6630 - Brand Name or Equal COPAN Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP)
Veterans Affairs · 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26126Q1259 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 30, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
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What the notice says
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Regional Procurement Office West (RPOW), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 5, Health Service Area (HSA) 5.2, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21, on behalf of VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), intends to purchase or lease a brand name or equal COPAN Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP) and associated accessories, software, installation, training, and service support. See attached solitication for details.
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)), same NAICS 334516.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $165K to $628K, median $384K; range $91K to $3.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| WERFEN USA LLC | 1 | $3.6M | Apr 16, 2025 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | 1 | $2.5M | Oct 1, 2025 |
| CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089 | 1 | $628K | Apr 3, 2025 |
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC | 1 | $481K | Sep 16, 2026 |
| MARKES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 1 | $384K | Oct 2, 2025 |
| FEDPOINT SYSTEMS LLC | 1 | $312K | Dec 9, 2025 |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT · $45.1B | 1 | $165K | Oct 1, 2026 |
| LABORATORY GROWTH & PRODUCTIVITY CONSULTING INC | 1 | $97K | Sep 14, 2026 |
| SEBIA, INC. | 1 | $91K | Oct 6, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $ABT reported $45.1B revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 9 past awards, $384K, 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.
- Oct 1, 2026ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.$165K6640--Abbott AlinIQ Inventory Management System (IMS)Materiality: <0.01% of $ABT revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 16, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC$481K6640--Clinical Laboratory Microbiological System - Instruments, Reagents, & SuppliesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 14, 2026LABORATORY GROWTH & PRODUCTIVITY CONSULTING INC$97K6640--KapSafe Recapper and Seal CrimperNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 9, 2025FEDPOINT SYSTEMS LLC$312KAGILENT SEAHORSE XF FLEX ANALYZER SYSTEMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 6, 2025SEBIA, INC.$91K6640--SFVA Chem Sebia Analyzers CPT Base + 2OYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 2, 2025MARKES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$384K6640--Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer Markes InternationalNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$2.5M6640--VAPAHCS Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining (H&E), Immunohistochemistry (IHC), In-Situ Hybridization (ISH), and Special Staining System Cost per Kit (CPK)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 16, 2025WERFEN USA LLC$3.6M6640--Base plus 4 OY | Blood Gas Instrument and ConsumablesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 3, 2025CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 94089$628K6515--Cepheid | GeneXpert Infinity 80-80 plus advantage serviceNo 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 (7 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- $48K 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.
- 6 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.
- 1 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.