MARKET RESEARCH · SOURCES SOUGHT
Cost Per Reportable Result Purchase of Immunohistochemistry Reagents for Laboratory Tests.
Department of Veterans Affairs, 260-NETWORK Contract Office 20 (36C260)
Market research. Sources sought: not a bid yet. The agency wants to know which businesses can do the work. Answering can put you on its radar and can lead to a small-business set-aside.
- Deadline
- Nov 13, 2026, 1:00 PM ET (21 days left)
- Who can bid
- Open to any business (no set-aside).
- Where the work is
- Seattle, Washington, 98108
- Industry (NAICS)
- 325413 · In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Solicitation number
- 36C26027Q0058
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Product/service code
- 6515
From the notice
The VA Puget Sound Health Care System Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service requires a histology staining workflow system which includes: Two (2) immunohistochemistry (IHC) and two (2) in-situ hybridization (ISH) immunostainers, and two (2) special stainers, and a specimen tracking system which …
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