Sources SoughtPosted Sep 22, 2026·Responses due Sep 28, 2026

J065--Omnicell Pharmaceutical Dispensing Contract Service and Maintenance Plan

Veterans Affairs · 256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25627Q0019
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J065
Place
Shreveport
Contact
Rhonda Gibson (rhonda.gibson2@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25627Q0019 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 22, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 26, 2026, middle of the range Nov 3, 2026.
Measured from 371 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 811210 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 22, 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

Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 located at 5075 Westheimer Road, Galleria Financial Center, Suite 750, Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, Trade Agreement compliance and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for preventive and full remedial maintenance for government-owned Omnicell pharmaceutical Dispensi… (show all)

ng Systems. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with one base and two one-year options to Omnicell, Inc. 590 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 for the purpose of providing preventive and full remedial maintenance for government-owned Omnicell pharmaceutical Dispensing Systems. The procurement is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 in Overton Brooks, Louisiana, requires a contractor to furnish all labor, tools, materials, equipment, software, facilities, transportation, and supervision necessary to perform maintenance services on government owned Omnicell pharmaceutical dispensing systems for the Overton Brooks Veterans Healthcare System in Shreveport, Louisiana. Based on market research, and previous acquisition history, it has been determined that Omnicell Inc. is the only vendor capable of providing all the required preventive maintenance and repair services in accordance with original equipment manufacturer requirements. This notice is being distributed solely through the General Services Administration's website at https://sam.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 811210, Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to the attention of: Rhonda Gibson, email address: rhonda.gibson2@va.gov, no later than Monday, Sept 28, 2026, at 10:00 am (Central Time). Only emailed responses will be considered. Information received will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct competitive procurement. A determination not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is at the sole discretion of the Government. Notice of Intent to Sole Source.� If there are no responses to this notice, a determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government to sole source the requirement. No response is a response. �

Who won similar work

21 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256)), same product/service code (PSC) J065 and NAICS 811210.

Single-winner award sizes (21): middle half $75K to $506K, median $195K; range $29K to $1.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Vandahl Engineering & Sales LTD1$1.7MFeb 26, 2026
PREMIER MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS, LLC1$1.2MMar 30, 2026
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. · $JNJ · $85.2B1$1.0MJun 26, 2026
STERIS CORPORATION · $STE · $5.1B1$586KOct 14, 2025
A&B TECHNICAL LLC1$550KJan 8, 2026
EWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC1$506KDec 16, 2025
GETINGE USA SALES, LLC1$485KDec 17, 2024
STRYKER SALES, LLC1$433KJul 29, 2026
MEDTRONIC INC1$328KOct 9, 2025
OLYMPUS AMERICA INC1$257KOct 22, 2024

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.

Investor context
  • $JNJ reported $85.2B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 21 past awards, $195K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $STE reported $5.1B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 21 past awards, $195K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

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
  • $83K 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 6 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.