Pre-solicitationPosted Apr 23, 2025·Responses due May 8, 2025

R602--Lab Courier Services for TVHS

Veterans Affairs · 249-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 9 (36C249)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
492210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24925Q0252
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
R602
Place
Nashville
Contact
Contracting Officer (Elizabeth.Trimm@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24925Q0252 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 23, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • May 9, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 9, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 9, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 21, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 23, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Jul 30, 2025
    Award Notice
    Caduceus Medical Logistics LLC · $2.1M
    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

THIS IS A PRESOLICTATION NOTICE The Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (VHS) Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center (VAMC) has a requirement for a contractor to provide Lab Courier Services. The Vendor shall provide courier services to transport laboratory specimens to and from the Veteran Administration (VA) Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) listed below to the designated services at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) Alvin C. York Medical Center, 3400 Lebanon Pike, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and TVHS Nashville Medical Center, 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212 main … (show all)

campuses. The Courier Service process must be in accordance with ANSI/AAMI Standard 79, appropriate Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Directive 1106, and TVHS Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The Vendor shall provide all necessary management, labor, equipment, vehicles, transportation, information security (HIPAA), and insurance to provide courier services. NAICS Code 492210 is applicable to this requirement. The Small Business size standard is $34M. This requirement will be procured by way of FAR Part 13, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services . The evaluation factors under consideration for this requirement will be available upon the solicitation release, which is anticipated to be on or around May 7, 2025. This requirement is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns under the authority of 38 U.S.C §8127 (d). To be considered for award, Contractors must be registered, and CVE verified in SBA VetCert at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov. In addition to the requirements as set forth in the solicitation notice (to be issued), the proposed contractor must also be determined responsible in accordance with FAR Part 9. The Contracting Officer will determine responsibility prior to award any award being made. Questions related to this requirement will only be addressed in writing by way of email to the Contracting Officer at Elizabeth.Trimm@va.gov. The Solicitation Number and TVHS Lab Courier Services must be included in the subject line of all questions related to this requirement. No questions will be considered until the actual solicitation is released, on or around May 7, 2025.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (249-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 9 (36C249)), same product/service code (PSC) R602.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $408K to $912K, median $640K; range $144K to $1.3M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
IZY GLOBAL SERVICES LLC1$1.3MJul 10, 2025
Security Logistics Intelligence Construction Engineering Company1$784KSep 9, 2026
CROSSTOWN COURIER SERVICE INC1$496KMar 20, 2026
Safeguard Security Solutions, LLC1$144KJun 30, 2026

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 4 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 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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