Solicitation, total small business set-aside, first published as sources sought
Microtome
36C26326Q0562
Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office 23. Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.
Offers due
September 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT
6 days from now. Posted September 15, 2026, first published April 10, 2026.
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
Manual Microtome supply for Minneapolis VA Health Care System. This is a solicitation conducted using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services). Solicitation number 36C26326Q0562 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ).
This solicitation is a small business set-aside.
Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of offer to the Government (https://www.sam.gov).
Offerors must be registered at SBA Small Business Search at https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ as a small business vendor.
Quotes will only be accepted from responsible contractors. The NAICS code for the solicitation is 334516 with a size standard of 1,000 Employees.
A list of the contract line items, quantities, and units of measure are listed within the RFQ solicitation documentation to follow.
The VA anticipates one Firm Fixed Price award to provide supplies to the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis MN 55417.
The period of performance is 9/30/2026 to 12/30/2026 for the base year period of performance.
Technical questions on this solicitation are due via e-mail only to Robert Bennett, Contract Specialist, at robert.bennett8@va.gov no later than 10:00 AM on 9/17/2026.
Quotes are due at the Contracting Office by 10:00 AM on 9/22/2026. Quotes are required to be emailed to robert.bennett8@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the Contracting Officer before the solicitation closing.
Attachments
Files listed on SAM.gov. The ones we hold a copy of download from here; the rest open SAM's download, which needs no account.
- 36C26326Q0562.pdf470 KB, September 15, 2026
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
April 10, 2026
Sources sought
Due April 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 2579973c1b90469f94a83f0add6ce2dd
September 15, 2026
Solicitation, originally presolicitation
Due September 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 399ce232d3124d68ba1cca0ce1154306
3 revisions on SAM
- September 15, 2026: publish, solicitation
- September 15, 2026: publish, solicitation
- September 15, 2026: publish, presolicitation
September 15, 2026
Solicitation
Due September 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice d2ae57d31d4a4fab85652afd50a8cabd
3 revisions on SAM
- September 15, 2026: publish, solicitation
- September 15, 2026: publish, solicitation
- September 15, 2026: publish, presolicitation
Points of contact
- Robert Bennett, Contract Specialistrobert.bennett8@va.gov319-339-7079
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