Q301--New Reference Lab Testing | Legacy VISN 15
Veterans Affairs · 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25526R0066 in this department, oldest first.
- Jan 30, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
- Sep 29, 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
PRESOLICITATION NOTICE FOR REFERENCE LAB TESTING IN SUPPORT OF LEGACY VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK (VISN 15). ESTIMATED SOLICITATION PUBLICATION DATE IS OCTOBER 14, 2026. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 15, requires laboratory testing services. The Contractor shall be responsible for performing pre-analytic processing, analysis, and result interpretation for clinical and anatomical pathology specimens as requested by VA Medical Centers (VAMC) in VISN 15 geographic areas needed during the contract period. The contractor shall provide all pe… (show all)
rsonnel, transportation, equipment, supplies, facilities, supervision, other items and non-personal services necessary to provide/perform the supplies/services defined in this Performance Work Statement. The contractor assumes all liability risks for the work performed under the contract/order. The contractor must assume total liability for all contractor employees. Services shall include the transportation of clinical laboratory specimens to the Contractor s laboratory(s), performance of pre-analytical specimen processing support services, the performance of analytical testing as defined by the Contractor s reference test manual, the reporting of analytical test results, and consultative services as required to provide the full scope of its laboratory services to the ordering facility. The Contractor shall provide varying levels of support service depending on the unique characteristics presented by each Medical Center, Outpatient Clinic, or Health Care Center. Services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of a task order by the ordering activity for results to be delivered to the site designated on the task order and in accordance with standards, clauses and provisions of this document. 1. One Task Order will be issued for each location. 2. Participating Medical Centers: A. VA Medical Center, 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201-5275 B. VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri 64128-2226 C. VA Medical Center, 4101 S. 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048-5014 D. VA Medical Center, 2401 West Main St., Marion, Illinois 62959-1188 E. VA Medical Center, 1500 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901-3318 F. VA Medical Center, John Cochran Division, 915 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri 63106-1621 G. VA Medical Center, 2200 Gage Blvd., Topeka, Kansas 66622-0001 H. VA Medical Center, 5500 East Kellogg, Wichita, Kansas 67218-1607 I. VA Health Care Center, 6211 E. Waterford Blvd., Evansville, Indiana 47715-2869 J. VA Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, St. Louis, MO 63125-4181 K. VA Health Care Center, 711 South Mount Auburn Road, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703-6393 L. Vendors are advised that VA reorganization may necessitate adding additional locations to this contract in the future. Any such additions will be completed by bilateral modification.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 621511.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH CENTRAL PATHOLOGY LAB PA WICHITA 67218 | 1 | $2.9M | Mar 18, 2025 |
| HEALTH SYSTEMS SCIENCES, LLC | 1 | $2.4M | Feb 10, 2026 |
| LOVELL GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC. | 1 | $172K | Sep 10, 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.
- Feb 10, 2026HEALTH SYSTEMS SCIENCES, LLC$2.4MH965--IV Room Certification & Testing Services (VA-26-00003362) 36C255-26-AP-0020
- Sep 10, 2025LOVELL GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.$172KQ502--Remote Cardiac Monitors & Monitoring Service
- Mar 18, 2025SOUTH CENTRAL PATHOLOGY LAB PA WICHITA 67218$2.9MQ515--On-site/Off-site Pathology Services | 589A7 | RJDVAMC | (VA-24-00104600)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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 (4 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.