6640--VA-25-00006040/637-25-1-167-0029 VETERANS HEALTHCARE BIOCARDIS IDYLLA SUPPLIES
Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24625Q0205 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
Special Notice Special Notice Page 2 of 2 *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 2 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6 intends to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to Biocartis US for a Biocartis Idylla Assay Cartridges for the Asheville VAMC, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805. It is the Government s belief that the proposed candidate is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and sole provider of the Biocartis Idylla Assay Cartridges. Using any other supplier would result in duplicated costs that would not be recovered through competit… (show all)
ion. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Market research has determined that these items can only be obtained from a single source without an unacceptable duplication of cost or delay in the continuity of patient care. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any business that believes it can provide the Biocartis Idylla Assay Cartridges may give written notice to Bernadette.Quevedo@va.gov by 1:00PM EDT on November 29, 2024. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information below. All responses to this notice shall include: company name, address, point of contact, phone number, System for Award (SAMs) Unique Entity Id Number (UEI), manufacturer authorization letter, authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller documentation. Responses will be considered by the Government; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NAICS Code: 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing PSC: 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $208K to $3.3M, median $388K; range $16K to $5.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| WERFEN USA LLC | 2 | $415K | Oct 7, 2026 |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE CHARLOTTE 28273 NCL | 1 | $5.8M | Dec 2, 2024 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 1 | $5.2M | Oct 9, 2025 |
| BRANCH MEDICAL LLC · $GMED · $1.6B | 1 | $1.5M | Jan 22, 2026 |
| BINDING SITE, INC. · $TMO · $42.9B | 1 | $388K | Feb 6, 2025 |
| APEX INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION INC. | 1 | $16K | Jun 3, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $GMED reported $1.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 7 past awards, $388K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $TMO reported $42.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 7 past awards, $388K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 7, 2026WERFEN USA LLC$346K6640--ECHO LUMENA- WERFEN
- Oct 7, 2026WERFEN USA LLC$69K6640--ECHO LUMENA- WERFEN
- Jan 22, 2026BRANCH MEDICAL LLC$1.5M6640--BioPlex 2200 Supplies
- Oct 9, 2025ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$5.2M6640--VISN6 HISTOLOGY IDIQ
- Jun 3, 2025APEX INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION INC.$16K6640--Copy of LAB FREEZZER
- Feb 6, 2025BINDING SITE, INC.$388K6640--Turbidimetric Immunodiagnostic Instrument Rental/Testing
- Dec 2, 2024AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE CHARLOTTE 28273 NCL$5.8M6640--Richmond and Salem Blood and Blood Components
Competitive landscape
For the 6 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 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $40K 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.
- 7 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 7 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.