6550--NOITSS - Zeus Scientific Borrelia MTTT Lyme Elisa Testing
Veterans Affairs · 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24126Q0634 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 14, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Aug 11, 2026Special NoticeOpen
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 6 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 6 DESCRIPTION NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLICIT SOLE SOURCE Borrelia MTTT Lyme Testing Reagents and Supplies Zeus Scientific Inc. Response Due Date: July 22nd, by 3:00PM (EST) Requirement: The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 1, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS) requires a five-year-BPA for Borrelia MTTT Lyme Testing Reagents and Supplies for use with the Dynex Agility® Automated ELISA System owned by and in use at the VA CT Medical Center. All testing reagents and supplies are to … (show all)
be ordered on an as-needed basis. All required assays must be FDA-approved, made in the US, and compatible with the Dynex Agility Automated ELISA System. Period of Performance: Year 1: 09/28/2026 09/27/2027 Year 2: 09/28/2027 09/27/2028 Year 3: 09/28/2028 09/27/2029 Year 4: 09/28/2029 09/27/2030 Year 5: 09/28/2030 09/27/2031 The authority for applying Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services under FAR 13.5 is � 10 U.S.C. 3205-3208 and� 41 U.S.C.3305. The intent is to procure the referenced supplies on a sole source basis. No solicitation will be posted to Contract Opportunities. The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) for this requirement is 325413. All responsible sources that feel they should be considered qualified to provide the above-mentioned products may submit a response to this notice (by the response due date shown above) to Sarah.Otis@va.gov. The information provided shall include detailed (and relevant) documentation to allow the government to perform adequate market research and make a proper determination. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
Who won similar work
89 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) 6550.
Single-winner award sizes (87): middle half $377K to $1.3M, median $688K; range $30K to $151.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 11 | $26.2M | Apr 15, 2026 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 11 | $14.7M | Aug 28, 2026 |
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC. | 11 | $6.8M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| BIOMERIEUX INC | 5 | $9.8M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| CEPHEID Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA | 4 | $40.5M | Jun 26, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 4 | $5.2M | Jun 2, 2026 |
| POLYMEDCO CANCER DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS LLC | 3 | $4.5M | Apr 9, 2026 |
| WERFEN USA LLC | 3 | $2.6M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| TOSOH BIOSCIENCE, INC. | 2 | $4.1M | Mar 18, 2026 |
| SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. | 2 | $2.5M | Oct 1, 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.
- Oct 6, 2026ABBOTT MOLECULAR INC.$920K6550--LAB - ABBOTT ALINITY-M PCR MOLECULAR REAGENTS & SUPPLIESMateriality: <0.01% of $ABT revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 2, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC.$291K6550--Intent to Sole Source | 3 Month Bridge Philadelphia VA Medical Center Laboratory Hematology/Chemistry TestingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC$700KDrugs of Abuse ReagentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026WERFEN USA LLC$388K6550--Werfen Immunocor Blood Bank Reagents and Supplies Northport and East OrangeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026BIOMERIEUX INC$284K6550--DO Biofire Panel Kits in support of the Sioux Falls VA HCSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY$125K6550--Blood Bank Reagents 5 Year OP IDIQ - DetroitMateriality: <0.01% of $QDEL revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 1, 2026SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.$600K6550--Blood Gas Analyzer Reagents, Controls, and Supplies IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026NOVA BIOMEDICAL CORP$1.1M6550--Glucose Point of Care (POC) TestingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 28, 2026ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$107K6550--Glucose Accu-Chek® Test StripsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 17, 2026WERFEN USA LLC$1.4M6550--Blood Type IVD ReagentsNo 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 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
- 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.