Sources SoughtPosted Jul 20, 2026·Original deadline passed (Aug 3). See latest amendment for current deadline.

Inverted Microscope, St. Louis VAMC Jefferson Barracks

Veterans Affairs · 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25526Q0528
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6640
Place
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Contact
Tywanna Sparks (tywanna.sparks@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25526Q0528 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 20, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Jul 24, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jul 24, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Expected award: Any day (median passed). Typical range Aug 9, 2026 to Oct 7, 2026; middle Sep 4, 2026.
Measured from 103 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 334516 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 20, 2026).

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

Sources Sought Notice, Inverted Microscope, St. Louis VAMC Jefferson Barracks. See attached for details.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)), same product/service code (PSC) 6640 and NAICS 334516.

Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $402K to $2.6M, median $691K; range $16K to $3.2M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BIOMERIEUX INC2$5.4MOct 21, 2025
Werfen USA LLC1$3.1MJun 18, 2025
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC.1$691KJun 4, 2025
QIAGEN, LLC1$474KOct 6, 2025
BECKMAN COULTER, INC1$331KOct 7, 2025
AANTILIA LLC1$16KApr 3, 2025

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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Latest awards

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 (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. 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
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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, 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.