Sources SoughtPosted Jan 16, 2026·Responses due Jan 23, 2026

6530--ICU Bed Replacement for Bay Pines VA Health Care System

Veterans Affairs · 248-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 8 (36C248)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339113
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24826Q0254
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6530
Place
Bay Pines, FL, USA
Contact
Cindy Smith (cindy.smith@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24826Q0254 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jan 16, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Mar 3, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Mar 11, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • May 4, 2026
    Award Notice
    HILL-ROM, INC. · $1.1M
    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

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY to determine the availability of potential Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) or any other small business firms for a small business category type set-aside. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 8, is conducting market research to determine potential qualified sources capable of providing ICU Beds for Bay Pines VA Healthcare System. OVERVIEW: SEE ATTACHED DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK. Please include the followi… (show all)

ng information about your organization in your response: Company Name, Address, Size Standard, UEI#, Cage Code Capabilities Statement - including whether all items are on existing government contract Contract number (If applicable) Place of Manufacturing Point of Contact name, phone number, and email address Authorized distributorship letter from the manufacturer (If a distributor) Will the prime contractor provide products it manufactures? Will the prime contractor acquire the products from a small or large business manufacturer? -If it is a nonmanufacturer, is it providing the end items of a small business manufacturer? What percentage of the total contract value will be subcontracted? All questions shall be submitted in writing to Cindy.Smith@va.gov Organizations responding to this RFI should provide the company s capabilities to perform this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 339113 and the small business size standard is 800 Employees. The information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the VA not to open the requirement to open competition, based on responses to this sources sought synopsis is solely within the discretion of the VA. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this sources sought synopsis. The Capabilities Statement for this sources sought is not expected to be a Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach, but rather short statements regarding the company s ability to demonstrate experience in relation to the areas specified herein. All information received in response to this sources sought notice will be marked as proprietary and will be handled accordingly. This synopsis is for information and purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation. **NOTE: Dept. of Veterans Affairs has the right to set aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs if two or more responses are received with the required information listed above, by the due date specified below. All responses to this sources sought notice must be sent via email to Cindy.Smith@va.gov no later than 10:00AM Eastern Standard Time on January 23, 2026 as specified above.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (248-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 8 (36C248)), same product/service code (PSC) 6530.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $65K to $784K, median $106K; range $25K to $1.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
HILL-ROM, INC.1$1.5MJul 30, 2026
SYNTAX INDUSTRIES, INC.1$106KAug 31, 2026
LMH HAWTHORNE HEALTHCARE INC.1$25KAug 18, 2026

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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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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.