Sepsis Research Blood Sample Collection Services
Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HT942523P0084 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 1, 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 (NOI) to Sole Source Title: Sepsis Research Blood Sample Collection Services Requiring Activity: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Integrative Systems Biology (ISB) Branch Related Notice: HT942523P0084 Product Service Code (PSC): AN11 - HEALTH R&D SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; BASIC RESEARCH North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541714 - Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) Small Business Size Standard: 1000 employees The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA) on behalf of the Integrative Systems… (show all)
Biology (ISB) Branch at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) intends to extend current contract services as a cost R&D contract on a sole source basis to Medstar Health Research Institute, Inc. (MHRI), 10980 Grantchester Way 7th Fl, Columbia, MD 21044-6097 USA; Cage Code 3J1M2 under the RFO FAR 6.103-1 � Only one responsible source can supply the required products due to the non-commercially available sources of the blood samples the Government is requesting. Description of Requirement: This is a requirement to extend and re-structure a Firm-Fixed Price contract into a Research and Development (R&D) cost type contract vehicle that will allow the Integrative Systems Biology (ISB) Branch to procure samples from septic and non-septic burn patients along with longitudinal clinical data for the assessment of biomarkers of sepsis for refinement and validation of SeptiBurnAlert program. These blood samples; to include longitudinal clinical data, are currently being collected by MHRI in accordance with an approved Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol and are actively recruiting subjects for patient samples that meet the specific thermally injured criteria. The Government will convert the current contract from a firm fixed price award to a cost type, RFO part 35 R&D contract to better align the requirement with the Government�s needs. This special notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Meaningful submissions received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. If no meaningful, written submissions are received by the date listed below, after the publication of this notice, the solicitation will be issued as a sole source requirement to Medstar Health Research Institute, Inc. Based on the above information, the only technically acceptable vendor to fulfill this requirement is MHRI. Submit capability statements (using PDF, MS Word, or Excel attachments) to Ms. Nicole Applegate at e-mail: nicole.v.applegate.civ@health.mil Capability statements are due no later than 10:00am Eastern Time on October 15, 2026.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Defense Health Agency), same NAICS 541714.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $273K to $11.5M, median $2.0M; range $110K to $72.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHENEGA SERVICES & FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $72.4M | May 20, 2026 |
| CHENEGA PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC | 1 | $11.5M | Sep 29, 2025 |
| MAPP BIOPHARMACEUTICAL, INC. | 1 | $2.0M | Jun 4, 2025 |
| ILLUMINA, INC. · $ILMN · $4.5B | 1 | $273K | May 30, 2026 |
| POTOMAC AFFINITY PROTEINS, LLC | 1 | $110K | Jul 9, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $ILMN reported $4.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $2.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- May 30, 2026ILLUMINA, INC.$273KIllumina Urinary Pathogen Identification (ID)/Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Enrichment Kit (UPIP), (1) Respiratory Pathogen ID/AMR Enrichment Kit Set A,Materiality: <0.01% of $ILMN revenue (Low) SEC
- May 20, 2026CHENEGA SERVICES & FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$72.4MScientific, Technical Research and Project Management Support Services for USAMRIIDNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2025CHENEGA PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC$11.5MScientific and Technical Research Support ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 9, 2025POTOMAC AFFINITY PROTEINS, LLC$110KUsing Protease Cascades to Detect Protein TargetsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 4, 2025MAPP BIOPHARMACEUTICAL, INC.$2.0Mhuman-derived monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and viral recombinant antigens (Ags)No 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 5 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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff 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.
- 1 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.