DB01--High Performance Computing Systems Administration - Research For VA Boston Health Care System NeRVe/TRACTS - Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source
Veterans Affairs · RPO EAST (36C24E)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24E26Q0105 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 15, 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
Notice of Intent to Sole Source This is a Special Pre-Solicitation Notice for a prospective Fiscal Year 2026 Sole Source Award. This is not a Solicitation. The Veteran s Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction - Office of Research and Development, Regional Procurement Office East headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA intends to negotiate a sole source award to THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY LLC, (with address 11190 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20191-4393) for follow-on High Performance Computing (HPC) Services that will focus on the VA Boston Health Care System s NeRVe … (show all)
(Neuroimaging Research for Veterans Center) & TRACTS (Translational Research Center for TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) & Stress Disorders) programs. These services are currently being provided to this juncture. All necessary Office of Research & Development (ORD) and other approvals are obtained. These HPC Services maintain the NeRVe and TRACTS s Enterprise Architecture, which is an electronic system used by VA Boston to maintain themselves as a premier research facility in the VA ORD Community. Due to the past development and integration efforts from the Contractor s past performance and their intricate and specific knowledge, skillset, and experience, particularly involving the Veterans Health Administration, this system has only been worked on by this Source, and they are the Sole Source required to render these services. Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to Contracting Opportunities on SAM.gov at https://sam.gov/. The applicable NAICS code is 518210; with a $40.0M Size Standard. The PSC is DB01. The Authority for this action is Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.103-1; Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. As stated earlier, this Notice is not a solicitation, and it is not a request for competitive proposals. However; capability statements with supporting documentation for equal/better services, may be sent to the Contracting Office no later than Friday, September 18th, 2026, by 9:00 AM EST. The Contract Specialist, Karly Gabrysiak s E-Mail is Karly.Gabrysiak@va.gov in which those can be sent. The award determination is solely the Contracting Officer s decision.
Who won similar work
12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 518210.
Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $42K to $4.2M, median $633K; range $8K to $18.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. · $AXON · $3.2B | 2 | $4.0M | Feb 23, 2026 |
| LYNCH CONSULTANTS, LLC | 1 | $18.7M | Sep 18, 2025 |
| EM KEY SOLUTIONS INC | 1 | $5.7M | Aug 13, 2026 |
| TELEVEDA SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $5.4M | Apr 24, 2025 |
| VEROS REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $1.8M | Jan 20, 2026 |
| HEALTHINFONET NEW GLOUCESTER 04260 | 1 | $1.1M | Apr 6, 2025 |
| AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION NEW YORK 10038 | 1 | $50K | Mar 22, 2026 |
| EDITS LLC | 1 | $44K | Sep 17, 2025 |
| DESIGN BUILD CONSORTIUM, LLC | 1 | $36K | Jan 2, 2026 |
| MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (GDS), INC. | 1 | $19K | Jul 2, 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.
- $AXON reported $3.2B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $633K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Aug 13, 2026EM KEY SOLUTIONS INC$5.7MR408--Healthcare Identity Management (HCIdM) Support (FY24-HIG-157) (VA-24-00062862)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 22, 2026AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION NEW YORK 10038$50KU009--Interactive On-Line Screening Program for Veterans in CrisisNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 23, 2026AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.$184K5836--623 | Axon Police Body Cameras | CHIP-INMateriality: <0.01% of $AXON revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 20, 2026VEROS REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS, LLC$1.8MDA01--LGY Bridge Sole Source 20-Jan-2026 to 20-July-2026No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 2, 2026DESIGN BUILD CONSORTIUM, LLC$36KJ061--UPS IT battery maintenance servicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2025LYNCH CONSULTANTS, LLC$18.7MDA01--Appraisal Management ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 17, 2025EDITS LLC$44KDA10--VR&E Testing Kits VARO 318No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 2, 2025MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (GDS), INC.$19KQ522--Bluetooth Radiation Dosimetry Services with Direct Ion Technology for Dayton and Cincinnati VAMCsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 24, 2025TELEVEDA SYSTEMS, INC.$5.4MHeros Story ProjectNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 6, 2025HEALTHINFONET NEW GLOUCESTER 04260$1.1MDC10--HEALTH INFO EXCHANGE 402C58039 B 4 POP 4/1/25-12/31/25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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 (2 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $5K 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
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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 6 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.