6550--Blood Bank Reagents from Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (VA-27-00004416) | EDA: 1018/2026 | STATUS MOVED TO BC 7/7/26

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24526Q0650 in this department, oldest first.

Next steps for this stage

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

• Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
• Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
• Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245)), same product/service code (PSC) 6550.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $128K to $199K, median $184K; range $72K to $215K.

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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

• Jan 14, 2026FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY$184K6550--Test Kits, reagents and supplies for Allergic Testing on Phadia InstrumentMateriality: <0.01% of $TMO revenue (Low)Calculated as Award Amount divided by the company's trailing twelve-month revenue (SEC 10-Q). Here: $184K award ÷ $46.3B revenue, 12 months to Jun 27, 2026 (SEC 10-Q). SEC
• Nov 14, 2025CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$215K6550--PCR TEST KITS AND SUPPLIES FOR CEPHEID GENXPERTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Oct 20, 2025CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$72K6550--PCR Testing Kits and Reagents for GeneXpert - New Base Plus Four Option Year ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

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 2 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

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.

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.