Electrophoresis CPT
Veterans Affairs · 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25727Q0016 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 11, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
Electrophoresis CPT Sources Sought Notice This notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation of the government to acquire any products or services. Responses to this notice will be used for informational purposes only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs from the government will arise as a result from a response to this announcement. No contract will be awarded from this notice. The information requested in this notice will be used to determine if there are sufficient so… (show all)
cioeconomic small business concerns that are capable of performing the work described for the requirement. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 is seeking sources for the following procurement: Electrophoresis CPT; Contractor shall provide a fully automated, gel electrophoresis instrument that can perform both serum and urine electrophoresis (SPEP/UPEP), immunofixation (SIFE/UIFE) and Immunotyping (IT) to identify monoclonal and polyclonal gammopathies for the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, located at 7400 Merton Minter Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229. See attached Statement of Work. BACKGROUND South Texas Veterans Health Care System Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Services (P&LMS) 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78229 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) has a continued need for Serum and Urine Protein Electrophoresis, IFE, and IT instrumentation. The contractor shall provide a fully automated, gel electrophoresis instrument that can perform both serum and urine electrophoresis (SPEP/UPEP), immunofixation (SIFE/UIFE) and Immunotyping (IT) to identify monoclonal and polyclonal gammopathies. The Sebia instruments Capillarys and Hydrasys have been in use in the STVHCS Chemistry Laboratory 2016. See Price/Cost Schedule and Attachment A within the Statement of Work (SOW) for lists of estimated testing needs. (Quantities are estimates only). See attached SOW for the performance requirements. RESPONSE If interested, please provide the following information in a response: 1. Name of Company 2. Point of Contact; name, phone number and email address 3. SAM UEI # or DUNS number 4. Company socio-economic status (i.e., Small Business, SDVOSB/VOSB) 5. Capability Statement The information provided in a response to this notice may be used in developing an acquisition approach. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking any proprietary or competitive sensitive information that is provided in a response. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform must respond to the notice to be considered by 10:00 AM CST, September 22, 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Jose.Campa@va.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
Who won similar work
13 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 (13): middle half $406K to $1.4M, median $1.0M; range $107K to $6.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 3 | $8.4M | Apr 2, 2026 |
| 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 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.
- $BDX reported $22.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 13 past awards, $1.0M, 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.
- 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)
- Apr 2, 2026CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$714K6550--STX Cepheid Reagents - Ordering Period 1No 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
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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.