6550-- Ventena Contract Request
Veterans Affairs · 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25726Q0105 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
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What the notice says
Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to Roche Diagnostics Corporation for procurement of the following reagents and consumable supplies: Estimated Annual Quantities Item Description Item Number Quantity 1 Reagent, DAB Detection 760-500 25 2 Reagent, Stainer, Amplification 760-080 20 3 Reagent, Stainer, Reaction Buffer 950-300 40 4 Reagent, Hematoxylin 760-2021 26 5 Reagent, Bluing Agent 760-2037 26 6 Staining Solution, Pr… (show all)
otease 760-2018 7 7 10x EZ Stainer, Prep Solution, 2L 950-102 15 8 Benchmark Ultra LCS 650-210 80 9 Solution, Ultra, Cell CC1 950-224 14 10 Control, Negative Monoclonal 760-2014 6 11 Elastin Van Gieson Kit 50 Test Cat. 09592229001 6 12 Staining Kit, Complex Stains, Reticulum II 860-024 4 13 Staining Kit, Complex Stains, Special 860-028 4 14 DEPAR Solution, BMK Special Stains 860-036 6 15 Liquid Coverslip, BMK Special Stains 860-034 10 16 Benchmark Special Stains Wash II Catalog 08309817001 8 17 Benchmark Special Stains I Cleaning Kit 860-049 7 18 Ventana H. Pylori (SP48) PAB 790-1014 24 19 CONFIRM ANTI-THRYOID TRANSCRIPTION FACT 790-4398 8 20 Ribbon, Ebar Printer 1632900 3 21 Kit Pack Ebar 1418702 5 22 Confirm Cytokeratin7 Rabbitmono 790-4462 8 23 Antibody KI 67 (30-9) Rabbit Monoclonal 790-4286 8 24 S IHC ANTIBODY ROUTINE: CONFIRM ANTI-S100 (POLYCLONAL) PAB 760-2523 6 25 CONFIRM CYTOKERATIN 20 RABBIT MONO 790-4554 10 26 CONFIRM CYTOKERATIN 20 RABBIT MONO 790-4431 6 27 ANTI-CHROMOGRANIN A (LK2H10) PAB 760-2519 4 28 CONFIRM CYTOKERATIN 20 RABBIT MONO 790-7061 4 29 CD-138 (B-A38) PAB, CELL MARQUE 790-4248 4 30 CONFIRM ANTI-CD34 (QBEND/10) PRIMARY ANTIBODY 790-2927 4 31 CONFIRM ANTI-CD3 (2GV6) RABBIT MONOCLONAL 790-4341 4 32 CONFIRM ANTI-CD5 (SP19) RABBIT MONO 790-4451 4 33 CONFIRM ANTI-CD20 (L26) PAB 760-2531 4 34 CD68 (SP251V18) RABBIT MONOCLONAL AB 790-7248 4 35 VENTANA ANTI-CD10 (SP67) 790-4506 4 36 CONFIRM ANTI-SYNAPTOPHYSIN (SP11) RABBIT 790-4407 4 37 CYTOKERATIN (CAM 5.2) PAB 790-4555 4 38 IHC ANCILLARY, HEMATOXYLIN II 790-2208 2 39 IHC ANCILLARIES, OPTIVIEW AMPLIFICATION KIT 760-099 2 40 IHC ANCILLARIES: OPTIVIEW DAB DETECTION KIT (250) 760-700 2 The requested items will be used on the Ventana BenchMark Ultra system. The requesting activity states that the government owns and operates a Ventana BenchMark Ultra System and that the requested reagents and consumable supplies are the only supplies compatible with the instrument. A sole source letter from Roche states that all Ventana detection reagents, ancillaries, antibodies and probes are developed and validated for exclusive use on the fully automated Ventana Benchmark IHC/ISH slide staining system and cannot be substituted. The proposed order will be considered a standing order; where, the supplies will be ordered throughout the period of performance, on an as-needed basis. Network Contracting Office 17 will request the acquisition of these supplies from Roche on an IDIQ contract with a five-year ordering period. This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 5 days from the publication of this notice, a contract/order will be issued to Roche Diagnostics Corporation without any further notice. The proposed contract actions are for supplies, which the government intends to negotiate with only one source. The anticipated statutory authorities permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The proposed sole source procurement will be made by an open market pricing agreement with Roche Diagnostics Corporation.
Who won similar work
12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 325413.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 3 | $8.4M | Apr 2, 2026 |
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX | 2 | $2.1M | Apr 27, 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 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 1 | $107K | Aug 28, 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.
- Aug 28, 2026ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$107K6550--Glucose Accu-Chek® Test Strips
- Jun 2, 2026GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$1.3M6550--NEW - STX Core Lab QC Consumables
- Apr 27, 2026BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$1.6M6550--NEW - STX Flow Cytometry Rgts/Consumables
- Apr 2, 2026CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$714K6550--STX Cepheid Reagents - Ordering Period 1
- Dec 29, 2025CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$6.3M6550--NEW - Cepheid Reagents Contract
- Oct 2, 2025HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC$350K6550--NEW - Hologic Reagents (Cytology) IDIQ
- Aug 6, 2025BIOMERIEUX INC$2.0M6550-- NTX BioFire Torch IDIQ
- Aug 4, 2025VETERANS HEALTHCARE SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, INC$1.0M6550-- CTX ABL 90 Reagents and Consumables
- Mar 31, 2025BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$543K6550--South Texas VA COVID BD Flow Reagents Ordering Period 4
- Mar 19, 2025BECKMAN COULTER, INC$406K6550--Urinalysis Analyzer Cost-Per-Reportable-Result (CPRR)
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.
- 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.