Special NoticePosted Aug 26, 2026·Responses due Sep 10, 2026

Growth Direct System Consumables

Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
HT9426-26-NOI-0836-Growth_Direct_System_Consumable
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6640
Place
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Contact
Nicole Applegate (nicole.v.applegate.civ@health.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation HT9426-26-NOI-0836-Growth_Direct_System_Consumable in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 26, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 15, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026, middle of the range Sep 26, 2026.
Measured from 67 past early notices at Defense Health Agency (Dha) that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 26, 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 Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA) on behalf of the Center for Enabling Capabilities' (CEC) Pilot Bioproduction Facility (PBF) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract on a sole source basis to Rapid Micro Biosystems, INC. 1001 Pawtucket Blvd West Suite 280, Lowell, MA USA; Cage Code 4TRL9 under the RFO FAR 6.103-1 � Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Description of Requirement: This is a requirement to establish a single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinit… (show all)

e Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle that will allow the Center for Enabling Capabilities' (CEC) Pilot Bioproduction Facility (PBF) to procure the proprietary consumables required for the Government-owned Growth Direct� System currently used by the PBF. These consumables are manufactured by Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. and include Environmental Monitoring Cassettes (Part: ET80-100) and Environmental Monitoring Vision Lids (Part:EMVL-100), as well as freight associated with delivering the consumables. The Government will request Delivery Orders (DOs) be issued against this IDIQ on an as needed basis throughout the five-year IDIQ ordering period to deliver the needed consumables that are designed to enhance system performance. Approximately four DOs are anticipated per year throughout the five-year IDIQ ordering period. This special notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Meaningful submissions received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. If no meaningful, written submissions are received by the date listed below, after the publication of this notice, the solicitation will be issued as a sole source requirement to Rapid Micro Biosystems, INC. Based on the above information, the only technically acceptable vendor to fulfill this requirement is Rapid Micro Biosystems, INC. Submit capability statements (using PDF, MS Word, or Excel attachments) to Ms. Nicole Applegate at e-mail: nicole.v.applegate.civ@health.mil Capability statements are due no later than 10:00am Eastern Time on September 10, 2026.

Who won similar work

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

WinnerAwardsValueLast
HOLOGIC SALES AND SERVICE, LLC1$5.9MJul 14, 2025
BIOMERIEUX INC1$627KSep 29, 2026
BECKMAN COULTER, INC1$486KAug 20, 2025
HAMILTON COMPANY1$349KJul 29, 2026
MEDTEC BIOLAB, INC.1$83KJul 16, 2026
TSI INCORPORATED1$50KSep 2, 2026
LUMINEX CORP1$40KJul 29, 2026

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 7 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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 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
  • 32 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.

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