Sources SoughtPosted Oct 11, 2026·Responses due Oct 19, 2026

J065--OFFSITE SURGICAL REPROCESSING & STERILIZATION SVSC - BASE PLUS FOUR OPTION YEARS (B+4OYS) | POP: (12/31/2026 - 12/30/2031)| VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS)

Veterans Affairs · 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339112
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26227Q0040
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
J065
Place
Loma Linda, USA
Contact
DR. BARRY BLAND (barry.bland@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26227Q0040 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 11, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 26, 2026 to Dec 5, 2026, middle of the range Nov 9, 2026.
Measured from 273 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 339112 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 11, 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

TITLE: OFFSITE SURGICAL REPROCESSING & STERILIZATION SERVICES - BASE PLUS FOUR OPTION YEARS (B+4OYS) | POP: (12/31/2026 - 12/30/2031) | This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes. It does not oblige the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to these sources sought must be in writing. The purpose of these sources sought (36C26227Q0040) announcement is for market research used to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qua… (show all)

lified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. Documentation on technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses: This notice shall include the following: (a) Company name (b) Address (c) Point of contact (d) Phone, fax, and email (e) UEI number (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business HUBZone and (i) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. The VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS) is located at 11201 Benton Street, Loma Linda, CA 92357-1000 is seeking a potentially qualified contractor that can provide Sterile Processing Support Services (Offsite Surgical Reprocessing and Sterilization services) for VALLHCS. Important information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to these sources sought notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 339112 - Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (no more than 1,000 employees, based on SBA s employee-based size standards). Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail to barry.bland@va.gov. All information submissions to be marked Attn: Dr. Barry Bland, Senior Contract Specialist and should be received no later than 10:00 AM CA (PST) on October 19, 2026. Offsite Surgical Reprocessing and Sterilization Services VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS), California (605) - Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital Sterile Processing Support Services Healthcare Facility Operations INTRODUCTION: This requirement is for the procurement of offsite surgical tray reprocessing, sterilization, and courier services to provide continuous sterile processing support for surgical and clinical operations at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS), California (605) - Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital. BACKGROUND / DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The source contract provides for offsite surgical reprocessing and sterilization services for Sterile Processing Services, including contractor responsibility for labor, materials, equipment, transportation, setup, and continuous calibration and maintenance. The contractor is responsible for collecting soiled reusable medical equipment and surgical trays, transporting them to the contractor's offsite processing location, performing decontamination, cleaning, inspection, assembly, sterilization, and returning processed trays and documentation to the medical center. In performing these services, the vendor shall comply with applicable AAMI guidelines, use critical water consistent with sterile processing ST108 standards and equipment manufacturer instructions for the final rinse and other required processing steps, and ensure the courier vehicle maintains temperature and humidity conditions appropriate for the safe transport of sterile and nonsterile items in accordance with applicable transport and storage requirements. This version reorganizes that information into the format of the attached mobile sterile processing trailer statement of work for use at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS), California (605) - Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital. LEASING DOCUMENT: The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, transportation, delivery vehicles, transfer carts, software scanning capability, customer support, documentation, setup, and maintenance necessary to provide complete offsite surgical tray reprocessing, sterilization, disinfection and courier services. System Component Description Collection Services Soiled tray pickup from Government-designated collection point. Transportation Services Transport of soiled trays to offsite processing location and return delivery of processed trays. Processing Services Tray inspection, cleaning, decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and storage. Documentation Daily itemized records, sterilizer printouts where applicable, and biological indicator result documentation. Transfer Equipment Transfer carts and containers for movement of trays to and from the facility. Quality Support Return Quality Audits, incident reporting, and customer support. Training/Coordination Onboarding coordination and schedule alignment with facility operations. SPECIFICATIONS: A. The contractor shall provide offsite sterile processing services designed for healthcare surgical and clinical support operations according to AAMI/ANSI standards. B. The contractor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the surgical reprocessing and sterilization services described in the statement of work, except as otherwise specified by the Government. C. Soiled reusable medical equipment shall be placed in properly labeled red biohazard, leak-proof, puncture-resistant rigid containers for transport. D. The contractor shall provide daily copies of itemized reprocessed reusable medical equipment and sterilization loads, including log sheets, sterilizer printouts as applicable, and biological indicator result documentation. E. The contractor shall provide 24-hour customer support and a representative capable of providing immediate assistance to Sterile Processing Services staff. F. The vendor shall perform all reprocessing and sterilization services in compliance with applicable AAMI guidelines and related manufacturer instructions for use. G. The vendor shall use critical water for final rinse and other processing steps where required by applicable standards and manufacturer instructions for reusable medical equipment and surgical instrumentation. H. The contractor's courier vehicle shall maintain and monitor temperature and humidity conditions appropriate for the transport of trays, instruments, and sterile items, in accordance with applicable sterile processing transport requirements. 4. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS Scope of Work a. General The selected Contractor shall: Reprocess and sterilize surgical trays in accordance with the quantities and sc

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262)), same product/service code (PSC) J065 and NAICS 339112.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $74K to $138K, median $100K; range $47K to $175K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. · $JNJ · $85.2B1$175KNov 6, 2025
Z MED SERVICES, INC.1$100KFeb 24, 2025
SCRIPTPRO USA INC1$47KMay 28, 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.

Investor context
  • $JNJ reported $85.2B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $100K, 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 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.

  • 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
  • $67K 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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 5 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.