Special NoticePosted Sep 29, 2026·Responses due Oct 12, 2026

Intent to Sole Source Drugs of Abuse Reagents Supplies

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
325413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26327D0004
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6640
Place
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Contact
Theresa (Tess) Thunder (theresa.thunder@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26327D0004 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 29, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Oct 1, 2026
    Award Notice
    SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. · $283K
    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

See Attachment

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 325413.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BIOMERIEUX INC3$2.9MOct 1, 2026
MICROGENICS CORPORATION · $TMO2$852KJan 10, 2025
ONE LAMBDA, INC. · $TMO1$6.9MOct 2, 2025
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX1$1.9MOct 1, 2026
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT1$748KOct 1, 2026
CAREDX, INC. · $CDNA1$724KJan 23, 2025
GRIFOLS DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS INC.1$452KOct 21, 2025
Roche Diagnostics Minneapolis MN 55417 USA1$263KJun 21, 2026
PROMEGA CORPORATION1$124KJun 1, 2026
Fisher Scientific Company1$61KOct 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.

  • 4 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (14 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $112K 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.

  • 4 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 13 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.