AN12--Postmortem Tissue Samples
Veterans Affairs · 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24126Q0727 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 10, 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.
What the notice says
This is a Special Notice of intent to award on a sole source basis. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a requirement for Postmortem Tissue Samples for the VA CT Healthcare System, CT. The applicable NAICS code is 54715. The PSC/FSC is AN12. The authority for this action is RFO FAR 12.102: Restricting competition and fulfills RFO FAR Part 5: Publicizing contract actions. This is a Special notice of intent to award on a sole source basis is to satisfy the requirements of RFO FAR 5.101. All interested parties should register via SAM.gov interested … (show all)
vendors list. It is the responsibility of the offeror to monitor and download amendments from SAM.gov Contract Opportunities, which may be issued to this notice. In accordance with RFO FAR 52.204-7, RFO FAR 2.101, and VAAR 802.101, prospective firms must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov), and in VetCert (Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov)) databases prior to award. ((Note: In accordance with Public Law 109-461, 38 USC 8127, and NDAA 2021, all vendors claiming Small Business status in accordance with the Veteran's First Contracting Program must be VERIFIED by the Small Business Administration (SBA)). Also, to qualify for a VA contract, vendor must be vendorized by completing Form 10091 at URL � https://www.cep.fsc.va.gov/. Interested persons may contact the Contract Specialist via email at Paula.Doerfler@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) AN12.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $267K to $6.3M, median $710K; range $175K to $22.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| METABOLON, INC. | 1 | $22.0M | Sep 17, 2026 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College BOSTON 02115 | 1 | $1.1M | Aug 21, 2026 |
| YALE UNIVERSITY New Haven CT 06511 USA | 1 | $297K | Apr 7, 2025 |
| OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY PORTLAND 97239 | 1 | $175K | Sep 15, 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.
- Sep 17, 2026METABOLON, INC.$22.0MAN12-- Metabolomics Analysis Services for Million Veterans ProgramNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2026OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY PORTLAND 97239$175KAN12--Machine Learning Analytics for Total Brain Diagnostics ProjectNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 21, 2026President and Fellows of Harvard College BOSTON 02115$1.1MAN12--Research support for the Division of Population Health and Data Science at the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Informatics Center (MAVERIC) in the Boston VA Healthcare System.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 7, 2025YALE UNIVERSITY New Haven CT 06511 USA$297KYale Keck Lab TO 15 to 36C24121D0019No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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.
- 0 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.