Special NoticePosted Sep 18, 2026·Responses due Oct 5, 2026

J065-- Philips Xper Essential Software Maintenance

Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339112
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24626Q1085
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J065
Place
Not stated
Contact
Monique Cordero (monique.cordero@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24626Q1085 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Sep 18, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 3, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, middle of the range Oct 17, 2026.
Measured from 273 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 339112 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 18, 2026).
Responses are due Oct 5, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, on behalf of the Durham VA Medical Center intends to enter into a sole source procurement with Phillips Healthcare a division of Philips North America LLC, 414 Union Street, Philips Plaza 6th Floor, Nashville, TN 37219. NAICS code 339112-Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing. The proposed contract action is to provide a service agreement for the Xper IM Flex Cardio R2.x system at the Durham VAMC. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of RFO FAR… (show all)

6.103-1 using the procedures under RFO FAR 13.106-1 (b), Soliciting from a single source. Contract will be for a period of performance of 01 Dec. 2026 through 30 Nov. 2027. This notice of intent is not a request for quotation. Interested parties may identify their interest in the requirement and capabilities to monique.cordero@va.gov no later than 10:00 AM EST, Oct. 5, 2026. Telephone inquirers will not be accepted. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for a service agreement for the Xper IM Flex Cardio R2.x system that covers hardware and software. No remanufacture or gray market items will be acceptable. Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e., replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right to enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to the VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. No solicitation will be made. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to complete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Who won similar work

30 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.

Single-winner award sizes (30): middle half $141K to $570K, median $324K; range $18K to $1.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC4$2.2MSep 23, 2026
Olympus America Inc.2$1.9MSep 17, 2026
ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS SERVICES INC.2$684KMay 7, 2026
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC1$1.8MOct 24, 2024
BIOMERIEUX INC1$1.1MFeb 25, 2025
STRYKER SALES, LLC1$899KJan 21, 2026
BLACKGREYGOLD SOLUTIONS LLC1$828KOct 15, 2025
CMS IMAGING INC1$613KJun 12, 2025
STERIS CORPORATION1$555KMay 12, 2025
VANTIVE US HEALTHCARE LLC1$503KOct 7, 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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (8 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
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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.

  • 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
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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.

  • 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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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.