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Q301--Notice of Intent to Sole Source - VISN4 Reference Laboratory Services

244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)

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Response status

Historical record

Aug 27, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Archive date
Sep 11, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244) published this special notice.
  • The notice uses NAICS 621511 (Medical Laboratories).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
85de5fdf3bd3496c801483296b89c618
Solicitation
36C24426Q0929
Base type
Special Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
36C24426Q0929
NAICS
621511 — Medical Laboratories
PSC
Q301 — REFERENCE LABORATORY TESTING
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Responses due
Aug 27, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 11, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
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Last seen
Aug 28, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
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Subagency
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Subagency code
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Office
244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
Organization path
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Organization path codes
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Office address
PITTSBURGH, PA, 15215, USA
Place of performance
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City code
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State
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State code
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Postal code
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Country
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Points of contact

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Notice description

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The VISN 04 Healthcare Facilities intend to negotiate a sole source award under the authority of FAR 12.102-1 for Reference Laboratory Services. Award shall be with Laboratory Corporation of Americ, located at 231 Maple Avenue, Burlington, NC 27215. Simplified acquisition procedures shall be used, and the resulting contract will be a firm-fixed priced, indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity for a one-year period. The NAICS code is 621511; Medical Laboratories. This special notice service as the notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals nor a solicitation or request for orders. A determination by the Government to compete this procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Comparable award range

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No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

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No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Amendment history

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VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 27, 2026Aug 27, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC6ba4f9ac220039a3
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Aug 27, 2026, 4:00 PM UTCacf7711acde3338f

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 28, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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