6640--Microtome
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- Solicitation number
- 36C26326Q0562_3
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 23
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 23, anticipates issuing a small business set-aside RFQ for manual microtome supply to the Minneapolis VA Health Care System with quotes due by 10:00 AM Central Time on September 22, 2026. The solicitation, numbered 36C26326Q0562, is issued under FAR Part 12 for commercial products as a Firm Fixed Price award. Place of performance is One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417. The period of performance runs from September 30, 2026 through December 30, 2026 for the base year. NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) applies with a size standard of 1,000 employees. Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and certified as small business vendors in the SBA Small Business Search database at time of offer. Contract line items, quantities, and units of measure will be provided in the RFQ documentation. Technical questions must be submitted via email only to Robert Bennett, Contract Specialist, at robert.bennett8@va.gov no later than 10:00 AM on September 17, 2026. Quotes must be emailed to the same address and must be received in their entirety by the contracting officer prior to closing. The contracting office is located in Coralville, Iowa.
Notice text
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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C26326Q0562_3.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 6640--Manual Microtome Minneapolis VAMC | Award Notice | |
| 6640--Microtome | Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation | |
| 6640--Microtome | Special Notice | |
| 6640--Microtome | Pre-Solicitation |
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