Special NoticePosted Aug 27, 2026·Responses due Aug 31, 2026

6515--NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - MR1 Ventilators & Components

Veterans Affairs · 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334510
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26226Q1418
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6515
Place
Not stated
Contact
Rochelle Malveaux (Rochelle.Malveaux@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26226Q1418 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 27, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, middle of the range Sep 25, 2026.
Measured from 121 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 334510 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 27, 2026).

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 Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 22, hereby provides notice of its intent to award a sole source, firm-fixed-price contract to Veterans Healthcare Supply Solutions, 2615 Port Industrial Drive Unit 405 Jacksonville, FL 32226. The contract will be for Veterans Healthcare Supply Solutions to provide Hamilton MR1 ventilator and software applications to support patients in the Emergency Department at the Veterans Affairs Northern Arizona Healthcare System (NAVAHS) in Prescott, AZ. Determination of this single source procurement is in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(… (show all)

b)(1)(2) and in conjunction with VAAR 819.7006. No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements per 41 U.S.C. § 1901 and as implemented by FAR 13.501(a). It is the Government s belief that the proposed candidate is the only vendor capable of providing the required items, as they are the sole Hamilton Medical Inc SDVOSB reseller of the Hamilton MR1 MRI Ventilator as well as the only authorized vendor that can provide Online Training and In-Person Training for the items requested. The Hamilton MR1 MRI Ventilator, which is used in the Respiratory Therapy, Emergency Department at the VA Northern Arizona. These are the only ventilators that will operate safely within the MRI environment and will support the imaging suite. No other software is compatible with the MR1 MRI Ventilator. These items are proprietary. This will ensure patient safety with the continuous respiratory support during MRI imaging at the facility. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than 12:00PM PT, Monday, August 31st, 2026 to Rochelle.Malveaux@va.gov. All interested parties shall submit clear and convincing documentation, which would include an authorized letter of distribution, in demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirements listed. The capability documentation should include general information and technical background describing in detail the prospective contractor's capabilities and experience that will demonstrate the ability to support this requirement. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 22 will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. Only written responses will be considered. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this notice of intent, the Government shall determine if a solicitation will be issued. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award. Interested parties are encouraged to furnish information by email only with Response to Intent to Sole Source for Hamilton MR1 Ventilator in the subject line. All documents submitted will not be returned.

Who won similar work

10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262)), same product/service code (PSC) 6515 and NAICS 334510.

Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $71K to $502K, median $92K; range $26K to $918K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
AVMEDICAL LLC2$1.4MSep 21, 2026
Alvarez LLC1$918KSep 18, 2026
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT · $40.1B1$130KAug 28, 2025
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC1$105KAug 29, 2025
FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE LLC1$78KAug 5, 2026
The Finsterbusch Group Inc.1$75KSep 24, 2026
THE JANZ CORP1$70KOct 8, 2025
BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ · $121.6B1$61KSep 3, 2025
MARATHON MEDICAL CORPORATION1$26KApr 3, 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.

Investor context
  • $ABT reported $40.1B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 10 past awards, $92K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $CCZ reported $121.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 10 past awards, $92K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

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 (5 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $178K 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
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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.

  • 5 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 2 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.