6550--Equipment - Abbott ID NOW Analyzers + Test Kits - DET
Veterans Affairs · 250-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 10 (36C250)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25026Q0565 in this department, oldest first.
- May 8, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- May 19, 2026Award NoticeABBOTT RAPID DX NORTH AMERICA LLC · $82KOpen
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 Requirement The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Healthcare System, VISN 10 Contracting Activity intends to negotiate a sole source contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and the authority of FAR Part RFO FAR 12.102(a), Only One Responsible Source for the following items listed below. The associated NAICS code for these products is 325413. The vendor, Abbott, a large business is located at 100 South Sanders Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045. Description of equipment requirements: The Laboratory Medicine department requests a one-year purchase order for Abbot… (show all)
t ID NOW analyzers and associated proprietary test kits required to support point of care (POC) molecular testing for COVID 19, Influenza A/B, RSV, and Strep A at Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) locations. The supplies consist of one-time promotional analyzer/test pack bundles and standing order replenishment test kits. The Government s minimum requirement is for rapid, CLIA waived, decentralized molecular testing with turnaround times under 15 minutes for multiple respiratory pathogens. The Abbott ID NOW platform is the only instrument that meets all of these needs in a compact, exam room appropriate footprint suitable for CBOC deployment. A firm fixed price contract with no options is anticipated and shall be awarded. It is the Government's belief that only the proposed candidate possesses the required capabilities to successfully meet this requirement. It is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source. This is not a Request for Proposal; this is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source requirement. No responses will be accepted after NOON, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, ET.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (250-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 10 (36C250)), same product/service code (PSC) 6550.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $369K to $644K, median $613K; range $125K to $675K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHEID Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA | 1 | $675K | Apr 22, 2026 |
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 1 | $613K | Mar 6, 2026 |
| QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY · $QDEL · $3.0B | 1 | $125K | Oct 1, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $QDEL reported $3.0B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $613K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 1, 2026QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY$125K6550--Blood Bank Reagents 5 Year OP IDIQ - DetroitMateriality: <0.01% of $QDEL revenue (Low) SEC
- Apr 22, 2026CEPHEID Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA$675KCepheid Infinity Kits/TestsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 6, 2026CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$613K6550--Cepheid Reagents, IND 3/1/26 - 2/28/27 PO 583C62157No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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Competitive landscape
For the 3 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 0 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.