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Veterans Affairs · 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25726Q0718 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
In support of the above Background, the requested service agreement will allow scientists at the Center of Excellence to continue in their ability to research causes, solutions, and treatments to mental health problems at the cellular and molecular level. Without a service agreement for our advanced instrumentation we could not guarantee results or findings from said instrumentation; it needs to be maintained and calibrated in accordance with specific criteria to produce accurate results.
Who won similar work
13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)), same product/service code (PSC) J066 and NAICS 811210.
Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $72K to $438K, median $144K; range $16K to $1.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD-ALLAN SCIENTIFIC LLC | 2 | $109K | Jul 24, 2026 |
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 1 | $1.8M | Mar 12, 2026 |
| XENEX DISINFECTION SERVICES INC. | 1 | $871K | Jan 15, 2025 |
| ILLUMINA, INC. · $ILMN · $4.5B | 1 | $497K | Jun 12, 2025 |
| FULL SPECTRUM GROUP, LLC | 1 | $438K | Apr 1, 2025 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 1 | $218K | Aug 24, 2026 |
| LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC. | 1 | $183K | Jun 12, 2026 |
| NEXUS GROUP, LLC | 1 | $144K | Mar 24, 2026 |
| BIOMERIEUX INC | 1 | $105K | Aug 12, 2026 |
| RADIOMETER AMERICA, INC. | 1 | $72K | Jul 14, 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.
- $ILMN reported $4.5B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 13 past awards, $144K, 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.
- Aug 24, 2026ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$218KJ066--NEW – Roche Benchmark Ultra Services
- Aug 12, 2026BIOMERIEUX INC$105KJ066--NEW - BioMerieux Biofire TORCH Services
- Jul 24, 2026RICHARD-ALLAN SCIENTIFIC LLC$93KJ066-- STX Richard-Allan Epredia SVC
- Jul 14, 2026RADIOMETER AMERICA, INC.$72KJ066--NEW | CTX ABL Service
- Jun 12, 2026LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC.$183KJ066-- Leica Cerebro Services
- Apr 22, 2026RICHARD-ALLAN SCIENTIFIC LLC$16KJ066--Lab Histology Equipment SMA
- Mar 24, 2026NEXUS GROUP, LLC$144KJ066--NEW - CTX Peloris III
- Mar 12, 2026CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$1.8MJ066--VISN 17 GeneXpert Analyzer M&R Consolidated IDIQ
- Nov 18, 2025BECKMAN COULTER, INC$56KJ066--DxM 1040 MicroScan WalkAway PM
- Aug 6, 2025BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$30KJ066--NEW - BD FX Service
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.
- 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 4 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.