Pre-solicitationPosted Feb 10, 2026·Responses due Feb 11, 2026

Narcotics Destruction

Veterans Affairs · 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
562211
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26126Q0299
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
Q517
Place
Mather, CA, USA
Contact
Maricela A Berrones-Gauger (maricela.berrones-gauger@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26126Q0299 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 10, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Feb 11, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Feb 24, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Mar 26, 2026
    Award Notice
    PHARMALINK INC · $180K
    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

Presolicitation Notice - Narcotics Destruction Contract

Who won similar work

29 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) Q517.

Single-winner award sizes (29): middle half $302K to $7.6M, median $588K; range $30K to $149.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
OPTUM INFUSION SERVICES 308, LLC6$17.2MSep 18, 2026
BLISS PHARMACY SERVICES LLC6$14.1MApr 15, 2026
CITADEL FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLC2$244.5MMar 26, 2026
PALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC2$1.8MJul 16, 2025
PALISADE STRATEGIES, LLC2$530KDec 30, 2025
ALL IN SOLUTIONS LLC1$149.0MDec 31, 2025
MILLBROOK SUPPORT SERVICES INC1$139.8MAug 8, 2025
ANSIBLE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC1$80.6MJan 23, 2026
A-TEAM SOLUTIONS LLC1$68.3MJun 2, 2025
PALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC1$875KOct 14, 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.

  • 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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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.