The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has issued a presolicitation notice (Solicitation Number: 36C26226Q0179) for a Metabolomics and Lipidomics Pulmonary Study. This study falls under Product Service Code Q301 and NAICS Code 541714, with a Set-Aside for the Small Business Administration (SBA). The place of performance will be the San Diego VA Healthcare System located at 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, Main Hospital, San Diego, CA 92161. Responses are due by December 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM Mountain Time, Denver, USA. The contracting office is NCO 22, Department of Veterans Affairs, Mesa Annex Network Contracting, and the point of contact is Felicia Simpson, Contracting Officer, at Felicia.Simpson@va.gov.

This government solicitation, 36C26226Q0179, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 22, is a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Metabolomics and Lipidomics services on 185 human samples. The contract, set aside 100% for Small Businesses with NAICS 541714, specifies a performance period from December 31, 2025, to December 30, 2026. Key dates include an offer due date of December 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM MST, with all questions due by December 10, 2025, at 1:00 PM MST. Offers must be submitted via email to Felicia Simpson. The document details contract clauses, terms, conditions, and instructions for offerors, including requirements for electronic invoice submission via the Tungsten Network and prohibitions related to certain telecommunications, video surveillance equipment, and foreign entities.

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is conducting a Sources Sought Announcement for a Metabolomics and Lipidomics Pulmonary Study, aiming to identify potential contractors capable of providing biomolecular services. This market research initiative seeks to gather information from various small business types, including Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), and HUBZone businesses. The study, led by Dr. Crotty Alexander, focuses on analyzing banked human samples to understand the health effects of vaping e-cigarettes, particularly in Veteran and active-duty military populations. The contractor will be responsible for conducting next-generation metabolomics by mass spectrometry on 185 samples, identifying 15-25,000 small molecule biomarkers (metabolites and lipids) within each sample, and delivering raw and processed data to the VA. The services include custom mass spectrometry design, sample storage, online data delivery, and metabolite identification using the vendor's standards library. Interested offerors must be registered in SAM.gov and, if applicable, with the SBA-Dynamic Small Business Search Registry, and are required to submit a capability statement by December 5, 2025.

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