Sources SoughtPosted Jul 31, 2026·Responses due Aug 3, 2026

6515--501-26-4-0190-0189 Bioshakes & Coldplates (Beckman Coulter) (VA-26-00076912)

Veterans Affairs · 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26226Q1237
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6515
Place
Not stated
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26226Q1237 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 20, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026, middle of the range Sep 15, 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 31, 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.

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BECKMAN COULTER, INC2$673KJan 6, 2026
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT1$9.1MJul 30, 2025
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION1$1.3MJun 17, 2025
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC1$743KJul 7, 2026
QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY · $QDEL1$522KSep 25, 2025
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A1$436KApr 9, 2026
DIASORIN INC1$90KAug 11, 2025
STRIPES GLOBAL, INC.1$54KSep 4, 2025
10X GENOMICS, INC.1$41KJul 7, 2026
SOTERIX MEDICAL, INC.1$40KMay 19, 2026

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 (5 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $48K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • 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.

  • 5 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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 3 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.