6540 - Various Eye Equipment - CMO
Veterans Affairs · 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25526Q0518 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
****AMENDMENT POSTED 7/29/2026*** **Updated Solicitation** The Columbia VAMC is seeking to aquire Various Eye Equipment for their Rolla CBOC Eye Clinic. This is a Brand Name or Equal Requirment. See the attached Statement of Work, Price/Cost Schedule for technical requirements and section E.2 on requirements for submitting your quote. All quoted items shall be manufactured in the US and the Vendor MUST submit their OEM letter of Auhtorized Distributor. All questions shall be emailed to Kelly.Malec@va.gov NLT 07/22/2026 @ 04:00 PM, all responses will be uploaded to the solicitation as a addendu… (show all)
m. All quotes shall be emailed to Kelly.Malec@VA.Gov NLT 08/10/2026 @ 04:00 PM CST. Only complete submissions will be evaluated. Distributor Letter shall contain the OEM aknoledging the quoted vendor as an authorized dealer.
Who won similar work
48 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) 6540.
Single-winner award sizes (44): middle half $78K to $3.3M, median $324K; range $25K to $5.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORPS MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC | 9 | $1.7M | Aug 31, 2026 |
| PDS CONSULTANTS, INC | 8 | $28.4M + 1 shared | Oct 1, 2026 |
| SATISLOH NORTH AMERICA INC | 4 | $1.6M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| MELLING LLC | 4 | $846K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Superior Optical Labs, Inc | 2 | $3.3M + 1 shared | Sep 30, 2026 |
| YOUNGER MFG. CO Torrance CA 90503 USA | 1 | $5.4M | Oct 2, 2025 |
| KK0719 LLC | 1 | $5.4M | Oct 2, 2025 |
| GENESIS VISION, INC | 1 | $5.4M | Oct 2, 2025 |
| ESSILOR OF AMERICA, INC. | 1 | $5.4M | Oct 2, 2025 |
| REMEL INC. | 1 | $727K | Dec 23, 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.
- Oct 1, 2026PDS CONSULTANTS, INC$3.7M6540--V23 Eyeglass Bridge- 66737 (VA-27-00009048)
- Sep 30, 2026Superior Optical Labs, Inc$2.0B (shared ceiling)6540--National Prescription Eyeglasses Manufacturing Superior Optical Base IDIQ - Unfunded
- Sep 30, 2026PDS CONSULTANTS, INC$2.0B (shared ceiling)6540--National Prescription Eyeglasses Manufacturing PDS Optical Base IDIQ - Unfunded
- Sep 30, 2026ACCU-LAB OF ILLINOIS, INC.$2.0B (shared ceiling)6540--National Prescription Eyeglasses Manufacturing Accu-Lab Base IDIQ - Unfunded
- Sep 30, 2026GOVOPTIX LLC$2.0B (shared ceiling)6540--National Prescription Eyeglasses Manufacturing
- Sep 25, 2026SATISLOH NORTH AMERICA INC$1.0MVISN 5 Optical Fabrication Laboratory Lens Production Machines
- Sep 24, 2026MELLING LLC$171K6540--OCULUS Pentacam | Bakersfield+Antelope Valley CBOC
- Sep 23, 2026MELLING LLC$360K6540--New - LENSX FEMTO LASER
- Sep 22, 2026PDS CONSULTANTS, INC$4.3M6540--VISN 1 Interim Eyeglass IDIQ 10/01/2026 -01/31/2026
- Aug 31, 2026CORPS MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC$39K6540--NEW Ophthalmic Exam Chairs
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (6 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
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
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
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.