AN11--Research Lab Services - Plasma Analysis for Blood Biomarkers For Bronx VA Medical Center Research Department - Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source
Veterans Affairs · RPO EAST (36C24E)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24E26Q0128 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 15, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
Notice of Intent to Sole Source This is a Special Pre-Solicitation Notice for a prospective Fiscal Year 2026 Sole Source Award. This is not a Solicitation. The Veteran s Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction - Office of Research and Development, Regional Procurement Office East headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA intends to negotiate a sole source award to DALTON BIOANALYTICS INC, (with address 570 Westwood Plaza Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7227) for LC-MS Analysis of Rat Plasma Samples Services that will focus on the VA Bronx Research Department s requirements. All n… (show all)
ecessary Office of Research & Development (ORD) and other approvals have been obtained for this procurement. These services will provide Multiomics analysis of blood plasma from blast-exposed and control rats in effort to identify specific blood markers. This Contractor s unique capabilities/characteristics as they relate to meeting the Veterans Health Administration s needs, are the basis for a Sole Source award to procure these required services. Since the intent is to procure on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to Contracting Opportunities on SAM.gov at https://sam.gov/. The applicable NAICS code is 541380; with a $19 M Size Standard. The PSC is AN11. The Authority for this action is Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.103-1; Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. As stated earlier, this Notice is not a solicitation, and it is not a request for competitive proposals. However; Capability Statements with supporting documentation for equal/better services, may be sent to the Contracting Office no later than Friday, September 18th, 2026, at 9:00 AM EST. The Contract Specialist, Karly Gabrysiak s E-Mail is Karly.Gabrysiak@va.gov in which those shall be sent. The award determination is solely the Contracting Officer s decision.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (RPO EAST (36C24E)), same product/service code (PSC) AN11.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $694K to $7.2M, median $750K; range $638K to $13.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH · $10.7B | 1 | $13.6M | Feb 5, 2026 |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS 75390 | 1 | $750K | Jan 13, 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Seattle WA 98195 USA | 1 | $638K | Jul 30, 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.
- $BAH reported $10.7B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $750K, 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.
- Jul 30, 2026UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Seattle WA 98195 USA$638KAN11--MRI Scanning and Image AnalysisNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 5, 2026BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$13.6MAN11--Translational Omics – statistical analysis, bioinformatics, data curation and annotationMateriality: 0.13% of $BAH revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 13, 2025The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS 75390$750KAN11--Animal Per Diem and Vet ServicesNo 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 (4 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $54K 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
- 1 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.
- 2 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 1 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.