# JESS SIMPLE WESTERN AUTOMATED SYSTEM Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24627q0101 - Solicitation number: 36C24627Q0101 - Notice type: Special notice - Status: Closed. Deadline was November 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM EST - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 246-Network Contracting Office 6 (36C246) - NAICS: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing - Product or service code: 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies - Who can bid, by location: Anywhere in the US. Location does not limit who can bid: a product shipped to the buyer, research at the performer's facility, or work at the contractor's site. A state shown is the delivery point. - First posted: October 28, 2026 - Last posted: October 28, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/28b3a2241d34454d8e05a355b848374a/view ## Description NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed-price contract to PROTEINSIMPLE for the Jess Western Automated System for the Salem, VA Medical Center, Salem VA in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.201-1, Simplified Procedures. Justification for this sole source procurement is in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhale (RFO) 6.103.1 soliciting from a single source. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents are available, and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any business that believes it can meet these requirements and possesses relevant past-experience and expertise may give written notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. Responses will be considered by the Government, however, a determination by the Government not to compete with the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NAICS Code 334516- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,000 Employees. Description: Jess Automated Western Blot System: The Jess system is an automated capillary electrophoresis based immunoassay platform that modernizes traditional Western blotting by combining protein size separation with high sensitivity immunodetection in a fully hands off workflow  Responses received by 9:00 am EST on 03 November 2026 will be considered by the Government. Inquiries shall be emailed to James.risbon@va.gov No telephone requests will be accepted. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES, and no Solicitation will be issued. The justification for this noncompetitive solicitation is due to ProteinSimple being the sole company capable of providing a suite of cryoablation services which includes technicians, equipment, and the required disposables. Market research has determined that this service is highly specialized and only available from a single source. The Government intends to award the contract with an effective date of 06 November 2026 to ProteinSimple, 614 McKinley Place NE Minneapolis, MN 55413. ## Attachments - [36C24627Q0101.docx](https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/6727733294a94afca1cabf4301e95aa8/download) ## Open now in the same industry 39 open in NAICS 334516. - Electrophoresis Testing for the Albany, Buffalo, and Syracuse VA Medical Centers (36C24226Q0949), due November 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24226q0949 - Volumetric KF Titrator (N6893626SIMACQD5550000062), due November 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n6893626simacqd5550000062 - 170 Composite Cylinders for KSC SCAPE Operations (80NSSC27948373Q), due November 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/80nssc27948373q ## Publications - October 28, 2026: Special notice, due November 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM EST. Notice 28b3a2241d34454d8e05a355b848374a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/28b3a2241d34454d8e05a355b848374a/view ## Points of contact - James Risbon, Contracting Officer, james.risbon@va.gov, 757-728-7128 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24627q0101.