6550--VISN 19 Lab BioFire Reagents & Maintenance on Biofire TORCH systems Intent to Sole Source
Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 19 (36C259)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25926Q0870 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 23, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
In accordance with FAR 538.7104-3 this Notice of Intent is to inform all parties the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 located at 6162 South Willow Drive Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 intends to award a sole source procurement for the following requirement to the large business, Biomerieux, Inc. 515 South Colorow Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84108: Biofire Reagents and Maintenance on Biofire systems This requirement is for a base plus four option year, FSS-Blanket Purchase Agreement for Biofire Reagents and Maintenance on Government owned Biofire TORCH sys… (show all)
tems. A base plus four option year FSS-BPA is required for Cheyenne VA Medical Center, Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System (Muskogee), Grand Junction VA Medical Center, James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, and Sheridan VA Medical Center. This requirement will be awarded as a sole source to Biomerieux, Inc. (a large business) for Biofire reagents and maintenance on Biofire TORCH systems for VISN19 VA Medical Centers. The above VA facilities currently own Biofire/Biomerieux manufactured TORCH systems. Reagents for the system is needed for laboratory testing and maintenance on the systems are also needed for base plus four option years. These are proprietary systems wherein only Biofire reagents can be used on the analyzers and only Biofire/Biomerieux certified and licensed technicians are allowed to perform maintenance on the systems. The associated North America Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 325416 and the Business Size Standard is 1250 employees. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than 10:00am Mountain Time, Monday, September 28th, 2026. Information received in response to this notice must clearly demonstrate the capability of meeting the Government s need as stated above. Include any relevant information (specifications, cut sheets, brochures, capability statement, etc.) confirming the ability to supply the products and/or any services outlined in this notice. Responses to this notice are to be sent to Juanita.Street@va.gov. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government is not responsible for any potential costs incurred from interested parties desiring to respond to this notice.
Who won similar work
89 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) 6550.
Single-winner award sizes (87): middle half $377K to $1.3M, median $688K; range $30K to $151.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 11 | $26.2M | Apr 15, 2026 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 11 | $14.7M | Aug 28, 2026 |
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC. | 11 | $6.8M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| BIOMERIEUX INC | 5 | $9.8M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| CEPHEID Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA | 4 | $40.5M | Jun 26, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 4 | $5.2M | Jun 2, 2026 |
| POLYMEDCO CANCER DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS LLC | 3 | $4.5M | Apr 9, 2026 |
| WERFEN USA LLC | 3 | $2.6M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| TOSOH BIOSCIENCE, INC. | 2 | $4.1M | Mar 18, 2026 |
| SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. | 2 | $2.5M | Oct 1, 2026 |
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.
- Oct 6, 2026ABBOTT MOLECULAR INC.$920K6550--LAB - ABBOTT ALINITY-M PCR MOLECULAR REAGENTS & SUPPLIESMateriality: <0.01% of $ABT revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 2, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC.$291K6550--Intent to Sole Source | 3 Month Bridge Philadelphia VA Medical Center Laboratory Hematology/Chemistry TestingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC$700KDrugs of Abuse ReagentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026WERFEN USA LLC$388K6550--Werfen Immunocor Blood Bank Reagents and Supplies Northport and East OrangeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026BIOMERIEUX INC$284K6550--DO Biofire Panel Kits in support of the Sioux Falls VA HCSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY$125K6550--Blood Bank Reagents 5 Year OP IDIQ - DetroitMateriality: <0.01% of $QDEL revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 1, 2026SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.$600K6550--Blood Gas Analyzer Reagents, Controls, and Supplies IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026NOVA BIOMEDICAL CORP$1.1M6550--Glucose Point of Care (POC) TestingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 28, 2026ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$107K6550--Glucose Accu-Chek® Test StripsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 17, 2026WERFEN USA LLC$1.4M6550--Blood Type IVD ReagentsNo 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 (6 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 0 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.