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Microtome — Laboratory Equipment and Supplies

Issued by VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF · VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263) · via SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities

Published
15 Sept 2026
Closes
22 Sept 2026, 15:00 UTC
Reference
36C26326Q0562
Location
MN, United States
Sector
electronics-semiconductors

Details

VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF · VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263) is soliciting 6640--Microtome — Laboratory Equipment and Supplies. Solicitation number 36C26326Q0562. Classified under NAICS 334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. Product/service code 6640 — LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. Place of performance: MN, USA. Responses are due by 22 September 2026 15:00 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

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 [contact details removed] 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 [contact details removed] 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.

Context for bidders

We hold 22 notices from VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF · VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263), going back to August 202614 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, Healthcare & Pharma and Facility Management & Cleaning. There are 859 open electronics-semiconductors tenders in United States. This one closes in 7 days.

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