Special NoticePosted Oct 7, 2026·Responses due Oct 12, 2026

Q301--CAREDX Post heart transplant rejection surveillance tests

Veterans Affairs · 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
621511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26127Q0083
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Q301
Place
Not stated
Contact
Cynthia Diezel (cynthia.diezel@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26127Q0083 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 7, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 21, 2026 to Feb 9, 2027, middle of the range Jan 8, 2027.
Measured from 44 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 621511 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 7, 2026).

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

This is an INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOTICE only. This is an intent to sole source notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR RFO Subpart 5.1, Presolicitation. This announcement constitutes the only notice of intent to sole source and synopsis of proposed action. The Department of Veteran Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21, intends to issue a sole-source contract under the authority of this non-competitive acquisition as implemented by 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) FAR RFO 6.103-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements), to … (show all)

CareDx. We believe there are no authorized third-parties that can provide the proprietary AlloMap® gene expression profiling and AlloSure® donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) assays to satisfy this requirement. Services will include a five (5) year IDIQ ordering period contract. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; interested parties may express their interest by providing a capability statement and returning it to Cynthia.Diezel@va.gov no later than 10:00 AM PST on 10/12/26. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to number 36C26127Q0083, Notice of Intent in the subject line. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Verbal and facsimile responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. All interested parties are reminded to be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/SAM/ in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts. No telephone calls will be accepted. If after 10/12/26 at 10:00 AM PST, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, NCO 21 shall negotiate solely with CareDx. The applicable NAICS Code is 621511 and the size standard is $41.5M. Vendors must show they can provide services as described in the attached Description of Services. Failure to complete the questions below will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered a viable source. The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed-price contract. A determination by the Government whether to compete the proposed requirement shall be based upon responses received and is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competition. Estimated Period of Performance (POP): 03/01/2027 2/29/2032. Contract will be inclusive of five (5) one-year task order periods. Must answer the following questions if your company decides to respond: What is your company s Socioeconomic Status? (ex: small business, large business, SDVOSB, etc.) a. If SDVOSB or VOSB, are you registered in Vendor Information Pages (VIP)? https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ Provide Company s legal name along with SAM UEI. Capabilities Statement List of Projects (Government and Commercial) that are similar in scope and size. Anticipated Teaming Arrangements (if any). If plan on subcontracting, demonstrate that you will meet the limitations on subcontracting per FAR 52.219-14 for Small Businesses; VAAR 852.219-74 for SDVOSB/VOSB. GSA Contract Number, if applicable. Provide an estimate price for base year plus four option years. RFI number 36C26127Q0083 has been assigned and should be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement. See attached document: Description of Services.

Who won similar work

123 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) Q301.

Single-winner award sizes (123): middle half $275K to $2.9M, median $695K; range $19K to $46.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED · $DGX · $9.3B20$202.4MAug 6, 2026
LABORATORY CORPORATION15$69.7MOct 1, 2026
I-2-I Solutions, Inc.4$2.4MOct 2, 2026
WINERGY LLC4$1.1MSep 11, 2025
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY Portland OR 97239 USA3$18.7MJun 17, 2026
CYTOPATH BIOPSY LAB INC3$1.5MSep 22, 2026
VERACYTE LABS SD CORPORATION · $VCYT · $361.1M3$859KJun 2, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Seattle WA 98195 USA2$9.7MDec 2, 2025
BECKMAN COULTER, INC2$5.0MNov 28, 2025
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION2$2.6MNov 13, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Investor context
  • $DGX reported $9.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 123 past awards, $695K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $VCYT reported $361.1M revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 123 past awards, $695K, is 0.2% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

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.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $22K 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.

  • 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
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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. 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 5 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.