Special NoticePosted Sep 23, 2026·Responses due Sep 25, 2026

Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source � Small Form Factor (SFF) Virtual Reality (VR) PCs

Health and Human Services (all) · HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334111
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
000HCCRL-2026-98733
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
7B20
Place
Atlanta, GA, USA
Contact
Matthew Fein (Matthew.Fein@hhs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 000HCCRL-2026-98733 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 23, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (0 found; 10 needed).

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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pittsburgh Mining Research Division (PMRD), has a requirement to acquire eight (8) small form factor (SFF), virtual reality (VR)-capable desktop computers for use with the VR Mine Rescue Training (VR-MRT) platform. The systems will be used for field deployment of VR mine rescue simulations and must provide high-end computing performance while remaining su?iciently compact to transport a complete set of systems by vehicle. Required specifications include an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D pr… (show all)

ocessor (or equivalent), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, 32 GB system memory, and 1 TB NVMe storage, configured in a compact form factor suitable for frequent transport and field use.

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Health and Human Services (all)), same NAICS 334111.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
IQVIA GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC1$5.6MNov 21, 2024
ELOHI TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC1$2.3MOct 24, 2025
REGENCY CONSULTING INC1$285KJun 12, 2025
CPSGov, LLC1$185KJun 9, 2025
BIGHORN RIDGERUNNERS, LLC1$147KApr 13, 2026
CASALE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC1$21KAug 18, 2025

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Competitive landscape

For the 6 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 Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) 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

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  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 252 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

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  • 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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