Sources Sought
Sterilizer
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThis is a sources sought notice (market research, not a solicitation) from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office 17, to find businesses that can supply a replacement sterilizer, brand name or equal, for the VA Harlingen Healthcare Center in Harlingen, TX. Responses are due November 3, 2026, 3:00 PM Central. The VA will use the answers to decide whether a later solicitation is a small business set-aside. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of Veterans Affairs who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 3 attachments weren't read (SOW Sterilizers 2027.doc). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
This is a sources sought notice (market research, not a solicitation) from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office 17, to find businesses that can supply a replacement sterilizer, brand name or equal, for the VA Harlingen Healthcare Center in Harlingen, TX. Responses are due November 3, 2026, 3:00 PM Central. The VA will use the answers to decide whether a later solicitation is a small business set-aside.
How to submit: Email to Lesley Kitchen at lesley.kitchen@va.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Worth checking: Statement of work attached but not read. The statement of work with the sterilizer's salient characteristics was not read here, so the exact model, size and features are unknown.
- Worth checking: Brand name or equal requirement. The buy names a brand, and you may need to prove your equipment is equal or that you are an authorized reseller.
- Minor: Pricing requested with response. The VA may skip a small business set-aside if it finds small businesses cannot offer fair and reasonable prices.
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- Minor: Not a solicitation. Responding does not make you an offeror; a separate solicitation is expected later and there is no award from this notice.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. 1 of 3 not read. Show which files.
- 36C25727Q0054.docx (read)
- Sources sought.pdf (read)
- SOW Sterilizers 2027.doc: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Supply a replacement sterilizer on a brand name or equal basis
- Send a capability response with company details, size and business type
- Include estimated market research pricing with the response
- Include a letter showing you are an authorized dealer, distributor or reseller of the equipment, if applicable
- Give your GSA or VA Federal Supply Schedule contract details, if you have one
- Contract type
- Not stated; this is a sources sought notice for a future solicitation
- Place of performance
- Valley Coastal Bend South Texas Veterans Affairs, VA Harlingen Healthcare Center, 2601 Veterans Drive, Harlingen TX 78550
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not applicable: this is a market research notice, not a solicitation. Responses are used to define the procurement strategy.
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 3:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Email to Lesley Kitchen at lesley.kitchen@va.gov
What to include when you submit
- Include business name, business address, and a point of contact with name, phone number and email address
- Include your SAM unique entity ID (UEI), NAICS code, and business size (small or large)
- State your type of business, such as SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned), VOSB (veteran-owned), 8(a), HUBZone or WOSB (woman-owned)
- Include a letter stating you are an OEM authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment and/or services, if applicable
- Include your GSA or VA Federal Supply Schedule contract number and details, if you have one
- Include estimated market research pricing
Not in the notice text
- The statement of work (SOW Sterilizers 2027.doc) is attached but not read, so the brand, model, salient characteristics, quantity and installation needs are not known.
- SAM.gov does not state a set-aside; the VA says it will decide the set-aside, sole source or unrestricted approach after reviewing responses.
- Quantity, contract type, delivery date and any installation or training requirements are not stated in the notice or the PDF.
- The date of the future solicitation is not given.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- 257-Network Contract Office 17 (36C257), San Antonio, TX
- Product/service code
- 6515 · Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 339112)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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