Special NoticePosted Sep 2, 2026·Responses due Sep 9, 2026

Laboratory Solvent Recycler

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26326Q1069
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6640
Place
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q1069 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 2, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 22, 2026 to Nov 20, 2026, middle of the range Oct 18, 2026.
Measured from 103 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 334516 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 2, 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

The Minneapolis VA Health Care System Pathology and Laboratory Department requires one cart-mounted fully automatic high-purity solvent recycling system capable of safely reclaiming laboratory solvents used in our histology operations. This system will reduce hazardous waste, control costs, and maintain compliance with environmental and safety standards.

Who won similar work

39 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX5$1.2MJun 16, 2026
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. · $ABT3$19.2MMar 10, 2026
WERFEN USA LLC2$2.5MApr 1, 2026
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION2$1.6MJul 9, 2026
BECKMAN COULTER, INC2$934KOct 1, 2026
CEPHEID SUNNYVALE 940892$304KJun 25, 2026
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION2$169KApr 27, 2026
TOSOH BIOSCIENCE, INC.1$2.5MFeb 28, 2025
INNOVIVE, LLC1$828KAug 25, 2026
Hologic Sales and Service, LLC1$632KOct 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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (5 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $72K 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.

  • 5 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 6 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.