Targeted Brain Stimulation
Veterans Affairs · 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 2862 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 4, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement This Notice of Intent to Sole Source is not a solicitation. This is not a request for quotes. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Description: The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to provide pre-clinical research support for a funded VA Merit Award. The requirement includes method optimization, performing experiments, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation, scientific disse… (show all)
mination, behavioral and neural signature assessments, and evaluation of targeted brain stimulation outcomes. Dartmouth serves as the academic affiliate for the White River Junction VA Healthcare System and has an established collaborative research relationship with the VA for this project. The project relies on established scientific relationships and laboratory/core facilities at both WRJ VA and Dartmouth, including specialized laboratory resources, to support reproducible research and appropriate translation of research findings. Utilizing these established resources will save time, improve productivity, and reduce unnecessary Government spending. Based on these unique qualifications and the existing academic affiliation and research collaboration, it is the Government�s belief that Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is uniquely qualified to perform the required services. Since the intent is to procure this requirement on a sole source basis, this notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. It is not a solicitation or request for offers and no solicitation will be posted to Contracting Opportunities on SAM.gov. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The NAICS is 541715. The size is 1,000 employees. The PSC/FSC is AN41. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Responses must be received no later than the closing date on the announcement.
Who won similar work
6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) AN41.
Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $284K to $1.4M, median $862K; range $43K to $27.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| METABOLON, INC. | 2 | $2.1M | Apr 2, 2026 |
| TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston MA 02118 USA | 1 | $27.1M | Aug 29, 2025 |
| PHARMARON (SAN DIEGO) LAB SERVICES LLC | 1 | $1.1M | Sep 17, 2026 |
| VERVE, LLC | 1 | $167K | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 10X GENOMICS, INC. · $TXG · $618.7M | 1 | $43K | Aug 25, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $TXG reported $618.7M revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $862K, is 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 17, 2026PHARMARON (SAN DIEGO) LAB SERVICES LLC$1.1MAN41--Research Services Neural Stem Cell Study for Spinal Cord InjuryNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 25, 202610X GENOMICS, INC.$43KAN41--Xenium Recertification and Maintenance Services POP 08/26/2026-08/25/2027Materiality: <0.01% of $TXG revenue (Low) SEC
- Apr 2, 2026METABOLON, INC.$636KAN41--Metabolon Research ServiceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2025METABOLON, INC.$1.5MAN41--Metabolon Analyses Services Award Notice for Task OrderNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2025VERVE, LLC$167KAN41--554 | MIRECC LAB_Rural Veteran Suicide Prevention Data AnalysisNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 29, 2025TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston MA 02118 USA$27.1MResearch Services - Boston UniversityNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 5 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 3 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.