Sources Sought
Microbiological media purchase order for Clinical Microbiology laboratory.
Department of Veterans Affairs
From the noticeFY27 request for microbiology testing media for Seattle Division Microbiology Department. These products are required for the identification of pathogenic organisms. This includes products formatted to maintain a long shelf-life, such as Oxidase, Indole and Acridine Orange that are used daily and are critical for organism identification, as well as perishable selective agar, biochemical test kits and other required products such as ATCC organisms, mandated by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), as part of our Quality Control for media. Read more
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From the notice
FY27 request for microbiology testing media for Seattle Division Microbiology Department. These products are required for the identification of pathogenic organisms. This includes products formatted to maintain a long shelf-life, such as Oxidase, Indole and Acridine Orange that are used daily and are critical for organism identification, as well as perishable selective agar, biochemical test kits and other required products such as ATCC organisms, mandated by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), as part of our Quality Control for media.
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Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- 260-Network Contract Office 20 (36C260), Vancouver, WA
- Product/service code
- 6515 · Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 325998)
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