646-25-2-233-0213 | Brand-Name Only - AB 3500 DX Genetic Analyzer
Veterans Affairs · 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24425Q0781 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
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE OFFERS AB 3500 DX GENETIC ANALYZER DCS 3.2 This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 4, to provide Brand Name� AB 3500 DX GENETIC ANALYZER, for the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The full solicitation will be posted on the Contract Opportunities website at www.sam.gov on or about August 22nd, 2025. The full solicitation will be a 100% SDVOSB set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this procurement is 334516; the si… (show all)
ze standard is 1,000 employees. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package, other pertinent information, and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will ONLY be available on this site. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all amendments. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist, Nathan Lohr, at nathan.lohr@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. This notice neither obligates the Government to award a contract nor pay for any quotation or proposal preparation costs. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation because of this notice. No other information is available until the issuance of the solicitation. All interested parties must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines prior to award. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. The point of contact is Contract Specialist, Nathan Lohr, at nathan.lohr@va.gov.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)), same product/service code (PSC) 6515 and NAICS 334516.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $79K to $168K, median $87K; range $26K to $2.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC | 1 | $2.0M | Jul 30, 2025 |
| FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | 1 | $168K | Apr 29, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 1 | $87K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS LLC | 1 | $79K | Sep 2, 2025 |
| LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · $TMO · $46.3B | 1 | $26K | Sep 10, 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.
- $TMO reported $46.3B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $87K, 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.
- Apr 29, 2026FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$168K6515--Epredia/ThermoFisher Gemini & Excelsior AS SystemsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2025GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$87KNGC Quest 10 Plus Chromatography SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 10, 2025LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$26K6515-- | Varioskan Lux | 646Materiality: <0.01% of $TMO revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 2, 2025ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS LLC$79K6515--Brand Name or Equal to Advanced Instruments LLC. - OsmoPRO MAX Osmometer. UnrestrictedNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 30, 2025BECKMAN COULTER, INC$2.0M6515--Lab Testing Services (On/Urine)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 Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $40K 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.
- 7 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 7 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.