Q301--Legionella Water Sample Testing Services at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326R0042 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
This is a Pre-Solicitation notice for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 23, for the procurement of Legionella Water Sample Testing Services at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services with a size standard of $19 Million. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will ONLY be available on… (show all)
this site. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all amendments. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Specialist at theresa.thunder@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract neither does it obligate the Government to pay for any quotes or proposal preparation costs. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. All interested parties must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) Q301 and NAICS 541380.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $176K to $367K, median $283K; range $19K to $452K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINNESOTA VALLEY TESTING LABORATORIES, INC. | 1 | $452K | Oct 6, 2026 |
| ASSURED BIO LABS, LLC | 1 | $339K | Jun 3, 2026 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City IA 52242 USA | 1 | $228K | Dec 30, 2024 |
| HEALTH PHYSICS ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. | 1 | $19K | Dec 4, 2024 |
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, 2026MINNESOTA VALLEY TESTING LABORATORIES, INC.$452KQ301--Water Quality Laboratory Testing ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 3, 2026ASSURED BIO LABS, LLC$339KCleanroom Testing Services - Minneapolis VAMCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 30, 2024THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City IA 52242 USA$228KIowa City State Hygienic LabNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 4, 2024HEALTH PHYSICS ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.$19KQ301--X-Ray/CT/MRI Compliance Testing - ICNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 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.