Q301--New - VISN Specialty Testing Services
Veterans Affairs · 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25726Q0787 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in RFO FAR 12.202, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number 36C25726Q0787 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01. The NAICS Code for this request for quotes is 621511 ($41.5 million… (show all)
). There is no set-aside for this solicitation. The items being requested are included in the solicitation attachment RFQ 36C25726Q0787.pdf. The items being requested are for urinalysis CPRR for multiple locations within Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The evaluation criteria are technical acceptability, past performance, and price. See attached RFQ document for details. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. There are no addenda to this clause. The following clauses cited are applicable: FAR Number Title Date 52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS ON SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT ALTERNATE I (NOV 2021) JUN 2020 52.203-17 CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS NOV 2023 52.203-19 PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS OR STATEMENTS JAN 2017 52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT, OR VOLUNTARILY EXCLUDED JAN 2025 52.209-9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS OCT 2018 52.209-10 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS NOV 2015 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (DEVIATION) OCT 2025 52.219-4 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE FOR HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.219-9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (DEVIATION) ALTERNATE II (NOV 2025) NOV 2025 52.219-16 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-36 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON VETERANS (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-40 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-41 SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-44 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AND SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS PRICE ADJUSTMENT (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-54 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-55 MINIMUM WAGES FOR CONTRACTOR WORKERS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14026 (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-62 PAID SICK LEAVE UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13706 (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.224-3 PRIVACY TRAINING JAN 2017 52.226-8 ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLICIES TO BAN TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING MAY 2024 52.229-12 TAX ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PROCUREMENTS FEB 2021 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS APR 1984 52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT OCT 2018 52.232-40 PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS MAR 2023 52.233-3 PROTEST AFTER AWARD AUG 1996 52.233-4 APPLICABLE LAW FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT CLAIM OCT 2004 52.237-3 CONTINUITY OF SERVICES JAN 1991 52.242-5 PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS JAN 2017 52.244-6 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (DEVIATION) APR 2026 52.216-18 ORDERING AUG 2020 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS OCT 1995 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES NOV 1999 52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATE FOR FEDERAL HIRES MAY 2014 52.222-49 SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS PLACE OF PERFORMANCE UNKNOWN (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.222-90 ADDRESSING DEI DISCRIMINATION BY FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (DEVIATION) APR 2026 52.240-91 SECURITY PROHIBITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS (DEVIAITON) NOV 2025 52.252-6 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN CLAUSES NOV 2020 852.201-70 CONTRACTING OFFICER S REPRESENTATION DEC 2022 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING MAY 2018 852.211-72 TECHNICAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS NOV 2018 852.211-76 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES REIMBURSEMENT FOR DATA BREAD COSTS ALTERNATIVE I FEB 2023 852.219-70 VA SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (DEVIATION) JAN 2023 852.222-71 COMPLIANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13899 (DEVIAITON) APR 2025 852.232-72 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS NOV 2018 852.242-71 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTING OFFICER OCT 2020 The following provisions cited are applicable: FAR Number Title Date 52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS SEP 2024 52.203-18 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS OR STATEMENTS REPRESENTATION JAN 2017 52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT REGISTRATION (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (DEVIATION) OCT 2025 52.229-11 TAX ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PROCUREMENTS NOTICE AND REPRESENTATION JUN 2020 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS OCT 2018 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (DEVIATION) NOV 2025 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST SEP 2006 52.252-5 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN PROVISIONS NOV 2020 852.215-72 NOTICE OF INTENT TO RE-SOLICIT OCT 2019 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION OCT 2018 852.233-71 ALTERNATIVE PROTEST PROCEDURE OCT 2018 852.273-70 LATE OFFERS NOV 2021 See attached RFQ document for more information, including the Statement of Work, an Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 and evaluation information at FAR 52.212-2. Vendors who do not provide the minimum documentation listed under the Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 will be considered technically unacceptable outright and their offers will not be considered for award. System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM. Late quotes or documentation may be accepted if advantageous to the Government. All comments or inquiries are to be submitted in writing via email to the Point of Contact, referenced in this notice on or before August 20, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Vendors interested in providing the required supplies will need to submit all required documentation, detailed in the attached RFQ document, by email to Delphia Schoenfeld at delphia.schoenfeld@va.gov, no later than September 14, 2026, 3 PM Eastern Time (2 PM Central Time).
Who won similar work
16 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) Q301 and NAICS 621511.
Single-winner award sizes (16): middle half $1.4M to $6.5M, median $3.0M; range $62K to $17.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED · $DGX · $9.3B | 8 | $49.6M | Mar 3, 2026 |
| LABORATORY CORPORATION | 4 | $22.7M | Apr 27, 2026 |
| PROPATH SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $4.0M | Jun 11, 2026 |
| BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT SAN ANTONIO 78229 | 1 | $2.6M | Nov 20, 2024 |
| ARUP LABORATORIES INC | 1 | $450K | Mar 19, 2025 |
| AMBRY GENETICS CORPORATION | 1 | $62K | Feb 26, 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.
- $DGX reported $9.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 16 past awards, $3.0M, 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.
- Jun 11, 2026PROPATH SERVICES, LLC$4.0MQ301--NEW - NTX Combined Reference Lab Testing (Anatomic, Surgical, Genetic) IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 27, 2026LABORATORY CORPORATION$17.0MQ301--STX Specialized Reference Lab TestingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 29, 2026LABORATORY CORPORATION$815KQ301--South Texas VA Specialized Reference Lab Testing 3 Month OrderNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 3, 2026QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$12.4MQ301--Specialized Reference Lab Services BPA South Texas Veterans Healthcare SystemMateriality: 0.11% of $DGX revenue (Low) SEC
- Feb 27, 2026QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$5.5MQ301--New - NTX Reference TestingMateriality: 0.05% of $DGX revenue (Low) SEC
- Feb 27, 2026QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$12.8MQ301--Reference Laboratory Testing Services BPA El Paso Veterans Healthcare SystemMateriality: 0.11% of $DGX revenue (Low) SEC
- Feb 26, 2026AMBRY GENETICS CORPORATION$62KQ301--Specialized Genetic Testing ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 20, 2026QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$4.6MQ301--Reference Laboratory Services Central Texas Veterans Healthcare SystemMateriality: 0.04% of $DGX revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 7, 2026QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$2.0MWest Texas VA Reference Lab TestingMateriality: 0.02% of $DGX revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 7, 2026QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$2.0MQ301--West Texas VA Reference Lab TestingMateriality: 0.02% of $DGX 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 6 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
- $22K 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 3 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.