Pre-solicitationPosted Jul 21, 2026·Responses due Aug 20, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source OCULUS Pentacam Maintenance and Repair for Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA

Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
12451847
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J065
Place
Portsmouth, VA, USA
Contact
Cynthia Scharnowske (cynthia.e.scharnowske.civ@health.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 12451847 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 21, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
  • Jul 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 24, 2026 to Nov 18, 2026, middle of the range Sep 15, 2026.
Measured from 11 past early notices at Defense Health Agency (Dha) with NAICS 811210 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 21, 2026).

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 Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source Firm-Fixed-Price contract to OCULUS, Inc. for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) OCULUS Pentacam Maintenance and Repair. This purchase will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $350,000. The contract will consist of a base year and 2 option years; the period of performance for the base year is 01 October 2026 � 30 September 2027. OCULUS, Inc. is the only source available to provide Ma… (show all)

intenance and Repair on the OCULUS Pentacam. The total estimated value is $57,000.00. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. This is not a request for quote or proposals. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist, Cynthia.e.scharnowske.civ@health.mil. Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Submission 12451847.

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 811210.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DIVERSIFIED LABORATORY REPAIR INC1$5.6MJul 29, 2026
AGILITI HEALTH INC1$3.0MDec 10, 2024
HANITH BIOSCIENCE, LLC1$1.1MDec 8, 2025
Evoqua Water Technologies LLC1$627KJun 29, 2026
JEOL USA, INC.1$464KDec 9, 2025
REES SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION1$189KApr 13, 2026
HIGH VIBRATIONAL INDUSTRIES LLC1$184KJul 28, 2026
Vandahl Engineering & Sales LTD1$155KApr 30, 2026
HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC1$145KAug 31, 2026
BELIMED, INC.1$108KSep 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.

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (1 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff 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
  • 32 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.