Presolicitation
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE|Full-Service Maintenance for MALDI Biotyper Sirius CA HUNTINGTON VA MEDIAL CENTER 36C24527Q0016
Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36C24527Q0016
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
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The VA Network Contract Office 5 plans to award a sole source contract to Bruker Scientific LLC for full-service maintenance of a MALDI Biotyper Sirius CA mass spectrometer at the Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Other companies can send a capability statement if they believe they can meet the whole requirement. This is a notice of intent, not a solicitation.
Watch out for
- Sole source to the manufacturer. The VA already intends to award to Bruker, so a small business has a low chance unless it can prove it can fully support this instrument.
proposed award of an open market sole source award to BRUKER SCIENTIFIC LLC
- Factory-trained technicians and parts access. Bruker says it is the sole authorized U.S. service provider, so independent firms need proof of factory-level training, compatible parts and software access.
it is the sole authorized U.S. service provider for Bruker Daltronics instruments
- Short response window. The notice posted October 1 and responses are due October 12, leaving little time to assemble a capability statement.
Submit responses to torcara.charles@va.gov by October 12, 2026, at 10:00 EST
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Preventive and corrective maintenance on the MALDI Biotyper Sirius CA (tag #68566)
- Labor and replacement parts
- Software updates and upgrades
- Technical support, per a statement of work
- Contract type
- Proposed open-market sole source award (full-service maintenance)
- Place of performance
- Biomedical Engineering lab, Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center, 1540 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington, WV 25704
- How they'll choose
- Not an evaluation. The Government will consider timely responses to decide whether to proceed with the sole-source action
- Offers due
- October 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM Eastern (notice says 10:00 EST)
- How to submit
- Email a capability statement to torcara.charles@va.gov, referencing 36C24527Q0016
What to include when you submit
- Include supporting documentation showing access to trained personnel, compatible parts, software updates and technical support
- Reference 36C24527Q0016 in the response
You must have
- To challenge the sole source, a firm must show it can meet the complete requirement, including trained personnel, compatible parts, software updates and technical support.
Any responsible source that believes it can meet the complete requirement may submit a capability statement
Current contractor
Bruker Scientific LLC (SAM UEI MG2JF771VWU5) is the proposed sole source; the notice does not say whether it holds the current maintenance contract.
Not in the notice text
- Length of the maintenance period and any option years
- Estimated value
- The statement of work (referenced but not in the text)
- Whether a competitive solicitation will follow if another source qualifies
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 12, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- 36C24527Q0016
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office
- 245-Network Contract Office 5 (36C245)
- NAICS
- 811210
- Product/service code
- J065
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance
- Place of performance
- Huntington, WV, 25704
- Contracting contact
- Bill Prattbillie.pratt@va.gov410-642-2411
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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