Pre-solicitationPosted Sep 22, 2026·Responses due Nov 16, 2026

6550--Cepheid GeneXpert Testing Supplies

Veterans Affairs · 245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
325413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24526R0114
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6550
Place
VAMHCS
Contact
Michael Jones (michael.jones16@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24526R0114 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 22, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 5, 2026 to Nov 15, 2026, middle of the range Oct 18, 2026.
Measured from 128 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 325413 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 22, 2026).
Responses are due Nov 16, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit proposals for Cepheid GeneXpert Testing Supplies (6 VAMC s). A statement of work will be included in subsequent formal solicitation. The request for proposal (RFP) number is 36C24526R0114. This procurement is issued unrestricted. The formal solicitation will result in a single award firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for a base year and 4 option years. The medical centers supported are as follows: Beckley VAMC, Beckley, WV Martinsburg VAMC, Martinsburg, WV VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD Washington… (show all)

DC VAMC, Washington, DC Louis A. Johnson VAMC, Clarksburg, WV Huntington VAMC, Huntington, WV The government will issue firm-fixed price delivery orders for each VA facility for base and option years upon availability of funds. The applicable NAICS code is 325413-In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing. When issued, the formal solicitation will be available via the contract opportunities website, HTTP://Sam.gov. The tentative formal solicitation issued date will be October 7, 2026. Interested parties are advised to consult the actual formal solicitation for final dates and times. All prospective are required to be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) (HTTP:\\Sam.gov.) database.

Who won similar work

117 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 325413.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION11$15.0MSep 21, 2026
CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 9408910$21.5MJun 22, 2026
BIOMERIEUX INC8$44.2MOct 1, 2026
DERRAH MORRISON ENTERPRISES LLC7$389KSep 25, 2026
WERFEN USA LLC5$2.5MOct 7, 2026
CEPHEID Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA4$40.5MJun 26, 2026
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.4$3.4MOct 1, 2026
THE DAVINCI COMPANY4$1.4MMar 12, 2026
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.3$4.7MOct 1, 2026
BECKMAN COULTER, INC3$4.2MNov 28, 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.

Latest awards

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
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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
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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.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.