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6640--Tecan Fluent 780 Automated Liquid Handler

241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241) · Boston VA Medical Center 328 Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, 02130

Response status

Historical record

Sep 3, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 27, 2026
Archive date
Oct 3, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241) published this presolicitation.
  • Competition is listed as Small Business Set-Aside - Total.
  • The place of performance is Jamaica Plain.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
2f9f20aece2240209e2d7cbe9ec7efc4
Solicitation
36C24126Q0690
Base type
Presolicitation
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Presolicitation
Solicitation number
36C24126Q0690
Set-aside
Small Business Set-Aside - Total
Set-aside code
SBA
Posted
Aug 27, 2026
Responses due
Sep 3, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Oct 3, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Presolicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Subagency code
Office
241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
TOGUS, ME, 04330, USA
Place of performance
Boston VA Medical Center 328 Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, 02130
City code
State
State code
Postal code
02130
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

Pre-solicitation Notice of Intent to Sole Source Pre-Solicitation Notice� of intent to award a sole source contract.� This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract with:� � � TECAN US, INC 9401 GLOBE CENTER DRIVE SUITE 140 MORRISVILLE, NC 27560 UEI: EMSJF133EBY9 This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to purchase the TECAN Fluent 780 Automated Liquid Handler, along with all necessary components for full operational capability and installation from TECAN US, Inc, to be installed at VAMC Boston, MA. TECAN US. Inc, is the only company who can provide the system and installation that meets all the needs of VAMC Boston to maintain VA research compliance. Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to Contracting Opportunities SAM.gov. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only One Responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. � The NAICS� 334516. The size standard is� 1000 employees. The PSC/FSC� is� 6640.� � � � � � � Interested persons may contact the Contract Specialist by� email at� lauren.reed-smart@va.gov regarding this procurement.� The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.� � Response must be received by 09/03/2026 NLT 11:00am EST.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$31,220
Median$49,347
High end (p75)$97,361
Comparable awards
50
Median
$49,347
Computed
Aug 30, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
GBRU - REVIO SMRT CELLS SYSTEM - PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIAPACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$92,196.04Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DNA/RNA REAGENT KITS FOR SEQUENCINGILLUMINA, INC.$174,029.48Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LI - ABBL - SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS FOR REAL-TIME PCR SYSTEM - A HIGH-THROUGHPUT, MULTIPLEGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$49,342.24Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
GERSTEL LABWORKS PLATFORM FOR AGILENT 8890 GC P00001 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE EXTENSIONGERSTEL INC$217,587.99Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FLO-MIN114: MINION DNA FLOW CELLS (24) SQK-RBK114.24: RAPID BARCODING KIT 24 V14 (2) SQK-ROXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES INC$20,460.00Jun 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE: 5977C INERT PLUS MSD TURBO EI BUNDLE, AGILENT 8890 GC SYSTEM CUSTOM, 7693A AUTOIAGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$115,518.66Jun 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HIGH SPEED CENTRIFUGE - WOOSTER - (REPLACES REQ# 1169800)FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$31,899.00Jun 12, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
5977C INERT PLUS MSD TURBO EI BUNDLE.AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$98,774.89Jun 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TISSUE TEK TEC 6 TISSUE EMBEDDING SYSTEMGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$19,325.30Jun 15, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HIGH-SPEED REFRIGERATED FLOOR CENTRIFUGE, ROTORS, AND INSTALLATION IN TOLEDO, OHIOGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$40,419.55Jun 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ULTRACENTRIFUGE SWINGING BUCKET ROTORFRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$20,980.00Jun 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
QIACUITY ONE 5-PLEX DIGITAL PCR (DPCR)FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$63,090.00Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
REVIO SMRT CELL TRAY OF 4 CAT # 102-202-200PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$24,684.00Jun 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
102-872-000 PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 12 MONTH SUPPORT PLAN FOR REVIO SEQUENPACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$46,500.00Jun 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
P2SOLOPROJECTSP - PROMETHION 2 SOLO PACK BENCHTOP ULTRA-LONG READ DNA SEQUENCERGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$25,627.71Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
USDA AFRS REAL-TIME QPCR SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION AND PATHOGEN DETECTION PRGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$23,297.06Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PLANT GROWTH CHAMBERSAMYAK SOLUTIONS, INC.$43,746.20Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MISEQ SILVER SUPPORT PLANILLUMINA, INC.$15,810.20Jul 20, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NITROGEN/PROTEIN ANALYZER SYSTEMLECO CORP$48,447.76Jul 15, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEMGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$53,214.18Jul 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 30, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.