6640--Microtome
Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q0562_3 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 15, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
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
Manual Microtome supply for Minneapolis VA Health Care System. This is a solicitation conducted using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services). Solicitation number 36C26326Q0562 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ). This solicitation is a small business set-aside. Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of offer to the Government (https://www.sam.gov). Offerors must be registered at SBA Small Business Search at https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ as a small business vendor. Quotes will o… (show all)
nly be accepted from responsible contractors. The NAICS code for the solicitation is 334516 with a size standard of 1,000 Employees. A list of the contract line items, quantities, and units of measure are listed within the RFQ solicitation documentation to follow. The VA anticipates one Firm Fixed Price award to provide supplies to the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis MN 55417. The period of performance is 9/30/2026 to 12/30/2026 for the base year period of performance. Technical questions on this solicitation are due via e-mail only to Robert Bennett, Contract Specialist, at robert.bennett8@va.gov no later than 10:00 AM on 9/17/2026. Quotes are due at the Contracting Office by 10:00 AM on 9/22/2026. Quotes are required to be emailed to robert.bennett8@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the Contracting Officer before the solicitation closing.
Who won similar work
39 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX | 5 | $1.2M | Jun 16, 2026 |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT | 3 | $19.2M | Mar 10, 2026 |
| WERFEN USA LLC | 2 | $2.5M | Apr 1, 2026 |
| WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 2 | $1.6M | Jul 9, 2026 |
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC | 2 | $934K | Oct 1, 2026 |
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 2 | $304K | Jun 25, 2026 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 2 | $169K | Apr 27, 2026 |
| TOSOH BIOSCIENCE, INC. | 1 | $2.5M | Feb 28, 2025 |
| INNOVIVE, LLC | 1 | $828K | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Hologic Sales and Service, LLC | 1 | $632K | Oct 1, 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.
- Oct 7, 2026DIASORIN MOLECULAR, LLC$340KDiaSorin Reagents
- Oct 1, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC$700KDrugs of Abuse Reagents
- Sep 28, 2026Fisher Scientific Company$311KLab Cassette & Slide Printers
- Sep 22, 2026GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$18K6640--Manual Microtome Minneapolis VAMC
- Sep 17, 2026ONE LAMBDA, INC.$325KSOLE SOURCE-ONE LAMBDA HLA PRO PRIMARY
- Sep 11, 2026Lab Solvent Recycler Minneapolis MN 55417 USA$24KLaboratory Solvent Recycler
- Aug 31, 2026NOLDUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$188K5836--Noldus Etho-Vision (supply) (SF)
- Aug 25, 2026INNOVIVE, LLC$828K6640--Notice of Award - 5-Year IDIQ - Disposable Individually Ventilated Caging System for Rodents - Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- Jul 9, 2026WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$368K6630--SOLE SOURCE Waters Technologies Mass Spectrometer
- Jul 7, 2026ABBOTT MOLECULAR INC.$308K6640--Molecular Assay Analyzers
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 (5 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $72K 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.
- 5 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 6 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.