6550--STX Cepheid Reagents
Veterans Affairs · 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25726Q0244 in this department, oldest first.
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
Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17, for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), intends to issue a sole source award to Cepheid, located at 904 Caribbean Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089. The Microbiology Department, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the STVHCS requests the following reagents and consumable supplies. See Statement of Work for complete details. 1 3C057N Mini Tip Flocked SWAB W/UTM W/OBEADS 50 PCS 30 EA 2 SWAB/G-50 COLLECTION KIT, … (show all)
XPER SWAB, US CE IVD, 50 80 EA 3 URINE/A-50 Collection Kit A, Urine 50 200 EA 4 480 CFA ESWAB, LIQUID AMIES, FLOCKED, COPAN,480CFA 36 EA 5 GXSACOMP-10 KIT, SA COMP, 10-TEST, GX, IVD 100 EA 6 GXCT/NG-10 KIT, CT/NG-10 1080 EA 7 XPRSFLU-10 KIT, XPRESS, FLU, US-IVD, 10 TEST 375 EA 8 GX, TB/RIF-US-10, KIT, MTB, IVD, 10 TESTS 50 EA 9 GXCDIFF/EPI-10 KIT, CDIFF/EPI, GX, IVD, 10-TEST 120 EA 10 GXMRSA/SA-BC-10 KIT, MRSA/SA BC, 10 TESTS, GX, IVD 30 EA 11 GXCARBAR-10, KIT, CARBA-R, IVD, GX 100 EA 12 XPRSMVP-10, KIT, XPRESS, MVP, US-IVD, 10 TESTS 240 EA 13 XPRSTREPA-10, KIT, XPRESS, STREPA, US-IVD, 10 TESTS 140 EA 14 GX MRSA-NXG-10, KIT, 10 TEST, MRSA NXG, IVD, GX 288 EA The VA intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 6.103-1. The VA anticipates awarding contract on or near April 01, 2026. The projected period of performance for the base year will be from 04/12/2026 to 04/11/2027. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responsible sources that feel they can fulfill this requirement may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the VA. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, and include: SAM Unique Entity ID, and the Taxpayer Identification Number, along with documentation that the vendor is a Authorized distributor and should include a letter with Cepheid Company Letterhead showing they are authorized Certified Cepheid Service Engineer or an authorized third party. All respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov. Interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must be listed as verified on the SBA Small Business Search database located at https://search.certifications.sba.gov in order to receive contract awards under the Veterans First Contracting Program. A determination by the VA not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the VA. In addition, the information received because of this notice of intent will be retained as market research only. If no affirmative written response is received by the response date and time, a sole source contract will be awarded to Cepheid, located at 904 Caribbean Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089 without any further notice. Contract Specialist does not have access to the Contract Opportunities Interested Vendor List and therefore any and all interested parties must submit information to me and only me at email below. Responses shall be submitted to jose.campa@va.gov no later than 10:00 A.M., CST, Monday, February 2, 2025. Fax or telephone calls will not be accepted.
Who won similar work
12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)), same product/service code (PSC) 6550 and NAICS 325413.
Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $392K to $1.5M, median $1.1M; range $107K to $6.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 2 | $7.7M | Dec 29, 2025 |
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX · $22.5B | 2 | $2.1M | Apr 27, 2026 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 2 | $1.5M | Aug 28, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 2 | $1.5M | Jun 2, 2026 |
| BIOMERIEUX INC | 1 | $2.0M | Aug 6, 2025 |
| VETERANS HEALTHCARE SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, INC | 1 | $1.0M | Aug 4, 2025 |
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC | 1 | $406K | Mar 19, 2025 |
| HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC | 1 | $350K | Oct 2, 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.
- $BDX reported $22.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $1.1M, 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.
- Aug 28, 2026ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$107K6550--Glucose Accu-Chek® Test StripsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 2, 2026GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$1.3M6550--NEW - STX Core Lab QC ConsumablesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 27, 2026BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$1.6M6550--NEW - STX Flow Cytometry Rgts/ConsumablesMateriality: <0.01% of $BDX revenue (Low) SEC
- Apr 22, 2026ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$1.4M6550--NTX Ventana ReagentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 29, 2025CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$6.3M6550--NEW - Cepheid Reagents ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 2, 2025HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC$350K6550--NEW - Hologic Reagents (Cytology) IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 6, 2025BIOMERIEUX INC$2.0M6550-- NTX BioFire Torch IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 4, 2025VETERANS HEALTHCARE SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, INC$1.0M6550-- CTX ABL 90 Reagents and ConsumablesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 31, 2025BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$543K6550--South Texas VA COVID BD Flow Reagents Ordering Period 4Materiality: <0.01% of $BDX revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 19, 2025BECKMAN COULTER, INC$406K6550--Urinalysis Analyzer Cost-Per-Reportable-Result (CPRR)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 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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (6 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
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.
- 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.