Solicitation - Bulk Rock Salt and Bagged Ice Melt - 5 Year IDIQ - Erie VA Medical Center
Veterans Affairs · 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24426Q0820 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 28, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
- Aug 5, 2026SolicitationOpen
Next steps for this stage
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- 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.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)), same product/service code (PSC) 6810 and NAICS 325998.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $62K to $84K, median $68K; range $42K to $310K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERLACHS GARDEN & POWER EQUIPMENT CENTER INC | 2 | $352K | Sep 11, 2026 |
| The Cope Company | 1 | $84K | Dec 8, 2025 |
| KADAJ ALLIANCE L.L.C. | 1 | $68K | Dec 8, 2025 |
| HJ GOV CONTRACTING CORP | 1 | $62K | Nov 4, 2024 |
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.
- Sep 11, 2026GERLACHS GARDEN & POWER EQUIPMENT CENTER INC$310KAward Notice - Bulk Rock Salt and Bagged Ice Melt - 5 Year IDIQ - Erie VA Medical Center
- Dec 8, 2025The Cope Company$84KAward Notice | Ongoing Deliveries of Bulk Water Softening Salt (Solar) | Coatesville VA Medical Center
- Dec 8, 2025KADAJ ALLIANCE L.L.C.$68K6810--Award Notice | Bulk Rock Salt - Deicing | Lebanon VA Medical Center
- Oct 16, 2025GERLACHS GARDEN & POWER EQUIPMENT CENTER INC$42KBulk Road Salt and Bagged Ice Melt for Erie VAMC | 2025-2026 Winter Season
- Nov 4, 2024HJ GOV CONTRACTING CORP$62K6810--Bulk Rock Salt Deliveries Lebanon VAMC - Winter 2024/2025 Season
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
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