Special NoticePosted Sep 25, 2026·Responses due Sep 30, 2026

6632--CHEMISTRY / IMMUNOASSAY CPRR

Veterans Affairs · 242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24226Q0983
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6632
Place
Not stated
Contact
Brad Mills (william.mills4@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24226Q0983 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 25, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Oct 13, 2026
    Award Notice
    BECKMAN COULTER, INC · $1.4M
    Open
  • Oct 13, 2026
    Award Notice
    BECKMAN COULTER, INC · $1.4M
    Open
Other notices
  • Oct 14, 2026
    Justification (Sole Source)
    BECKMAN COULTER, INC · $1.4M
    Open

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 Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This is not a solicitation or request for offers. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 02 intends to award a sole source as a delivery order to Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) V797D-70260, to Beckman Coulter, Inc., for continued Chemistry and Immunoassay Cost-Per-Reportable-Result (CPRR) at the East Orange VA Medical Center (385 Tremont Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07018-1023). The FSS delivery order is for a period… (show all)

of performance of one year, effective 10/01/2026 through 9/30/2027, with no options. This purchase will be made utilizing Federal Supply Schedule Sole Source Justification in accordance with: General Services Administration Acquisition Manual/Regulation (GSAM/R) 538.7104-3(b)(1)(ii), only one source can provide the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement by September 30th, 2026, at 12:00PM (EST). Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed award upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided.

Who won similar work

17 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION3$2.2MSep 23, 2026
SYSMEX AMERICA, INC2$6.3MJun 1, 2026
VETERANS HEALTHCARE SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, INC2$183KAug 28, 2025
BECKMAN COULTER, INC1$1.6MOct 13, 2026
DIASORIN INC1$1.2MMay 4, 2026
CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 940891$1.1MApr 2, 2026
NOVA BIOMEDICAL CORP1$1.1MSep 28, 2026
POLYMEDCO CANCER DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS LLC1$1.1MOct 9, 2025
HELENA LABORATORIES CORPORATION1$670KApr 1, 2025
GEO-MED, LLC1$348KMay 5, 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.

Latest awards

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
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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.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 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.