Notice Of Intent to Sole Source - Thermo Fisher Scientific Asheville LLC - Centrifuge Calibration
CDC · CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 98976 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 10, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
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
The purpose of this acquisition is to have Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD) centrifuges undergo preventative maintenance and calibration. Regular calibration of centrifuges is essential because it ensures that rotational speed, temperature control (when applicable), and timing functions remain accurate, which directly affects the reliability and reproducibility of experimental results. The vendor shall perform visual and functional checks for rotor condition, imbalance indicators, lid locks, refrigeration performance (where applicable), and overall mechanical integrity. Key parameters… (show all)
will be calibrated according to International Standard Organization (ISO) 17025 standards.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES), same NAICS 811210.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $15K to $45K, median $17K; range $14K to $73K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINA, INC. · $ILMN · $4.5B | 1 | $73K | Jul 6, 2026 |
| COMPUCOM, INC. | 1 | $17K | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Bruker Scientific LLC · $BRKR · $3.0B | 1 | $14K | Jul 6, 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.
- $ILMN reported $4.5B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $17K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $BRKR reported $3.0B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $17K, 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 6, 2026ILLUMINA, INC.$73KMiSeq i100 Plus Silver Support PlanMateriality: <0.01% of $ILMN revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 6, 2026Bruker Scientific LLC$14KAnnual Preventive Maintenance for MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry SystemMateriality: <0.01% of $BRKR revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 20, 2026COMPUCOM, INC.$17KOpenText Software and i2900 Kodak Scanners MaintenanceNo 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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) 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.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 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.
- 2 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.