Special NoticePosted Sep 30, 2026·Responses due Oct 16, 2026

7B20--MIM Maestro Software Base Plus Four Option Years

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

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25227Q0040
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7B20
Place
Not stated
Contact
Erica Grimslid (erica.grimslid@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25227Q0040 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 30, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 11, 2026 to Jan 11, 2027, middle of the range Nov 1, 2026.
Measured from 22 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 541511 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 30, 2026).
Responses are due Oct 16, 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.

What the notice says

SPECIAL NOTICE INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Milwaukee VA Medical Center (VAMC), intends to award a sole source procurement to GE Healthcare for MIM Software: MIM Symphony Adapting Module (SAM) and MIM Encore. These software products are proprietary to GE Healthcare, and GE Healthcare holds the exclusive rights to distribute, license, maintain, and support MIM SAM and MIM Encore within the United States. No authorized distributors exist, and no other source can provide the required proprietary software or related support services. This notice is not a request f… (show all)

or competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available, and telephone requests will not be honored. However, parties who believe they can meet this requirement must submit a written capability statement providing clear and convincing evidence of their ability to supply the proprietary software specified. NAICS: 541511 PSC: 7B20 Responses must be received no later than October 16, 2026, at 17:00 CST. Responses shall be sent to: Erica Grimslid, Contract Specialist Email: erica.grimslid@va.gov If no responses are received that satisfy the requirements, the Government will proceed with awarding a sole source contract to GE Healthcare in accordance with FAR 13.106 1(b) and FAR 6.302 1.

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541511.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DATA INNOVATIONS LLC2$1.6MDec 17, 2025
HILL-ROM, INC.2$1.1MSep 25, 2026
COMCENTIA, LLC1$68KMar 4, 2026

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 3 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.

  • 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.