6506--SUPPLY - BLOOD, BLOOD PRODUCTS, AND APHERESIS
Veterans Affairs · 242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24226Q0979 in this department, oldest first.
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
Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Blood, Blood Products and Apheresis
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) 6506.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $873K to $3.6M, median $1.4M; range $100K to $6.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| VITALANT Scottsdale AZ 85258 USA | 2 | $7.2M | Jul 28, 2026 |
| THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY STANFORD 94305 | 1 | $6.3M | Mar 2, 2026 |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE WASHINGTON 20006 | 1 | $1.4M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BLOOD BANK HUMMELSTOWN 17036 | 1 | $1.3M | Mar 2, 2026 |
| CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BLOOD CENTER Fresno CA 93722 USA | 1 | $450K | May 19, 2026 |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE Charlotte NC 28273 USA | 1 | $100K | Aug 25, 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 2, 2026AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE WASHINGTON 20006$1.4M6506--AWARDED - Blood and Blood Products in Support of the Nebraska Western-Iowa VA Healthcare System
- Jul 28, 2026VITALANT Scottsdale AZ 85258 USA$5.2M6506--SSJ posting - Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- May 19, 2026CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BLOOD CENTER Fresno CA 93722 USA$450KFresno Blood and Blood Products
- Mar 2, 2026THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY STANFORD 94305$6.3M6506--VAPAHCS Human Blood and Blood Related Products IDIQ
- Mar 2, 2026CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BLOOD BANK HUMMELSTOWN 17036$1.3M6506--Lebanon VAMC 5 Year Blood Bank
- Nov 4, 2025VITALANT Scottsdale AZ 85258 USA$2.0MReno VA Blood and Blood Products
- Aug 25, 2025AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE Charlotte NC 28273 USA$100KBlood and Blood Products
Competitive landscape
For the 6 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.