# SAM #36C26325N0090

Award of BioFire diagnostic panel kits for Minneapolis VA laboratories

**Buyer:** VA Health Administration Center 23 (VHA NCO 23)
**Posted:** October 01, 2026
**Identifier:** 36C26325N0090
**NAICS:** 325413

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a brand-name supply contract for BioFire diagnostic panel kits used by Minneapolis VA laboratories.
- **Awarding office:** VA Network/Program Contracting Office 23.
- **Manufacturer:** bioMérieux, Inc.; the justification cites proprietary products and compatibility with existing BioFire analyzers as the basis for limiting sources.
- **Award value:** $636,905.60.
- **Products:** 30 GI Panel kits (RFIT-ASY-0116); 10 Blood Culture Identification Panel 2 kits (RFIT-ASY-0147); 4 ME Panel kits (RFIT-ASY-0118); 120 RP2.1 Panel kits (423742); and 10 PN Panel kits (RFIT-ASY-0144). Each is described as a 30-test or 30-pouch kit.
- **Purpose:** Support gastrointestinal, blood-culture identification, meningitis/encephalitis, respiratory-pathogen, and pneumonia testing.
- **Performance period:** Not specified in the available information.

### Description

See the attached draft sole source document.

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