Special NoticePosted Aug 28, 2026·Responses due Sep 7, 2026

J065--568-26-4-5006-0060 - Service - ASCOM Software Support & Maint - BH (VA-26-00073668)

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26326Q1075
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J065
Place
Not stated
Contact
Dean Flanders (dean.flanders@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q1075 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 28, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Sep 29, 2026
    Award Notice
    JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION LP · $349K
    Open

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 Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 23 intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR Overhaul 12.102(a) Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, to Johnson Controls, for needed service on the ASCOM Nurse Call, Code Blue and VOCIA Overhead Paging systems including all hardware and software troubleshooting at the Fort Meade SD VA Medical Center. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; interested parties may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement no later tha… (show all)

n September 7th, 2026 at 9:00 CT. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required services. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Announcement, Notice of Intent. If after September 7th, 2026 no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, Department of Veterans Affairs shall negotiate solely with Johnson Controls. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive quotes. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Contract Specialist Dean Flanders, who can be reached at Dean.Flanders@va.gov.

Who won similar work

52 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) J065 and NAICS 811210.

Single-winner award sizes (52): middle half $48K to $302K, median $106K; range $9K to $6.3M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC · $BDX · $19.4B4$3.0MJul 16, 2026
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC3$278KFeb 19, 2026
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT · $40.1B3$230KJun 2, 2026
STRYKER SALES, LLC2$928KOct 7, 2025
CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 940892$571KFeb 12, 2026
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.2$351KMar 27, 2026
VALCORP ENTERPRISES LLC2$295KJun 3, 2025
HILL-ROM, INC.2$141KOct 1, 2026
ALPHA SOURCE INC2$114KFeb 19, 2025
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP2$64KJul 14, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Investor context
  • $BDX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 52 past awards, $106K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $ABT reported $40.1B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 52 past awards, $106K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

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 (11 filings)
  • 1 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $72K 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.

  • 5 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 6 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.