Special NoticePosted Sep 10, 2026·Responses due Sep 18, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) & Safety Monitoring Support

FDA · FDA OFFICE OF ACQ GRANT SVCS

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541720
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
CBER-2026-133723
Set-aside
8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
PSC
AJ11
Place
Carmel, CA, USA
Contact
Rodney D. Aytch (rodney.aytch@fda.hhs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation CBER-2026-133723 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 10, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (3 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 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)�s Office of Biostatistics and Pharmacovigilance (OPBV)�s Division of Pharmacovigilance (DPV) is responsible for monitoring the safety of vaccines and biologics once they are approved for use under a Biologic Licensing Application (BLA) or authorized for use under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). The Contractor shall furnish the necessary services and qualified personnel needed to perform the Statement of Work.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (FDA), same industry group (NAICS 5417).

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Please_See_Spreadsheet Silver Spring MD 20993 USA3$153.2MOct 8, 2026
TRANQUIL CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES LLC1$50.0MSep 16, 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 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 Food & Drug Administration (FDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 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
  • 129 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.