Mantis Liquid Handling System for Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HCD WEST
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HT941026QE032 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 5, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
- Sep 3, 2026Award NoticeFORMULATRIX, LLC · $61KOpen
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
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) Contracting Activity Healthcare Division � West, Bldg 339 Clark Road, Ft Shafter, HI 96858 in support of Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, intends to make a sole source award to Formulatrix LLC for the purchase of Mantis Liquid Handling System. The statutory authority permitting this award without providing full and open competition is RFO FAR 12.102-1(a) which authorizes the government for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), to solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract… (show all)
action deem only one source reasonably available. The NAICS code is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirements under RFO FAR 5.201 and 5.203. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to wendi.t.young-asao.civ@health.mil. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to supply the required products. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HCD WEST), same product/service code (PSC) 6630.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $193K to $3.0M, median $814K; range $39K to $5.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY · $QDEL · $2.7B | 1 | $5.7M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC · $QDEL · $2.7B | 1 | $3.0M | Sep 3, 2025 |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT · $45.1B | 1 | $814K | Dec 9, 2025 |
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC | 1 | $193K | Feb 26, 2025 |
| ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS LLC | 1 | $39K | Apr 8, 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.
- $QDEL reported $2.7B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $814K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $ABT reported $45.1B revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $814K, 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.
- Sep 25, 2026QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY$5.7MDry Chemistry AnalyzersMateriality: 0.21% of $QDEL revenue (Low) SEC
- Apr 8, 2026ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS LLC$39KBR2 Bilirubin Stat Analyzer for NHC HawaiiNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 9, 2025ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.$814KChemistry and Immunoassay TestingMateriality: <0.01% of $ABT revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 3, 2025ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC$3.0MCost-Per-Test Immunohematology Testing at Nellis, Travis and Naval Medical Center San DiegoMateriality: 0.11% of $QDEL revenue (Low) SEC
- Feb 26, 2025BECKMAN COULTER, INC$193KCost Per Reportable Result Reagents, Controls and Consumables for Hematology and Urinalysis Testing at Naval Hospital Camp PendletonNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 5 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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (4 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
- $46K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 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
- 32 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 2 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.