Special NoticePosted Jul 31, 2026·Responses due Aug 7, 2026

J065--Base YR (01/31/2027-01/30/2028) + 4 OYs Change Healthcare PACS system support

Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25226Q0648
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J065
Place
Not stated
Contact
eileen.meyer@va.gov (eileen.meyer@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226Q0648 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 21, 2026 to Oct 4, 2026, middle of the range Sep 11, 2026.
Measured from 371 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 811210 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 31, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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

Page 4 of 4 Page 1 of 2 Under Statutory Authority 41 U.S.C. 1901 the VA Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC for the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) support to the facilities throughout VISN 12 and certain CBOC locations that have a Radiology PACS system presence on-site. Support includes all product and operating system licensing, software updates, hardware replacements, technical support, downtime resolution, and clinical applications support; for which Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC,… (show all)

as the OEM, is the only authorized provider. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12.102 Restricting Competition, and no other vendor will satisfy agency requirements. The NAICS Code is 811210. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services, as well as references from other customers who are using these products and services to the Contracting Officer by 10:00am CDT on 08/06/2026. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. This evidence shall include the following: A letter from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) stating vendor is an authorized distributor per clause 852.212-71(c). Proof the firm can provide licensing and software updates. Proof all technical personnel are OEM certified. Proof the firm can utilize OEM s billable service, if using. Proof the firm can provide OEM hardware, if necessary. Responses received will be evaluated, however; a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed with the sole source negotiation with Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC. Capability statements shall be submitted by email only as an MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Eileen Meyer at eileen.meyer@va.gov. TELEPHONIC INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. VISN12 Facilities: 537 - Jesse Brown VA Medical Center - 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612 550 - VA Illiana Health Care System 1900 E. Main Street, Danville, IL 556 - Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago 578 - Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital 5000 South 5th Avenue, Hines, IL 585 - Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center 325 East H Street, Iron Mountain, MI 607 - William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital 2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 676 - Tomah VA Medical Center 500 E. Veterans Street, Tomah, WI 695 - Milwaukee VA Medical Center -5000 West National Milwaukee, WI, 53295 VAAR 852.212-71 GRAY MARKET AND COUNTERFEIT ITEMS (FEB 2023) (a) No used, refurbished, or remanufactured supplies or equipment/parts shall be provided. This procurement is for new Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) items only. No gray market items shall be provided. Gray market items are OEM goods intentionally or unintentionally sold outside an authorized sales territory or sold by non-authorized dealers in an authorized sales territory. (b) No counterfeit supplies or equipment/parts shall be provided. Counterfeit items include unlawful or unauthorized reproductions, substitutions, or alterations that have been mismarked, misidentified, or otherwise misrepresented to be an authentic, unmodified item from the original manufacturer, or a source with the express written authority of the original manufacturer or current design activity, including an authorized aftermarket manufacturer. Unlawful or unauthorized substitutions include used items represented as new, or the false identification of grade, serial number, lot number, date code, or performance characteristics. (c) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment/system, verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the equipment/system shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. (End of clause)

Who won similar work

54 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 811210.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC3$1.7MJul 22, 2026
Elekta Inc2$1.3MNov 21, 2025
SKYTRON LLC2$819KAug 28, 2026
PARATA SYSTEMS LLC · $BDX2$276KFeb 3, 2026
CLASS 1 AIR, LLC2$78KDec 10, 2024
STERIS CORPORATION · $STE2$73KNov 24, 2025
DRAEGER INC2$59KMay 27, 2025
SCRIPTPRO USA INC1$3.3MMay 27, 2025
NOVAMED CORPORATION1$1.0MFeb 4, 2025
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC1$937KDec 12, 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 Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $41K 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 5 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.