Pre-solicitationPosted Sep 8, 2025·Responses due Sep 17, 2025

6525--Konica Minolta Cesium Cassettes - CI

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334517
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26325Q1134
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6525
Place
Des Moines, IA, USA
Contact
Robert Bennett (robert.bennett8@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26325Q1134 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 8, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Sep 8, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 8, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 12, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Sep 22, 2025
    Award Notice
    Z & Z MEDICAL, INC. · $52K
    Open

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

Konica Minolta Cesium Cassette supply for Central Iowa VA Health Care System. This is a solicitation conducted using FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures). Solicitation number 36C26325Q1134 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ). This solicitation is full and open competition. Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of offer to the Government (https://www.sam.gov). Quotes will only be accepted from responsible contractors. The NAICS code for the solicitation is 334517 with a size standard of 1,200 Employees. A lis… (show all)

t of the contract line items, quantities, and units of measure are listed within the RFQ solicitation documentation to follow. The VA anticipates one Firm Fixed Price award to provide supplies to the Central Iowa VA Health Care System, 3600 30th St, Des Moines IA 50310. The period of performance is 9-26-2025 to 12-31-2025 for the base year period of performance. Technical questions on this solicitation are due via e-mail only to Robert Bennett, Contract Specialist, at robert.bennett8@va.gov no later than 4:00 PM on 9/11/2025. Quotes are due at the Contracting Office by 4:00 pm on 9/17/2025. Quotes are required to be emailed to robert.bennett8@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the Contracting Officer before the solicitation closing.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) 6525 and NAICS 334517.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $87K to $145K, median $143K; range $31K to $146K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.1$146KJun 8, 2026
1ST AMERICAN MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.1$143KJul 16, 2026
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC1$31KNov 20, 2025

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 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
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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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