Presolicitation
6550--Cepheid GeneXpert Testing Supplies
245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245) · Beckley VAMC Clarksburg VAMC Huntington VAMC Martinsburg VAMC, Vamhcs
Response status
Due in 8 days
Nov 16, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Responses remain open.
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Archive date
- Jan 15, 2027
- SAM status
- Active
Answer-first brief
What the source record says
- 245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245) published this presolicitation.
- The place of performance is Vamhcs.
- The notice uses NAICS 325413 (In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing).
Procurement identity
- Notice ID
- ae9e6c6f10ea4b25967b54605b3d3a0b
- Solicitation
- 36C24526R0114
- 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
- 36C24526R0114
- Set-aside
- —
- Set-aside code
- —
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Responses due
- Nov 16, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
- Archive date
- Jan 15, 2027
- Archive type
- autocustom
- Base type
- Presolicitation
- Organization type
- OFFICE
- Benchmark category
- —
- Category confidence
- —
- Category source
- —
- Last seen
- Oct 21, 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
- 245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245)
- Organization path
- —
- Organization path codes
- —
- Office address
- LINTHICUM, MD, 21090, USA
- Place of performance
- Beckley VAMC Clarksburg VAMC Huntington VAMC Martinsburg VAMC, Vamhcs
- City code
- —
- State
- —
- State code
- —
- Postal code
- —
- Country
- —
Points of contact
Contact details from the current notice version.
primary
Michael Jones
Notice description
Source text reproduced without an AI summary.
The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit proposals for Cepheid GeneXpert Testing Supplies (6 VAMC s). A statement of work will be included in subsequent formal solicitation. The request for proposal (RFP) number is 36C24526R0114. This procurement is issued unrestricted. The formal solicitation will result in a single award firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for a base year and 4 option years. The medical centers supported are as follows: Beckley VAMC, Beckley, WV Martinsburg VAMC, Martinsburg, WV VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD Washington DC VAMC, Washington, DC Louis A. Johnson VAMC, Clarksburg, WV Huntington VAMC, Huntington, WV The government will issue firm-fixed price delivery orders for each VA facility for base and option years upon availability of funds. The applicable NAICS code is 325413-In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing. When issued, the formal solicitation will be available via the contract opportunities website, HTTP://Sam.gov. The tentative formal solicitation issued date will be October 7, 2026. Interested parties are advised to consult the actual formal solicitation for final dates and times. All prospective are required to be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) (HTTP:\\Sam.gov.) database.
Comparable award range
Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.
Low end (p25)$39,105
Median$89,838
High end (p75)$176,899
- Comparable awards
- 50
- Median
- $89,838
- Computed
- Nov 6, 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.
| Award | Contractor | Value | Awarded | Score | Why it matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY | DIAGNOSTIC CONSULTING NETWORK, LLC | $129,000.00 | Apr 23, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| KIS TEST KITS | CHARM SCIENCES INC | $260,600.00 | Apr 20, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| ABRAXIS TEST KITS Q3 FY2026 | COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS INC. | $48,357.88 | Mar 17, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| Q4 FY26 TASK ORDER FOR ABRAXIS KITS ON CONTRACT 123A9423D0002 WITH COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSI | COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS INC. | $31,088.67 | Jun 16, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| KIS TEST KITS Q4 DELIVERY ORDER | CHARM SCIENCES INC | $257,597.00 | Jun 26, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| DELIVERY ORDER FOR MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS TUBERCULIN VIALS. | ZOETIS INC. | $767,349.88 | Mar 25, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| SALMONELLA SEROTYPING ASSAY KITS TO/DO | LUMINEX CORP | $36,669.50 | Mar 27, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| FIRM FIXED PRICE BPA CALL FOR INGEZIM PPA COMPAC ELISA KITS. | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $111,980.00 | Jun 23, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO ENTER INTO A FIRM FIXED PRICE ORDER OFF USDA CONT | LUMINEX CORP | $29,405.60 | May 20, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| THE CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE QUANTITATIVE LATERAL FLOW MYCOTOXIN TEST | CHARM SCIENCES INC | $150,000.00 | Jun 1, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| FIRM FIXED PRICE DELIVERY ORDER FOR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (FMD) ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBE | VMRD INC | $3,060,000.00 | Jul 9, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| FWS ABERNATHY FTC - QIAGEN SUPPLIES | QIAGEN, LLC | $88,505.44 | Aug 17, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| TESTING REAGENTS AND SUPPLIES | ZEUS SCIENTIFIC, LLC | $57,800.00 | Mar 12, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| VENTANA HISTOLOGY REAGENTS | ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION | $607,112.75 | Mar 5, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| COAG TESTING INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES | WERFEN USA LLC | $589,856.20 | Apr 21, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| BLOOD BANK REAGENTS | WERFEN USA LLC | $46,075.64 | Jun 24, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| BLOOD BANK REAGENTS | ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC | $25,444.95 | Jun 4, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| MICROBIOLOGY MEDIA REAGENTS AND SUPPLIES | FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C. | $339,111.26 | Jun 23, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| TOXICOLOGY REAGENTS AND EQUIPMENT | MICROGENICS CORPORATION | $119,989.99 | Apr 6, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| MICROSCAN EQUIPMENT AND PANELS | BECKMAN COULTER, INC | $288,150.42 | May 21, 2026 | 52 | Same 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.
| Field | Source | Source as of | Parser | Transform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| agency_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| archive_date | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| archive_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| base_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| city_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| contacts | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| description | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| naics_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| notice_id | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| notice_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_city | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_country_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_postal_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_state_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| organization_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| pop_street_address | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| posted_date | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| psc_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| response_deadline | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| sam_url | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| solicitation_number | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| subagency_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| title | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
| upstream_active | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Sep 24, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.3 | 2026.08.3 |
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.
- 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Oct 21, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
- 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 6, 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.