Sources Sought
Defense Logistics Agency - Troop Support – Europe & Africa Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for Laboratory Reagents, Test Kits, and Consumables
Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · Sol. SPE2DSFY28_Reagents
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DLA Troop Support Europe & Africa, with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, is doing market research (a sources sought) for the recompete of its laboratory supplies contract. The future contract would supply clinical laboratory reagents, test cartridges, calibrators, controls and consumables for Government-owned analyzers, serving DoD medical facilities in Europe. The new ordering period is projected to start 15 January 2028.
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- Sources sought only. This is market research, not a solicitation, so there is nothing to bid on yet and no award is promised.
is conducting market research to support the recompete of its commercial laboratory supplies contract
- Products must fit specific Government analyzers. Reagents and cartridges must work with named equipment such as Abbott i-STAT and Siemens DCA 2000, which may limit who can supply them.
that operate in conjunction with specific Government-owned laboratory analyzers and capital equipment
- Overseas delivery. Orders are serviced from Europe and possibly the Middle East region, which affects shipping, customs and logistics for a small business.
across the European Command (EUCOM) and possibly Central Command (CENTCOM) theaters
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Full brief
What they want
- Clinical laboratory reagents
- Test cartridges, calibrators and controls
- Associated consumables that work with Government-owned analyzers (e.g., Abbott i-STAT, Siemens DCA 2000, and other point-of-care or automated platforms)
- Support DoD medical treatment facilities and operational forces across EUCOM and possibly CENTCOM
- Contract type
- Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract (planned; this is market research only)
- Period of performance
- Follow-on ordering period projected to start 15 January 2028; length not stated
- Place of performance
- Kaiserslautern, Germany (per notice header); ordering hub is USAMMCE serving EUCOM and possibly CENTCOM
- Offers due
- 2026-10-30 16:00 (+01:00, Central European time)
Current contractor
This is a recompete of an existing commercial laboratory supplies contract; the incumbent is not named.
Not in the notice text
- What information vendors must send in response and how to send it
- Contract length and expected value
- Any small business set-aside plans (the notice says no set-aside used)
- Evaluation criteria for the eventual solicitation
- Contact details and any attachments with detailed requirements
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 30, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- SPE2DSFY28_Reagents
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Office
- DLA Troop Support
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 325413
- Product/service code
- 6550
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare
- Place of performance
- Kaiserslautern, DE-RP, 67657
- Contracting contact
- Edwin Roldanedwin.roldan@dla.mil