6550--FY25: CEPHEID Molecular Platforms Reagents B+4
Veterans Affairs · 248-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 8 (36C248)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24825Q0311 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 Special Notice Page 3 of 3 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 3 NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO Cepheid, 904, EAST CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94089, for Cepheid Reagents for the Orlando Healthcare System, 13800 Veterans Way, Orlando, FL 32827. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with 41 USC 3304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 334516 and the small business administrative size standard is 1,000 Employees. The current Federal Acquisition … (show all)
Circular is 2025-03 dated 01/17/2025. If vendors believe they have the technical capability to meet this specific need, submit a complete technical package, which provides clear and convincing evidence that they can meet the Government s requirement. Submit your response to this notice no later than 01/30/2024, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time to Contracting Officer, Benjamin Amato, benjamin.amato@va.gov. Any responses received will be considered for the purposes of determining sources for future procurements. The Government will not pay for information submitted. This will be the only notice of the Government s intent to solicit, and award to one source to satisfy this requirement.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (248-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 8 (36C248)), same product/service code (PSC) 6550.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $1.2M to $3.3M, median $2.3M; range $551K to $3.5M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 2 | $3.8M | May 27, 2026 |
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 1 | $3.5M | Apr 15, 2026 |
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC. | 1 | $1.4M | Mar 12, 2026 |
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. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- May 27, 2026GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$3.2M6550--FY26: Leica Bond III ReagentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 15, 2026CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$3.5M6550--Cepheid GeneXpert Infinity Molecular Reagents IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 12, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC.$1.4M6550--FY26: Automated Flow Cytometry CPRRNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 19, 2025GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$551K6550--FY25: Leica Bond III ReagentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) 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
- 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.