SolicitationPosted Aug 17, 2026·Responses due Aug 24, 2026

6540--Brand Name or Equal Hausted Ophthalmology Chair - FARGO

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
339115
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26326Q1038
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6540
Place
Not stated
Contact
Dennis W Salmonsen (Dennis.Salmonsen@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q1038 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 17, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Aug 17, 2026 · this notice
    Solicitation
Award
  • Aug 28, 2026
    Award Notice
    APEX INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION INC. · $25K
    Open
  • Aug 28, 2026
    Award Notice
    APEX INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION INC. · $25K
    Open

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What the notice says

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Who won similar work

47 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) 6540.

Single-winner award sizes (43): middle half $85K to $3.4M, median $332K; range $28K to $5.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CORPS MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC9$1.7MAug 31, 2026
PDS CONSULTANTS, INC8$28.4M + 1 sharedOct 1, 2026
SATISLOH NORTH AMERICA INC4$1.6MSep 25, 2026
MELLING LLC4$846KSep 24, 2026
Superior Optical Labs, Inc2$3.3M + 1 sharedSep 30, 2026
ESSILOR OF AMERICA, INC.1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
YOUNGER MFG. CO Torrance CA 90503 USA1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
KK0719 LLC1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
GENESIS VISION, INC1$5.4MOct 2, 2025
REMEL INC.1$727KDec 23, 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.

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 (6 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
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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
  • 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.

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