6550--VISN 4 Coagulation Testing
Veterans Affairs · 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24426Q0796 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 14, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Oct 14, 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
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE OFFERS VISN 04 This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 4, to provide automated primary coagulation testing systems in accordance with the PWS. The full solicitation will be posted on the Contract Opportunities website at www.sam.gov on or about October 15th, 2026. The full solicitation will be unrestricted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this procurement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing: the size standard is 1000 employees. Potential of… (show all)
ferors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will ONLY be available on this site. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all amendments. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer at keri.hester1@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any quotes or proposal preparation costs. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation because of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. All interested parties must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines prior to award. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. The point of contact is Contracting Officer, Keri Hester, email: keri.hester1@va.gov.
Who won similar work
19 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKMAN COULTER, INC. | 6 | $11.3M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 3 | $1.2M | Sep 24, 2025 |
| FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | 2 | $394K | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $1.8M | Jun 12, 2025 |
| TECNIPLAST USA, INC. | 1 | $486K | Sep 11, 2025 |
| MIKROSCAN TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1 | $234K | May 14, 2025 |
| bioMerieux Salt Lake City UT 84108 USA | 1 | $85K | Jun 27, 2025 |
| ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS LLC | 1 | $79K | Sep 2, 2025 |
| VETERANS HEALTHCARE SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, INC | 1 | $50K | Apr 21, 2025 |
| TRILLAMED LLC | 1 | $41K | Sep 22, 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 2, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC.$291K6550--Intent to Sole Source | 3 Month Bridge Philadelphia VA Medical Center Laboratory Hematology/Chemistry Testing
- Oct 2, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC$6.1M6630--Lab Testing Services for Wilkes-Barre VAMC, PA
- Jun 2, 2026BECKMAN COULTER, INC$227K6550--Lab Automation Preventative Maintenance and Service Beckman Equipment
- Apr 29, 2026FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$168K6515--Epredia/ThermoFisher Gemini & Excelsior AS Systems
- Nov 11, 2025BECKMAN COULTER, INC$904K6550--Task Order for Lab-In-CP Automated Chemistry, Hematology, and Immunoassay in accordance with SOW and Price Schedule in VA244-17-D-0256
- Sep 24, 2025GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$87KNGC Quest 10 Plus Chromatography System
- Sep 22, 2025TRILLAMED LLC$41KQuantStudio 3 Real-time PCR System
- Sep 11, 2025TECNIPLAST USA, INC.$486KAward - Tecniplast Animal Racks & Cages
- Sep 10, 2025LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$26K6515-- | Varioskan Lux | 646
- Sep 5, 2025FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$226K646-25-2-233-0213 | Brand-Name Only - AB 3500 DX Genetic Analyzer
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
- 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.
- 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.