Q301--Cytogenetic Rapid Response Reference Laboratory Testing
Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226Q0073 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 29, 2025 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Dec 18, 2025Award NoticeWISCONSIN DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES LLC · $3.8MOpen
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 Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 12 intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with Wisconsin Diagnostics Laboratories for Rapid Response and Esoteric Reference Laboratory Testing services to support the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center located in Milwaukee, WI. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 621511 with a small business size Standard of $41.5 million. The authority for restricting competition on this requirement is 38 U.S.C. 8153(a)(3)(A), known as Sharing of Health-care Resources, which pr… (show all)
ovides the authority to directly contract with an institution affiliated with the Department. This notice of intent is not a request for quotes or proposals. No contract award will be made based on quotations or proposals received in response to this notice. No solicitation document exists, and no telephone or email inquiries will be accepted. Any responsible source who believes it can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement to Contracting Officer Robert Ruska Robert.Ruska@va.gov no later than Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, at 10:00AM (CST). A determination not to compete the requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Disclaimer and Important Notes: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in responses to this notice. This notice does not oblige the Government to award a contract. The Government will not pay for information provided in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for market research purposes. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)), same product/service code (PSC) Q301 and NAICS 621511.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $803K to $2.4M, median $1.4M; range $200K to $4.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED · $DGX · $11.6B | 2 | $5.9M | Jun 30, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM Madison WI 53706 USA | 1 | $1.0M | Jan 29, 2026 |
| ARUP LABORATORIES INC | 1 | $200K | Jul 6, 2026 |
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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $DGX reported $11.6B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $1.4M, 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.
- Jul 6, 2026ARUP LABORATORIES INC$200KQ301--Reference Lab Testing Services POP: 7/1/2026 - 6/30/2027No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 30, 2026QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$4.1MQ301--Multi-Site Reference Lab Services VISN12 537, 578, 585, 607, 676, 695 POP: 7/1/2026 - 6/30/2027Materiality: 0.04% of $DGX revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 29, 2026UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM Madison WI 53706 USA$1.0MQ301--Cytogenetic Reference Laboratory ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 25, 2025QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$1.9MQ301--VISN Reference Lab Testing Bridge: 1/1/25 - 6/30/25Materiality: 0.02% of $DGX revenue (Low) SEC
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.
- 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
- $22K 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.
- 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 3 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.