Sources Sought
Cost Per Reportable Result Purchase of Immunohistochemistry Reagents for Laboratory Tests.
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe VA Puget Sound Health Care System Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service is doing market research (sources sought) for a lab slide-staining system in Seattle, WA. It needs two immunohistochemistry stainers, two in-situ hybridization stainers, two special stainers, and a specimen tracking system. The title says payment is per reportable test result. SAM.gov lists November 13, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific as the response date. More in the summary
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The VA Puget Sound Health Care System Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service is doing market research (sources sought) for a lab slide-staining system in Seattle, WA. It needs two immunohistochemistry stainers, two in-situ hybridization stainers, two special stainers, and a specimen tracking system. The title says payment is per reportable test result. SAM.gov lists November 13, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific as the response date.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Worth checking: Sources sought only; no response instructions in the text. This is market research and the text does not say what to send or where. Ask the contracting office before responding.
- Worth checking: Must work with VA and lab software. The system must be compatible with the VA's electronic records and the lab middleware. A vendor without these links may not qualify.
- Minor: Equipment and per-result pricing. The title points to payment per reportable result with reagents, so the equipment cost would be built into the per-test price. The text gives no test volumes.
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Full summary
What they want
- Two (2) immunohistochemistry (IHC) and two (2) in-situ hybridization (ISH) automated immunostainers
- Two (2) special stainers
- A specimen tracking system that identifies specimens and slides, audits workflow, keeps chain of custody and monitors productivity
- All parts of the workflow system must communicate to track and label slides
- Compatibility with the VA's VISTA and/or Cerner systems, any new electronic health record system, and Data Innovations middleware
- Contract type
- Cost per reportable result purchase (from the title); contract type is not stated in the text
- Place of performance
- Seattle, WA, USA (per SAM.gov)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific (1:00 PM Eastern)
Not in the notice text
- How to respond, and what to send, are not in the text
- Test volumes, contract length and dollar value are not stated
- Whether the VA plans a set-aside or a competed order is not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 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
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 325413)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Full notice text from SAM.gov
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