, NC 28144. Because blood must be kept cool at regulated temperatures and be delivered in a timely manner, it is in the Government s best interest to award the contract to T… (show all)

he American Red Cross to ensure that patients receive the optimum level of care for time-sensitive blood and blood products. The American Red Cross is best suited to provide blood and blood products to level 1a and 1b, serve as a reference lab to work up specimens that are beyond the scope of the medical centers, supply FDA approved blood & blood products, and provide at least three (3) routine scheduled delivery of blood products per week with the ability to order additional STAT blood products 24/7 in case of emergencies. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any business that believes it can provide blood and blood products may give written notice to Jo.Harris@va.gov by 10:00am EST on July 27, 2025. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information below. All responses to this notice shall include: company name, address, point of contact, phone number, System for Award (SAMs) Unique Entity Id Number, manufacturer authorization letter, authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller documentation. Responses will be considered by the Government; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NAICS Code 621991 Blood and Organ Banks Size Standard $40 million

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.

Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $277K to $2.4M, median $544K; range $16K to $5.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
WERFEN USA LLC2$415KOct 7, 2026
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE CHARLOTTE 28273 NCL1$5.8MDec 2, 2024
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION1$5.2MOct 9, 2025
BRANCH MEDICAL LLC · $GMED · $1.6B1$1.5MJan 22, 2026
VETERANS HEALTHCARE SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, INC1$701KJan 29, 2025
BINDING SITE, INC. · $TMO · $42.9B1$388KFeb 6, 2025
APEX INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION INC.1$16KJun 3, 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.

Investor context
  • $GMED reported $1.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 8 past awards, $544K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $TMO reported $42.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 8 past awards, $544K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

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Competitive landscape

For the 7 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 (1 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $40K 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
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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.

  • 7 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 7 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.