6515--SOURCES SOUGHT - iCare MAIA 3.0 Micro-Perimeter In Support of the Iowa City VA Healthcare System Research Department
Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26327Q0044 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 5, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
The Iowa City VA Health Care System Research Department requires the purchase of an iCare MAIA 3.0 microperimeter (Fundus-based microperimeter) and is seeking domestically produced equal versions. See attachment for details. To respond: All responses must be received no later than 05:00 PM CT, Thursday, October 15, 2026. All responses shall be emailed to Joseph.Bennett@va.gov. All emails shall have this number in the subject line: 36C26327Q0044
Who won similar work
54 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) 6515 and NAICS 339112.
Single-winner award sizes (54): middle half $45K to $255K, median $161K; range $19K to $7.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLYMPUS AMERICA INC | 4 | $8.8M | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Trillamed LLC | 4 | $3.2M | Aug 28, 2026 |
| LOVELL GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC. | 4 | $566K | Jul 20, 2026 |
| B2H CONSULTING GROUP LLC | 3 | $1.3M | May 26, 2026 |
| STERIS CORPORATION · $STE · $6.0B | 3 | $1.1M | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Surgical Science North America Corporation | 2 | $757K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Natus Sensory, Inc. | 2 | $239K | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Alvarez LLC | 2 | $119K | Jun 17, 2026 |
| BEACON POINT ASSOCIATES LLC | 2 | $106K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| HILL-ROM, INC. | 1 | $390K | May 21, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $STE reported $6.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 54 past awards, $161K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 28, 2026CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC$159K6515--Biomed IV Prep UpgradesMateriality: <0.01% of $BDX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 18, 2026OLYMPUS AMERICA INC$1.4M6515--Gastro/Colonoscopes - STC (VA-26-00060062)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2026Surgical Science North America Corporation$453KSurgical Simulation SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2026BEACON POINT ASSOCIATES LLC$45K6515--Pass Through RacksNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 28, 2026Trillamed LLC$218K6515--Stryker Universal Fixation SetNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 20, 2026ARTHREX INC$29K6515--Arthroscope and Centrifuge Fort Meade VAMCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 17, 2026BEACON POINT ASSOCIATES LLC$61K6515--SPS Robotic Assisted Washer Racks & Cycles - FARGONo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 7, 2026MERCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY$162KPhacoemulsification SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 29, 2026PARATA SYSTEMS LLC$135KParata Perl - St. Cloud VAMateriality: <0.01% of $BDX revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 24, 2026Hill Laboratories Malvern PA 19355 USA$37KBrand Name or Equal Chiropractic Tables - Iowa City VANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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 (4 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $17K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 1 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.