Sources SoughtPosted Feb 18, 2026·Original deadline passed (Feb 25). See latest amendment for current deadline.

6515--Fire Extinguisher Trainer (General Specifications)

Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25226Q0275
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6515
Place
North Chicago, IL, USA
Contact
Waymon McNeal (waymon.mcnealjr@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226Q0275 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 18, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Apr 15, 2026
    Award Notice
    GALLS, LLC · $27K
    Open

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What the notice says

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE. � The NCO 12, Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 S. 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214, is performing market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of qualified: (1) Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (2) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB); or (3) Small or emerging small business firms, or (4) Other Than Small business firms, to provide a General Specifications Fire Extinguisher Trainer to the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center 3001 Green Bay Road North Chicago,… (show all)

IL 60064-3048. General Specifications Fire Extinguisher Trainer Safe, clean, and suitable for indoor training. Realistic Fire Behavior Simulates Class A, B, and C fires. Using realistic scenarios, from warehouse, kitchen, breakroom/microwave, trash can fire. Flames react dynamically (grow, diminish, reignite) based on trainee actions. Provides participants with advanced technology that is easy, effectively and safely replicates realistic fire growth and extinguisher growth for different fire classes. Adjustable Difficulty Offers multiple degrees of difficulty levels. Customizable scenarios. P.A.S.S. Method Training Detects proper technique: Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep. Provides feedback on performance. Wireless & Portable Lightweight. Comes with transport case for easy setup and mobility. All interested firms who can meet the requirements stated above should respond, in writing, INCLUDING ALL THE FOLLOWING: Company name. Address. Point of contact (name/title/telephone number/e-mail address). FSS / SEWP Contract number, if applicable. UIE number. Tax ID number. Indication of which business category (SDVOSB, VOSB, Small Business or Other Than Small Business) for which the organization qualifies. A capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to provide the requirement depicted above. Documentation from manufacturer (i.e. correspondence from manufacturer) of your firm being an authorized distributor for the manufacturer. � Submit responses to the Contracting Specialist, Waymon McNeal, at Waymon.McNealjr@va.gov no later than 3:00 PM (Central Standard Time), 25 February 2026. � 36C25226Q0275 Fire Extinguisher Trainer shall be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement. � � TELEPHONIC INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. � The NAICS Code 339999 All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing, is applicable to this acquisition; the size standard is 550 employees. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.12, prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications in conjunction with FAR 4.11 required registration in the Systems for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract. The Government will use responses to this notice to make an appropriate acquisition decision. This is the only notice; no other copies of this notice will be provided.

Who won similar work

29 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)), same product/service code (PSC) 6515.

Single-winner award sizes (29): middle half $32K to $421K, median $142K; range $16K to $7.1M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
KOFFEL MEDICAL SUPPLY INC2$9.0MDec 17, 2024
PREMIER MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS, LLC2$3.2MAug 19, 2026
ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS SERVICES INC.2$729KNov 6, 2025
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.2$57KSep 29, 2025
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. · $JNJ · $97.9B1$1.1MOct 1, 2025
SCRIPTPRO USA INC1$488KMay 21, 2025
INSTYMEDS CORP1$463KFeb 9, 2026
CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC · $BDX · $22.5B1$421KOct 2, 2025
MELLING LLC1$323KSep 24, 2025
WONDER STATE SOLUTIONS LLC1$313KFeb 11, 2025

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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Investor context
  • $JNJ reported $97.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 29 past awards, $142K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $BDX reported $22.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 29 past awards, $142K, 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.

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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (20 filings)
  • 2 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $91K 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.

  • 8 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 9 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, 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.