Justification (Sole Source)Posted Sep 29, 2026

Justification Posting

Veterans Affairs · 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)

Stage
Justification for other than full competition
NAICS
621511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24426D0122
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Q301
Place
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Contact
Victoria Droz (victoria.droz@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24426D0122 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Sep 29, 2026
    Award Notice
    LABORATORY CORPORATION · $7.3M
    Open
Other notices
  • Sep 29, 2026 · this notice
    Justification (Sole Source)

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.

What the notice says

Award of a new, Firm-Fixed Price Indefinitely Deliver/Indefinite Quantity contract for Reference Laboratory Testing services that include pickup and transport of specimens to contractor�s laboratory; pre-analytic processing defined in contractor�s laboratory user�s manual; analysis, reporting analytic results, and consultation regarding selection, collection, transportation, and result interpretation.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 621511.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PURE AIR UV INC.2$1.8MSep 23, 2025
LABORATORY CORPORATION1$5.2MApr 7, 2025
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104 USA1$875KMar 16, 2026
WINERGY LLC1$130KJan 2, 2025
PATHOLOGY ASSOC OF NEPA, LTD.1$100KOct 8, 2025
MITCHELL DIENER REMOVAL SERVICES, LLC1$12KOct 1, 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 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.

  • 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
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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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