Special NoticePosted Aug 17, 2026·Responses due Aug 19, 2026

Cadavers

Army · W40M USA HCA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
621991
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
W81K00-26-Q-A257
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6555
Place
JBSA Ft Sam Houston, TX, USA
Contact
Efren Ramirez (efren.b.ramirez.civ@health.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation W81K00-26-Q-A257 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 17, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 27, 2026 to Dec 21, 2026, middle of the range Oct 22, 2026.
Measured from 718 past early notices at Dept of the Army that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 17, 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

NOTICE OF INTENT: The Medical Readiness Contracting Office � West (MRCO-W), JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) sole source purchase order to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Willed Body Program, Dallas TX. under the authority of RFO Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 12.102(a) For acquisitions valued at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT), only one source reasonably available, urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization, for the Combat Paramedic Program at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Ex… (show all)

cellence (MEDCoE), JBSA San Antonio, Texas 78234. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 621991, and the size standard is $40M. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which should be considered by the agency before the intended award date. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No requests for capability briefings will be honored because of this notice and any information provided will not be used as part of any subsequent solicitation requirement. No telephonic inquiries will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The MRCO-West, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX intends to make a sole source award on or before 1 September 2026.

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army), same NAICS 621991.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM Minneapolis MN 55401 USA3$669KJun 25, 2025
COMBAT MEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC2$148KApr 15, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON Houston TX 77030 USA1$214KJun 30, 2026

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.

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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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
  • 32 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.

  • 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.