Notice of Intent to Sole Source - EzPlaz
Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HT942726QE015 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 25, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
- Sep 1, 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
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.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIRTEX MEDICAL INC | 2 | $45K | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 1 | $5.0M | Jan 29, 2026 |
| CARDINAL HEALTH 414, LLC · $CAH | 1 | $2.4M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| CENTRAL ADMIXTURE PHARMACY SERVICES, INC | 1 | $900K | Aug 12, 2026 |
| INO THERAPEUTICS LLC | 1 | $404K | Mar 12, 2025 |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP · $BSX | 1 | $350K | Aug 21, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A | 1 | $350K | Oct 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.
- Oct 6, 2026AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$350KIHC Reagents and Supplies
- Oct 1, 2026CARDINAL HEALTH 414, LLC$2.4MFDA-Approved Radiopharmaceutical Supplies and Cold Kits
- Aug 21, 2026BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP$350KY-90 Glass Theraspheres
- Aug 19, 2026SIRTEX MEDICAL INC$23KSIRTEX SIR-Spheres Y-90 Microspheres
- Aug 12, 2026CENTRAL ADMIXTURE PHARMACY SERVICES, INC$900KPre-Mixed IV Fluids, cardioplegic solutions, and specialized Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Jun 25, 2026SIRTEX MEDICAL INC$21KAward to SIRTEX MEDICAL, INC.
- Jan 29, 2026Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation$5.0MPluvicto and Lutathera 5 Year BPA
- Mar 12, 2025INO THERAPEUTICS LLC$404KNotice of Intent to Sole Source Neonatal Pediatric Inhaled Nitric Oxide (INO) Gas
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
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
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
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.