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6505--ME/ New Pluvicto Theronastic Therapy Radiopharmaceuticals/STL(VA-26-00053903) 657-26-4-1642-0063

255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)

Response status

Active notice

Not published

SAM.gov has not published a response deadline.

Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Archive date
Oct 20, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255) published this award notice.
  • The notice uses NAICS 325412 (Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
5f843004e5a54f83afa78a2d3feb9ff9
Solicitation
36C25526N0394
Base type
Award Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Award Notice
Solicitation number
36C25526N0394
Set-aside
Set-aside code
Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Responses due
Not published
Archive date
Oct 20, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Award Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Subagency code
Office
255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
LEAVENWORTH, KS, 66048, USA
Place of performance
City code
State
State code
Postal code
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Award outcome

Outcome fields appear only when SAM published them on this notice.

Award number
36F79720D018036C25526N0394
Award date
Aug 5, 2026
Award amount
$891,650.00
Line item
Awardee
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation EAST HANOVER 07936 JIB
Awardee UEI
Awardee CAGE
Awardee location

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

Ordering Activity / Contracting Office Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO 15) 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth, KS 66048 Contract / Order Information FSS Contract Number: 36F79720D0180 Order Number: 36C25526N0394 Requisition / PO Number: 657-C60305 Effective Date of Award: August 5, 2026Ordering Period: August 5, 2026 through February 5, 2027 Method of Solicitation: FSS order under SF 1449, commercial products and commercial services Awardee (Contractor) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 59 Route 10 East Hanover, NJ 07936 UEI: NG61ZA8TADW3 (as shown on the SF 1449). Primary Contractor POC: Yisell Rodriguez, 201 602 5055, yisell.rodriquez@novartis.com. Place of Delivery / Performance VA St. Louis Health Care System John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital 915 North Grand Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63106 Description of Supplies/Services This award provides one proprietary radiopharmaceutical agent, PLUVICTO (Lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan), NDC 69488 0010 6, for use by Nuclear Medicine at VA St. Louis Health Care System. PLUVICTO is indicated for adult patients with PSMA positive metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer who have been treated with androgen receptor pathway inhibition and taxane based chemotherapy. The period of performance supports diagnostic and therapeutic use of this radiopharmaceutical in accordance with the Statement of Work included in the SF 1449. Line Item and Pricing CLIN 0001: PLUVICTO Lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan, NDC 69488 0010 6. Quantity: 26 Each. Unit Price: 34,294.26. Extended Amount: 891,650.76. Total Award Amount: 891,650.76. Funding / Accounting Data As shown on SF 1449: 657 26 4 1642 0063 / 657 3660 / 160 1642 822900 2580 / 0100L00H6 (Accounting and Appropriation Data). Invoice and Payment Instructions Invoices shall be submitted monthly in arrears and must reference PO number 657 C60305 and Order number 36C25526N0394. All invoices shall be submitted electronically in accordance with VAAR 852.232 72, via the VA Financial Services Center e-invoicing system (Austin, TX). Payment will be made by: Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center, Austin, TX (see SF 1449 Block 18a and Continuation Page for full details). Contract Administration / Points of Contact Contracting Officer: Michael P. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO 15) 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS 66048 Email: michael.murphy7@va.gov Phone: 913 946 1970 Facility Point of Contact (Pluvicto): Mark Lauridsen VA St. Louis Health Care System Email: mark.lauridsen@va.gov Phone: 314 652 4100 ext. 66522 The Contracting Officer retains sole authority to approve changes or modifications affecting price, quantity, or quality of performance under this contract. The Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) will be designated separately in accordance with VAAR 852.270 1 and will be responsible for technical and administrative oversight. Special Terms and Conditions This order is subject to the terms and conditions of FSS Contract 36F79720D0180 and all clauses incorporated by reference on SF 1449, including VAAR 852.247 71 (Delivery Location), VAAR 852.232 72 (Electronic Submission of Payment Requests), VAAR 852.203 70 (Commercial Advertising), VAAR 852.242 71 (Administrative Contracting Officer), and VAAR 852.246 71 (Rejected Goods). The VA St. Louis Health Care System s business hours and applicable federal holidays are as set forth in the Statement of Work, and contract performance monitoring will be conducted in accordance with VA quality assurance procedures described therein.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$9,546
Median$25,000
High end (p75)$96,722
Comparable awards
50
Median
$25,000
Computed
Aug 24, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
PURCHASE OF BOOSTRIX PFS 0.5ML, TYPHIM VI, RABAVERT 1ML, HAVRIX TPL, HEPLISAV-B 20MCG 0.5MMCKESSON CORPORATION$25,863.68May 11, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INV 7633644043 PR-504-000820 GUYANA CANCELLED FOR MCKESSONMCKESSON CORPORATION$19,605.60May 11, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INV 7637193599 PR-515-000536 COSTA RICA CANCELLED FOR MCKESSONMCKESSON CORPORATION$20,501.16May 27, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VOLUNTEER MEDICAL SUPPLIESMCKESSON CORPORATION$26,485.05Jul 14, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MEDICAL ORDER 517-26-008MCKESSON CORPORATION$34,583.11Jul 15, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MCKESSON REGULAR AND CONTROL MEDICATIONS FOR FCI DANBURY JUNE-SEPTEMBERMCKESSON CORPORATION$393,480.34Jul 14, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MCKESSON MAT MEDICATIONS FOR FCI DANBURY JUNE-SEPTEMBER EO 14398MCKESSON CORPORATION$52,719.00Jul 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CONTRACT MEDICATIONS FOR JULY FY26- FCI LORETTOMCKESSON CORPORATION$90,000.00Jun 12, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
Q4 FY26 MCKESSON NARCOTIC CONTRACT MEDICATIONS FOR FCI LORETTOMCKESSON CORPORATION$300.00Jun 12, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CONTRACT MEDICATIONS FCI LORETTOMCKESSON CORPORATION$202,293.29Jul 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FPC DULUTH FY26 MCKESSON CONTROLLED MEDICATION ORDER FOR Q3 FY26. ORDER ISSUED IN ACCORDMCKESSON CORPORATION$400.00Jul 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MEDICATIONSMCKESSON CORPORATION$9,781.02Jun 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FY26 B1 MCKESSON PHARMACY STOCK MEDICATION SEP 26MCKESSON CORPORATION$25,000.00Aug 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MCKESSON MAT MEDICATION JUN 26MCKESSON CORPORATION$9,876.72Jun 10, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FY26 B1 MCKESSON MEDICATION JUN 26MCKESSON CORPORATION$3,334.35Jun 10, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FY26 B1 MCKESSON MEDICATION JUL 26MCKESSON CORPORATION$745.43Jul 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FY26 B1 FSA MCKESSON MAT MEDICATION JUL 26MCKESSON CORPORATION$9,310.25Jul 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FY26 B1 MCKESSON CONTROLLED MEDICATIONS JUL 26MCKESSON CORPORATION$29.70Jul 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MEDICATIONSMCKESSON CORPORATION$93,443.16Jun 10, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FY26 B1 MCKESSON OPEN MARKET MEDS QTR4MCKESSON CORPORATION$10,000.00Jun 16, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Award NoticeAug 23, 2026Not published0de7985c7fb79998
2Award NoticeAug 28, 2026Not published42379672fb5f895d

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 24, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.