Pre-solicitationPosted Dec 17, 2025·Responses due Jan 9, 2026

6550--FY26: Automated Flow Cytometry CPT

Veterans Affairs · 248-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 8 (36C248)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24826Q0158
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6550
Place
Not stated
Contact
Benjamin Amato (benjamin.amato@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24826Q0158 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Dec 17, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Dec 17, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Dec 31, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Mar 12, 2026
    Award Notice
    BECKMAN COULTER, INC. · $1.4M
    Open

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

Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice Page 3 of 3 Presolicitation Notice *=Required Field Presolicitation Notice Page 1 of 3 PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: The Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center (OVAMC) is looking to solicit for a Cost Per Reportable Result (CPRR) Agreement for an Automated Flow Cytometry System at Lake Nona.

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
POLYMEDCO CANCER DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS LLC3$4.4MApr 22, 2026
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC2$3.8MMay 27, 2026
CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 940892$843KOct 5, 2026
SEBIA, INC.1$3.6MMay 4, 2026
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT1$3.4MApr 27, 2026
Fisher Scientific Company · $TMO1$2.7MMar 31, 2026
HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC1$245KMay 4, 2026
STRIPES GLOBAL, INC.1$148KMar 25, 2026
FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED1$83KOct 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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 2 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
  • $88K 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
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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.

  • 8 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 9 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.