Intent to Sole Source to Thermo Fisher for on-site preventative maintenance and full-service ISO 9001 calibration on 21 Incubators
Health and Human Services (all) · HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 2026-98794 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 21, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Thermo Fisher Scientific for on-site preventative maintenance and full-service ISO 9001 calibration on 21 Incubators. Thermo Fisher Scientific will provide both annual preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance with parts, labor, and travel included. To include priority technical support, targeted response times, and the use of certified field service engineers with advanced digital diagnostic tools. Additionally, Unity will provide ISO 9001 calibration. All services are to b… (show all)
e performed at a government facility. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 12.102(a). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within ten (10) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to Denedra Hardy at qfa5@cdc.gov by 2:00PM EDT August 31, 2026.
Who won similar work
22 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Health and Human Services (all)), same product/service code (PSC) J066.
Single-winner award sizes (22): middle half $42K to $225K, median $99K; range $14K to $2.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $6.8B | 3 | $445K | Jul 24, 2025 |
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX · $19.4B | 2 | $567K | Nov 19, 2025 |
| ILLUMINA, INC. · $ILMN · $4.5B | 2 | $138K | Jul 6, 2026 |
| THE BIONETICS CORP | 1 | $2.8M | Jul 21, 2025 |
| Revvity Health Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $696K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| MOLECULAR DEVICES LLC | 1 | $236K | Nov 22, 2024 |
| QUALITY CALIBRATIONS, INC. | 1 | $192K | Oct 30, 2024 |
| CTF MEG NEURO INNOVATIONS INC | 1 | $185K | Sep 9, 2025 |
| ETS-LINDGREN INC | 1 | $157K | Sep 10, 2025 |
| LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 1 | $127K | Nov 1, 2024 |
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.
- $A reported $6.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 22 past awards, $99K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $BDX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 22 past awards, $99K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $ILMN reported $4.5B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 22 past awards, $99K, 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.
- Jul 6, 2026ILLUMINA, INC.$73KMiSeq i100 Plus Silver Support PlanMateriality: <0.01% of $ILMN revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 6, 2026Bruker Scientific LLC$14KAnnual Preventive Maintenance for MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry SystemMateriality: <0.01% of $BRKR revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 20, 2026COMPUCOM, INC.$17KOpenText Software and i2900 Kodak Scanners MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 12, 2026NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC$18KJ--Service Contract for Nikon A1RHD25 Confocal MicrosNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 19, 2025BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$248KJ--Service agreement BD S6 Cell Sorter instrumentMateriality: <0.01% of $BDX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 24, 2025Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.$696KService Agreement for multiple Opera Phenix, Operetta CLS, and associated equipmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2025AVANT GARDE SCIENTIFIC, INC$17KJ--Preventive maintenance and emergency serviceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2025ILLUMINA, INC.$65KJ--Service Contract Renewal for (1) Illumina iScan anMateriality: <0.01% of $ILMN revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 10, 2025ETS-LINDGREN INC$157KJ--Shielded automatic sliding door repairMateriality: 0.02% of $ESE revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 9, 2025CTF MEG NEURO INNOVATIONS INC$185KCTF MEG and HRS Annual Preventative Maintenance Service AgreementNo 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 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.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) since 2024 (14 filings)
- 2 of their lobbyists list a past Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) job
- $45K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- 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.
- 7 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 252 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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 9 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.