Delivery Order SPE2DE24D0013-SPE2D626F04F5

Cepheid Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, was awarded a firm fixed-price delivery order valued at $28,875 by the Defense Logistics Agency Medical Supply Chain on December 10, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 17, 2025. This delivery order, designated XPRS-COV2-10, was issued with no set-aside designation and represents procurement of diagnostic testing supplies under Cepheid's existing Indefinite Delivery Contract framework with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The contract specifies performance at Cepheid's Sunnyvale facility and focuses on the delivery of respiratory pathogen detection cartridges and associated molecular diagnostic reagents designed for use with the company's GeneXpert diagnostic platform.

As a primary federal supplier of advanced molecular diagnostic systems and reagents, Cepheid has established extensive relationships across multiple federal healthcare agencies including the VA, Indian Health Service, Defense Health Agency, and U.S. Coast Guard. The company's core competencies encompass rapid molecular diagnostic testing for COVID-19, influenza, and other infectious diseases through its GeneXpert platform. This delivery order represents routine procurement activity consistent with Cepheid's substantial federal contract portfolio, which includes multiple IDCs valued in the tens of millions of dollars and numerous smaller delivery orders supporting federal healthcare laboratory operations and infectious disease testing requirements across distributed networks of medical facilities.