6550 Microbiology Testing Media for MRSA and VRE, purchase order for Microbiology Media
Veterans Affairs · 260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26027Q0096_0001 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)), same product/service code (PSC) 6550 and NAICS 325413.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $290K to $475K, median $450K; range $129K to $500K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| REMEL INC. · $TMO · $46.3B | 1 | $500K | Oct 28, 2025 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 1 | $450K | Oct 2, 2025 |
| HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC | 1 | $129K | Nov 26, 2024 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $TMO reported $46.3B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $450K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 28, 2025REMEL INC.$500K6550--BLOOD CULTURE MEDIA AND AUTOMATED MICROBIAL DETECTION SYSTEM THREE YEAR CPRR INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT.Materiality: <0.01% of $TMO revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 2, 2025ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$450K6550--Rapid Molecular Testing via Roche Diagnostics CorporationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 26, 2024HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC$129K6550--Reagents and Consumables / Hologic Procurement Base Plus 3 (12/1/2024 to 8/31/2028)No 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 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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $40K 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
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
- 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 7 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.