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Award notice, first published as special notice

Lab Histology Equipment SMA

36C25726Q0433

Department of Veterans Affairs, 257-Network Contract Office 17. Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance.

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Awarded

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC

$16,088.00 obligated so far on USAspending

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This one was awarded in 2026

53 like it are open now in electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance

All 53 open in electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance

Description

As published on SAM.gov with the special notice of April 7, 2026.

Special Notice Special Notice Page 1 of 3 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 4 of 4 Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to Richard-Allan Scientific LLC.: Scope Lab Histology Equipment Service Maintenance Agreement for VA owned Histology Lab Equipment for the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend (VCB) Health Care System, 2601 Veterans Drive, Harlingen, TX 78550. For the following equipment: Quantity Manufacture Product Serial # Location 1 Fisher Scientific Clearvue Glass Coverslipper CV74692404EP 3rd Floor Lab 1 Thermo Scientfic Embedding Unit Paraffin HS9517A2008T 3rd Floor Lab 1 Thermo Scientific Tissue Embedding Unit HS9515C2008 3rd floor Lab 1 Thermo Fisher Scientific Excelsior AS ET71132101EP 3rd floor Lab Location The preventive maintenance will be performed at the VCB Health Care Center at Harlingen (HCC), located at 2601 Veterans Drive, Harlingen, Texas 78550. Period of Performance The Contract period of performance: Base 06/01/2026 05/31/2027 Option 1 06/01/2027 05/31/2028 Option 2 06/01/2028 05/31/2029 Option 3 06/01/2029 05/31/2030 Option 4 12/01/2030 11/30/2031 See Statement of Work for complete details.

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Richard-Allan Scientific LLC
UEI
N1LPLL6K6S58
CAGE
044N0
Vendor location
Kalamazoo, MI
Contract
36C25726P0401, purchase order
Obligated
$16,088.00, potential $76,682
Actions
2 between April 22, 2026 and May 13, 2026
Competition
Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Lab Histology Equipment Sma
Match
award number 36C25726P0401 equals the contract number; same awarding office 36C257 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. April 7, 2026

    Special notice

    Due April 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 81b0793ba91d43378f13ce0e3eca231c

    2 revisions on SAM
    • April 22, 2026: publish, award notice
    • April 7, 2026: publish, special notice

  2. April 22, 2026

    Award notice, originally special notice

    Awarded to Richard-Allan Scientific LLC for $16,088. SAM.gov, notice c88877833d9a470c8d93cebe8d185980

    2 revisions on SAM
    • April 22, 2026: publish, award notice
    • April 7, 2026: publish, special notice

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