8910--Altoona Dairy & Ice Tea Contract | 503
Veterans Affairs · 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24425Q0028 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
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What the notice says
Technical Question Q&A I am in the process of completing solicitation #36C24425Q0028 and had a few questions on the pricing.� It is asking for a unit price for an entire year.� PA milk is state regulated and changes on a monthly basis.� Can we include a letter stating this information to cover the pricing?� This solicitation is for a 5-year firm fixed contract. The offer must be submitted to account for yearly price increases. In the case of extreme inflation, the contracting officer will accept requests for modifications to increase contract prices at the end of each year s period-of-performa… (show all)
nce. If a modification to increase contract prices is requested the contractor shall submit industry inflation and cost increase documentation to support the request. The decision to make a price adjustment is at the Contracting Officers discretion. There is no guarantee that any price adjustment will be made. We do not carry ½ pints of tea. � Our tea is packaged in 10 oz cartons.� We are able to quote a price for the 10 oz size if allowable.� 10 oz is allowable. Also, once the solicitation is completed how is it submitted?� See amendment P0001
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)), same product/service code (PSC) 8910 and NAICS 311511.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $120K to $351K, median $225K; range $95K to $945K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARC INDUSTRIES INC | 3 | $1.5M | Apr 1, 2025 |
| MARBURGER FARM DAIRY INC | 2 | $215K | Apr 11, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Apr 11, 2025MARBURGER FARM DAIRY INC$95K8910-- Erie VA Medical Center Dairy | 562No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 1, 2025LARC INDUSTRIES INC$225K8910--Wilks Barre Dairy Products 5 Year IDIQ | 693No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 18, 2025LARC INDUSTRIES INC$945K8910--Pittsburgh Dairy and Juice Contract | 646No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 13, 2025MARBURGER FARM DAIRY INC$120K8910--Butler Dairy Products | 592No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 5, 2025LARC INDUSTRIES INC$350K8910--Lebanon Dairy and Juice Products | 595No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 2 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.