J065--Durham VAMC Intent to Sole Source Maintenance Service Agreement for Varian OEM Equipment
Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24625Q0368 in this department, oldest first.
- Jan 24, 2025 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Feb 21, 2025Award NoticeVARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC · $286KOpen
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) 6, intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (original equipment manufacturer (OEM)) for an equipment support service agreement of Varian s FullScale on Premise (FSoP), Clinac, TruBeam and Halcyon Delivery System products (including Calypso, IDENTIFY, RGSC and RPM Gating) and ARIA, Eclipse, and Velocity products at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. The OEM has provided a sole source letter stating the products use proprietary Varian technology. Period of performance wi… (show all)
ll be for the period January 2025 through 31 December 2025. Justification for this sole source procurement is in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) soliciting from a single source. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any business that believes it can meet these requirements and possesses relevant past experience and expertise may give written notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. Responses will be considered by the Government, however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NAICS Code 541519 / $34 million. Responses received by 12:00 pm EST on 28 January 2025 will be considered by the Government. Inquiries shall be emailed to Cleveland.Wynne@va.gov. No telephone request will be accepted.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)), same product/service code (PSC) J065 and NAICS 541519.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $91K to $351K, median $163K; range $18K to $539K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC | 1 | $539K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| HEALTHCARE CONTROL SYSTEMS INC | 1 | $163K | Mar 28, 2025 |
| EXCEL IMAGING SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $18K | May 6, 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.
- Sep 23, 2026VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC$539KJ065--FY26 Durham Building 42 Varian Truebeam MoveNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 6, 2025EXCEL IMAGING SOLUTIONS, LLC$18KSamsung GM85 Mobile X-Ray System RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 28, 2025HEALTHCARE CONTROL SYSTEMS INC$163KJ065--ORControl License and WarrantyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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.