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6540--Brand Name or Equal – ARGOS Optical Biometer by Alcon

242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242) · Syracuse VA Medical Center 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, New York, 13210

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Historical record

Aug 28, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Archive date
Sep 12, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242) published this combined synopsis/solicitation.
  • Competition is listed as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.
  • The place of performance is Syracuse, New York.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
7d0568c8462e464ba1ea6dd2b1802fda
Solicitation
36C24226Q0913
Base type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
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
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Solicitation number
36C24226Q0913
NAICS
334510 — Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
PSC
6540 — OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside
Set-aside code
SDVOSBC
Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Responses due
Aug 28, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 12, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
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
242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242)
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
ALBANY, NY, 12208, USA
Place of performance
Syracuse VA Medical Center 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, New York, 13210
City code
—
State
New York
State code
NY
Postal code
13210
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6. Quotes are requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to procure one Optical Biometer, Brand Name or Equal to ARGOS Optical Biometer by Alcon. This solicitation is issued as an RFQ. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01 effective March 13, 2026. This solicitation is set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334510 with a small business size standard of 1,250 Employees. The FSC/PSC is 6540. The Network Contracting Office 2 (NCO 2) located at 20 Madison Avenue Ext., Albany, NY 12203 is seeking to purchase a single non-contact ophthalmic biometry system with installation, training and warranty for the Syracuse VA Medical Center. This is a solicitation for Brand Name or Equal, and the salient characteristics are identified. Please see document 36C24226Q0913 Combined Synopsis for details.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$139
Median$5,420
High end (p75)$61,972
Comparable awards
50
Median
$5,420
Computed
Aug 17, 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
BIOMETERO R ELDER INC$54,725.00Apr 1, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPHTHALMIC ULTRASOUND FOR NJ LYONS VAMCCORPS MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC$68,314.00Apr 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ZEISS CALLISTO EYE SYSTEMPROAIM AMERICAS, LLC.$68,438.76Jul 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ARGOS BIOMETERMELLING LLC$55,630.00Jul 27, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FUJIFILM SONOSITE SYNCHRONICITY SOFTWAREFUJIFILM SONOSITE INC$77,537.00May 12, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
UNITY VCS VLTP (3) AND HANDPIECES (27)O R ELDER INC$675,624.00Apr 6, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TRANSONIC HD03TRANSONIC SYSTEMS INC.$30,735.00Jun 29, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VISN 19 VITAL SIGN MONITORS UPGRADEWELCH ALLYN, INC.$1,128,618.02Mar 18, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VITREORETINAL AND CATARACT SYSTEMO R ELDER INC$111,198.00Jul 28, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ENT MICROSCOPEYVN PROPERTIES LLC$17,495.00Mar 31, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THIS ORDER IS BEING WRITTEN TO PROCURE TWO (2) INBODY 770 COMPOSITION ANALYZER FOR THE ROWORTHO MED SPA INC$33,500.00Jun 30, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8512033345!PHARMACY TECH REFRESHINNOVATION ASSOCIATES, INC.$1,746,120.03Apr 16, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8512001854!HOLDER SET,DENTAL RSZY HOLDINGS, LLC$77.77Mar 25, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8507140096!MONITOR,PATIENT VITWELCH ALLYN, INC.$21,679.92Apr 1, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8507180610!MONITOR,PATIENT VITWELCH ALLYN, INC.$3,613.32Apr 1, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8507682043!MONITOR,PATIENT VITWELCH ALLYN, INC.$5,419.98Mar 19, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511927004!MONITOR,PATIENT VITSZY HOLDINGS, LLC$6,520.00Mar 30, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511927007!MONITOR,PATIENT VITSZY HOLDINGS, LLC$3,260.00Mar 3, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511946466!ELECTRODE,ELECTROCASZY HOLDINGS, LLC$400.00Mar 30, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8512029477!DEFIBRILLATOR/MONITAPEX PINNACLE CORP$48,660.00Apr 8, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

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VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 16, 2026Aug 28, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC01b5d219db58594d
2Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 28, 2026Aug 28, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC00710049e4e7fcc4

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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 17, 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.

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