Special NoticePosted Aug 18, 2026·Responses due Aug 25, 2026

WLR Mattress 4E

Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339112
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25226Q0656_2
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
6515
Place
Iron Mountain, MI, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226Q0656_2 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 2, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026, middle of the range Sep 16, 2026.
Measured from 273 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 339112 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 18, 2026).

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

Amendment Q&A and added a Clause 52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors. Please see the attachment.

Who won similar work

26 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 339112.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS SERVICES INC.2$729KNov 6, 2025
MELLING LLC2$343KSep 24, 2025
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. · $JNJ1$1.1MOct 1, 2025
HANDICARE USA LLC1$793KSep 26, 2025
PREMIER MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS, LLC1$750KMay 15, 2025
INSTYMEDS CORP1$463KFeb 9, 2026
CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC · $BDX1$421KOct 2, 2025
HILL-ROM, INC.1$307KJun 27, 2025
ARJO INC1$255KFeb 3, 2026
STERIS CORPORATION1$230KNov 20, 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 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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (14 filings)
  • 1 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $91K 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.

  • 8 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 9 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.