Intent to Sole Source Metabolomics Analysis Services for Million Veteran Program
Veterans Affairs · RPO EAST (36C24E)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24E26Q0017 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
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: IAW FAR 5.101 this notice is to advise the public that The Department of Veterans Affairs RPO-E R&D, intends to award a sole source Firm Fixed Price Contract IAW RFO 6.103-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements) to Metabolon for services to provide metabolomics analyses services to measure >1000 metabolites from stored blood samples. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS or QUOTATIONS. Responsible sources may identify their interest by submitting capability information that cl… (show all)
early demonstrates the capability to perform the required work IAW the PWS (attached). Capability information is required by 10:00am (EST) March 11, 2026 to establish the ability of the source to meet this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs associated with the preparation of responses to this notification. All inquiries and submittals must be sent via email to Renee Kale, Contracting Officer renee.kale@va.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (RPO EAST (36C24E)), same NAICS 541380.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $1.1M to $27.1M, median $1.3M; range $624K to $35.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPUS AI, INC · $TEM · $1.4B | 1 | $35.2M | Feb 11, 2026 |
| INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC | 1 | $27.1M | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Rutgers, The State University NEWARK 07103 JIB | 1 | $1.3M | Aug 24, 2026 |
| PHARMARON (SAN DIEGO) LAB SERVICES LLC | 1 | $1.1M | Sep 17, 2026 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Baltimore MD 21218 USA | 1 | $624K | Sep 25, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $TEM reported $1.4B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $1.3M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 25, 2026THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Baltimore MD 21218 USA$624KSpecialized Biomarker Lab for TRACTSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 17, 2026PHARMARON (SAN DIEGO) LAB SERVICES LLC$1.1MAN41--Research Services Neural Stem Cell Study for Spinal Cord InjuryNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 24, 2026Rutgers, The State University NEWARK 07103 JIB$1.3MQ301--Genomic RNA SequencingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 27, 2026INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC$27.1MQ301--Genotyping, Long-Read Sequencing, and AnnotationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 11, 2026TEMPUS AI, INC$35.2MQ301--High-Throughput Sample Processing Including Tasso, Methlaytion Profiling and Bioinformatic Data Analysis and AnnotationMateriality: 2.5% of $TEM revenue (Medium) SEC
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 5 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 21 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.