Sources SoughtPosted Aug 31, 2026·Responses due Sep 10, 2026

Histocore Pegasus Tissue Processor

Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25226Q0551_1
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6640
Place
Chicago, IL, USA
Contact
Arneil Genus - Contracting Officer (arneil.genus@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226Q0551_1 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 31, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 31, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 20, 2026 to Nov 18, 2026, middle of the range Oct 16, 2026.
Measured from 103 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 334516 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 31, 2026).

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 a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement, nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. This posting is strictly for Market Research only. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potentially qualified businesses interested in and capable of providing the requested commodities. The NAICS Code is 3… (show all)

34516; size standard is 1,250 employees; PSC is 6640. No set-aside Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name b) address (c) socio-economic status, (d) point of contact (e) phone, fax, and email (f) SAM UEI number (g) Cage Code (h) Tax ID Number (i) and must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor and provide the commodities described below. For more information, please see attached document called: P02_Sources Sought Notice_36C25226Q0551_1_Histocore Pegasus Tissue Processor_Issued8.31_Due_9.10.26_2PM CST for more information.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $917K to $1.7M, median $985K; range $849K to $2.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC.1$2.5MApr 1, 2026
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION1$985KMar 20, 2025
CAREDX, INC. · $CDNA · $458.1M1$849KSep 22, 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.

Investor context
  • $CDNA reported $458.1M revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $985K, is 0.2% of that. SEC filing

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

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 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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (2 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
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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
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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 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.