6525--Intent to Sole Source: TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres
Veterans Affairs · 247-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 7 (36C247)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24726Q0265 in this department, oldest first.
- Feb 5, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Apr 30, 2026Award NoticeBOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP · $1.1MOpen
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE GENERAL INFORMATION Contracting Office Address Network Contracting Officer (NCO) 7 ATTN: LaTerrica Sewell Department of Veterans Affairs 501 Greene Street Hatcher Building Suite 2 Augusta, GA 30901 This notice follows the Federal Acquisition Regulation Deviations outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul as required by Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, signed April 15, 2025. Intent to Sole Source: The Government plans to issue a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation… (show all)
s (FAR) 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements , with Boston Scientific Corporation to provide TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres. This requirement is for ongoing services of providing TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres at the Ralph H. Johnson Veteran Affairs Medical Center located in Charleston, SC. The services at the facility are necessary to provide targeted radiation therapy using microscopic glass beads containing radioactive Yttrium-90 (Y-90) to treat liver cancers, delivering high-dose beta radiation directly to tumors via the hepatic artery to kill cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. Services will be from 05/01/2025 through 04/30/2027 with two (2) twelve (12) month option periods. The designated source is Boston Scientific at 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough, MA, 01752. In accordance with FAR Part 6, contracts awarded using this authority must be supported by a written justification, and approval will be posted within fourteen (14) days after contract award if the dollar amount meets the threshold. The Government will review all capability statements received by the closing date of this synopsis. The decision not to compete based on responses is solely at the Government's discretion. The information received will be used only to determine whether to pursue a competitive procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 325412 - Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,300 Employees. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS or PROPOSALS. No contract award will be made based on quotations or proposals received in response to this notice. No solicitation document exists, and no telephone or email inquiries will be accepted. Any responsible source that believes it can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement to LaTerrica.Sewell@va.gov no later than February 20, 2026, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET). Please ensure that notice # is cited on all submitted documents to ensure they are properly processed. Disclaimer and Important Notes: Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses to this notice. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The Government will not pay for information provided in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use the information respondents provide for market research purposes. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of or respond to any information submitted.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (247-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 7 (36C247)), same product/service code (PSC) 6525.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $64K to $531K, median $195K; range $39K to $4.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DGA MEDICAL LLC | 2 | $103K | Aug 26, 2026 |
| VETERANS FIRST HEALTH CARE Bowling Green KY 42103 USA | 1 | $4.7M | Mar 9, 2026 |
| TRANSOX INC | 1 | $531K | Aug 29, 2025 |
| KUB TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 1 | $195K | Aug 18, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Aug 26, 2026DGA MEDICAL LLC$39K6525--Sonosite Ultrasound System (VA-26-00074410)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 18, 2026KUB TECHNOLOGIES INC.$195KMozart IQ 3D Specimen Tomosynthesis SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 5, 2026DGA MEDICAL LLC$64K6525--79|Thyroid UpTake SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 9, 2026VETERANS FIRST HEALTH CARE Bowling Green KY 42103 USA$4.7MCentral Alabama VA Medical Center-Montgomery (CAVHCS) Home Oxygen and Ventilator ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 29, 2025TRANSOX INC$531KColumbia Home Oxygen and Ventilator Services-Bridge ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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
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.