Special NoticePosted Sep 1, 2026·Responses due Sep 16, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - EzPlaz

Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
325412
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
HT942726QE015
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6505
Place
MD, USA
Contact
Timothy Kelly (timothy.j.kelly169.civ@health.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation HT942726QE015 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 25, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 1, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 14, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, middle of the range Sep 25, 2026.
Measured from 67 past early notices at Defense Health Agency (Dha) that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 25, 2026).
Responses are due Sep 16, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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 Defense Health Agency (DHA) Contracting Activity (DHACA), on behalf of the DHA�s Portfolio Acquisition Executive Medical Products (PAE MP), intends to issue a firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract on a sole source basis under the authority of the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul, FAR 6.103-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, to Vascular Solutions LLC, 6420 Sycamore Ct N, Maple Grove, Minnesota 55369-6032. Vascular Solutions, LLC is the only source able to meet the Governmen… (show all)

t�s requirements. The Government has a has a critical requirement for supply of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Freeze Dried Plasma (FDP) product for transfusion when plasma is required and other plasma products are not available. The FDA approved Vascular Solutions, LLC FDP product, EZPLAZ�, on 29 July 2026. Vascular Solutions LLC holds the first and only FDA-approved (licensed) FPD product on the market. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data and cost information, in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to perform the required work. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence articulating the ability to provide FDA approved FDP product. Capability statements shall not exceed 5 (8.5 x 11 inch) pages using a font size no smaller than 10-point. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source contract. If no written responses are received by the date listed below, an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract will be awarded without further remark. Capability statements are due by 3:00 PM local time, 16 September 2026. Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: timothy.j.kelly169.civ@health.mil and shannon.p.lertora.civ@health.mil.

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Defense Health Agency), same NAICS 325412.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SIRTEX MEDICAL INC2$45KAug 19, 2026
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation1$5.0MJan 29, 2026
CARDINAL HEALTH 414, LLC · $CAH1$2.4MOct 1, 2026
CENTRAL ADMIXTURE PHARMACY SERVICES, INC1$900KAug 12, 2026
INO THERAPEUTICS LLC1$404KMar 12, 2025
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP · $BSX1$350KAug 21, 2026
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A1$350KOct 6, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 7 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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (4 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
  • $60K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • 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
  • 32 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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 5 insider buys and 8 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.