Sources SoughtPosted Jul 30, 2026·Responses due Aug 6, 2027

Purchase of Rapid Syndromic Molecular Testing Reagents for Seattle VAMC

Veterans Affairs · 260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
325413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26026Q0905
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6515
Place
Seattle, WA, USA
Contact
Hector D. Baltazar (hector.baltazar@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26026Q0905 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 30, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 12, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026, middle of the range Aug 25, 2026.
Measured from 128 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 325413 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 30, 2026).
Responses are due Aug 6, 2027, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

Procurement of rapid syndromic molecular testing reagents for the Seattle VA Medical Center. Please see Attachments for further information in regards to this acquisition.

Who won similar work

24 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) 6515.

Single-winner award sizes (24): middle half $53K to $1.9M, median $348K; range $14K to $4.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC · $BDX · $19.4B3$5.2MSep 22, 2025
GULDMANN, INC.2$5.2MAug 6, 2026
ELECTRONIC WAVEFORM LAB, INC.1$3.7MJun 26, 2025
CEPHEID INC1$3.0MOct 1, 2026
CYTOPATH BIOPSY LAB INC1$2.5MOct 1, 2026
PREMIER MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS, LLC1$2.0MJun 18, 2026
BRANCH MEDICAL LLC · $GMED · $1.6B1$1.5MJan 22, 2026
FIDELIS SUSTAINABILITY DISTRIBUTION, LLC1$381KMar 20, 2025
KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA INC1$363KSep 11, 2025
ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS SERVICES INC.1$332KJun 10, 2025

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.

Investor context
  • $BDX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 24 past awards, $348K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $GMED reported $1.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 24 past awards, $348K, 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.

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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
  • $25K 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
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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
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 4 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.