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NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE|Full-Service Maintenance for MALDI Biotyper Sirius CA HUNTINGTON VA MEDIAL CENTER 36C24527Q0016

Federal · Department of Veterans AffairsDue Monday, October 12, 2026
Client
Department of Veterans Affairs
RFP Number
—
Posted
10/2/2026
Category
US Federal
Budget
—
NAICS
811210
Set-aside
—
Contact
Bill Pratt

Description

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The Department of Veterans Affairs requires full-service maintenance for a Maldi Biotyper Sirius CA mass spectrometer (tag #68566, serial number 189013341940) located at the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. The requested scope includes preventive and corrective maintenance, labor, replacement parts, software updates and upgrades, and technical support. The buyer intends to issue a sole-source award to Bruker Scientific LLC, but any responsible source that can meet the full requirement may submit a capability statement. Interested vendors must demonstrate access to factory-trained personnel, compatible parts, software updates, and technical support. Capability statements and supporting documentation must be emailed to [email protected] by October 12, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST, referencing solicitation number 36C24527Q0016.

Key solicitation details

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The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to issue an open market sole source award to Bruker Scientific LLC for full-service maintenance of a MALDI Biotyper Sirius CA spectrometer. Responsible sources that believe they can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement for consideration.

Issued by
Department of Veterans Affairs
Response date
10-12-2026 10:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA
How to submit
Email
Submission details
Submit responses referencing 36C24527Q0016 by October 12, 2026, at 10:00 EST.
Place of performance
Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center, Lab for Biomedical Engineering, 1540 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington WV 25704

Scope of work

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Corrective maintenance
  • Labor
  • Replacement parts
  • Software updates and upgrades
  • Technical support

Minimum qualifications

  • Access to factory trained and certified personnel
  • Access to compatible parts
  • Access to software updates
  • Access to technical support

Documents to include with the bid

  • Capability statement with supporting documentation

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number
36C24527Q0016
Agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
Buying office
245-Network Contract Office 5 (36C245)
Notice type
Presolicitation
Responses due
Oct 12, 2026, 10:00 AM ET
Posted on SAM.gov
Oct 1, 2026
NAICS
811210 · Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
Product/service code
J065
Place of performance
Huntington, WV, 25704
Contracting contact
Bill Pratt, Contracting Officer
[email protected]
410-642-2411
Read the official notice description

**NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE** This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) RFO 5.101(a) Presolicitation notice requirements and (FAR) RFO 12.102 Restricting Competition. This Notice of Intent is for a proposed award of an open market sole source award to BRUKER SCIENTIFIC LLC for a Maldi Biotyper Sirius CA, spectrometers mass, tag #68566, and serial number 189013341940. Located in the lab for Biomedical Engineering of the Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center, located at 1540 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington WV, 25704. The proposed award is to BRUKER SCIENTIFIC LLC (SAM UEI: MG2JF771VWU5) this vendor has factory trained and authorized technicians that can work on this equipment. The anticipated service includes preventive and corrective maintenance, labor, replacement parts, software updates and upgrades, and technical support in accordance with the statement of work. Bruker Scientific LLC s January 5, 2026, letter states that it is the sole authorized U.S. service provider for Bruker Daltronics instruments and that its field service engineers receive factory training and certification and have access to Bruker technical support. These are Bruker s representations; the Government will consider information submitted by other capable sources. This notice is not a solicitation. Any responsible source that believes it can meet the complete requirement may submit a capability statement with supporting documentation explaining its access to trained personnel, compatible parts, software updates, and technical support. Submit responses to [email protected] by October 12, 2026, at 10:00 EST, referencing 36C24527Q0016. The Government will consider timely responses when determining whether to proceed with the contemplated sole-source action.

Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).

Incumbent

No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.

Market context

Awards in the same category (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance). This is not this requirement's award history.

Recent similar awards: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 811210, performed in WV

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BRUKER SCIENTIFIC LLC36C24524P0060 · BRUKER LABSCAPE COMPLETE 24 MALDI BIOTYPER MAINT. SERVICES$161.5KDec 14, 2027
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DATEX-OHMEDA, INC.36C24523P0035 · MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE$189.8KOct 31, 2027
L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED36C24527N0045 · EO 14398$219.7KOct 15, 2027

Top vendors in this category: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 811210, since Oct 1, 2024

4,604 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

  1. 1. VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC$40.7M
  2. 2. SONOVA USA INC$37.1M
  3. 3. OLYMPUS AMERICA INC$21.0M
  4. 4. CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC$17.5M
  5. 5. STERIS CORPORATION$16.1M

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.

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