MMT LATE Research Equip - RespirAct RA-MR Blood Gas Control System - BOSTON | EDA: 9/25/26
Veterans Affairs · RPO EAST (36C24E)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24E26Q0081 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
Pre-Solicitation Notice for notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract with THORNHILL RESEARCH INC. The requirement is for the RespirAct� RA-MR� system a respiratory blood gas delivery system. Technical Specifications Salient characteristics RespirAct� RA-MR� system: RespirAct� RA-MR� system Technical Specifications: Blood gas control system and investigative device used to stimulate vascular reactivity. Designed to precisely target and control PCO2 and PO2 in spontaneously breathi… (show all)
ng patients and is MRI compatible. : THORNHILL RESEARCH INC. is the exclusive producer and distributor of the RespirAct� RA-MR� system. The system allows research to precisely target and control PCO2 and PO2 in spontaneously breathing patients. This procurement is being conducted IAW FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy agency requirements and VHAPM Part 813.106-1(b), Other Than Full and Open Competition less than SAT for Open Market Items. This is because the Government asserts that THORNHILL RESEARCH INC., is the only contractor that can produce the required system to the Research and Development Service at Boston-Jamaica Plain Health Care System. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Specialist via email at Matenoa.taufa@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
1640 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (1620): middle half $103K to $2.7M, median $520K; range $2K to $30.0B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevated Technologies Services, LLC | 43 | $249.1M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Edwards Lifesciences LLC · $EW · $6.5B | 39 | $2.6M + 3 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| TK Elevator Corporation | 19 | $91.0M | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Trillamed LLC | 19 | $12.4M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Alvarez LLC | 15 | $33.7M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| V3GATE, LLC | 14 | $281.7M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT · $45.1B | 10 | $16.9M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| HILL-ROM, INC. | 10 | $16.0M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| LOVELL GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC. | 10 | $3.8M | Sep 22, 2026 |
| INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | 10 | $251K | Oct 15, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either (1 here). Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $EW reported $6.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 1620 past awards, $520K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $ABT reported $45.1B revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 1620 past awards, $520K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 20, 2026SIEBERT MOBILITY OF IOWA, L.L.C.$45K6515--PROS V23 636A8*VAN MOD*NEED PO ASAP*652931 (VA-27-00014307)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026Paramount Construction Group, LLC$4.9MZ1DA | 586-25-101 | SITE PREP IR UPGRADE | DESIGN-BUILD | JACKSON, MS | AMEND 0002No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026SERVICESOURCE INC$4.4MR604--New Mailroom Operations Base 4 for Eastern Colorado Health Care SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026PICC US VASCULAR ACCESS SPECIALISTS LLC$34KQ401--PICC and Mid Line On-Call Line Insertions for the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical CenterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$400KDA10--FY26 NetApp Storage Maintenance (VA-26-00059074)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026Edwards Lifesciences LLC$33K6515--Supplies - Valve - ClevelandMateriality: <0.01% of $EW revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 19, 2026V3GATE, LLC$484KDA10--New Action: HashiCorp Terraform and Vault Integrated Solution (VA-26-00044009)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026STRYKER SALES, LLC$187KJ065--Stretcher Maintenance Indianapolis, INNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026AML-AMERICAN MADE LOGISTICS Blythe CA 92225 USA$17.0MTesting & Inspecting, Preventative Maintenance (PM), Corrective Repairs, and Service Calls for NTX VA Cogeneration and Boiler Chiller PlantNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026MANESS VETERAN MEDICAL LLC$46K6530-- EMERGENCY Lower Mattress CoverNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (5 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $56K 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
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.
- 5 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 12 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.