Special NoticePosted Sep 22, 2026·Responses due Sep 24, 2026

Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence

Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541611
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
TBICoE-3
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
R499
Place
MD, USA
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation TBICoE-3 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 22, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 12, 2026 to Nov 29, 2026, middle of the range Oct 23, 2026.
Measured from 67 past early notices at Defense Health Agency (Dha) that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 22, 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

This is a Notice of Intent and not a Request for Quote/Proposal. The Defense Health Agency (DHA), Healthcare Contracting Division - Northeast (HCD-NE), on behalf of the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (TBICoE), intends to award a cost-plus-fixed fee contract for TBICoE research and support services on a sole source basis to General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., 3150 Fairview Drive, Suite 100, Falls Church, VA 22042-4504, CAGE Code 07MU1. The anticipated award will be made under the statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition in accordance with the R… (show all)

evolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) 6.103-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This contract shall support the Military Health System, Defense Health Agency, and the Department of War, to execute education, training, clinical support tools, clinical recommendations, and research requirements on brain injury and warfighter brain health. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the most common injury in the current theater operations (i.e., Operation Epic Fury), and without a contract in place, a work stoppage will result in failure to provide all pre-deployment brain injury and brain health training and education to providers, line leaders, service members, and family. The estimated period of performance for this effort is from September 25, 2026, through December 24, 2026, with an additional three-month option. Addtionally, the anticipated contract will contain FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice wil not be honored or acknowledged. Phone calls will not be accepted. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed action 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 conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interests of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities to fulfill this requirement by responding to this notice no later than 10:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, September 24, 2026, by email to john.a.cowgill4.ctr@health.mil and cc: gregory.m.crump.civ@health.mil . All information submitted should support the offeror's capability to provide the services required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541611.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BCG FEDERAL CORP.3$138.5MMay 27, 2026
CONCEPT PLUS, LLC2$9.8MMar 10, 2026
MERCER (US) LLC2$8.0MJan 23, 2026
SYNENSYS, LLC1$49.9MJul 14, 2025
INSIGNIA FEDERAL GROUP, LLC1$41.6MOct 23, 2025
CHEROKEE NATION INTEGRATED HEALTH, L.L.C.1$5.8MOct 8, 2025
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP1$3.9MNov 18, 2025
VISTA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LLC1$3.8MMar 6, 2025
KINDRED PARTNERS, LLC1$2.3MSep 17, 2026
Guidehouse Inc.1$592KNov 18, 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.

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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff 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
  • 32 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.

  • 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.