Medical Gases and Cylinders (Tiered) - VISN23
Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q0197 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 23, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Aug 20, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
MEDICAL GASES AND CYLINDERS IN SUPPORT OF THE VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK 23 This is a solicitation conducted using RFO Part 12 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, quotes are being requested. Solicitation number 36C26326Q0197 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ). This procurement is a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, however, it is also a Tiered (cascading) Evaluation. Small Business concerns and Other than Small Businesses are encouraged to participate. 1. Tier One Evaluation - Certified SDVOS… (show all)
Bs 2. Tier Two Evaluation - Certified Small Businesses 3. Tier Three Evaluation - Other than Small Businesses If the Government determines award cannot be made at a tier, it may proceed to evaluate eligible quotations from the following tier. Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of offer to the Government (https://www.sam.gov). Quotes will only be accepted from responsible contractors. The NAICS code for the solicitation is 325120 with a size standard of 1200 Employees. The VA anticipates one firm fixed price 5 Year IDIQ award to provide Medical Gases and Cylinders to multiple locations in the Veterans Integrated Service Network 23. Additional requirements are listed within the attached solicitation document. Technical questions on this solicitation are due via e-mail only to Emanuel Nevarez, Contract Specialist, at emanuel.nevarez@va.gov no later than 11:00AM Central Standard Time (CST), 08-03-2026. Quotes are due to the Contracting Office by 13:00 CST, 08-22-2026. Quotes are required to be emailed to emanuel.nevarez@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the Contracting Officer before the solicitation closing.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same NAICS 325120.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $64K to $475K, median $100K; range $28K to $850K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRGAS USA, LLC | 2 | $127K | Jan 26, 2026 |
| RAS ENTERPRISES LLC | 1 | $850K | Dec 17, 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. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Jan 26, 2026AIRGAS USA, LLC$100K6835--VISN 23 - Airgas Medical Cylinder Gas Bridge Contract Saint Cloud / Black Hills VA Healthcare SystemsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 17, 2025RAS ENTERPRISES LLC$850KMedical Gases and Cylinders - BridgeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 8, 2025AIRGAS USA, LLC$28K6830--TIER 2 MEDGAS FOR SAINT CLOUD VA HCSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 2 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
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
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
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.