Source Confirmed
Seller-confirmed
- Hologic Panther platform identity, main enclosure, operator display, exterior panels, lower cabinet, and side-mounted handheld device are photo-confirmed.
Analysis snapshotSnapshot decision:REVIEW
Hologic Panther Automated Molecular Diagnostics System — Auction Analysis
The photographs establish a Hologic Panther molecular-diagnostics platform, but no serial/age, initialization, software/computer, license, service-transfer, decontamination, or internal workflow completeness evidence supports a positive blind bid.
Analysis snapshot · Historical — observed September 14, 2026. The scheduled close date of September 17, 2026 has passed. The price, evidence, economics, and recommendation remain exactly as recorded and are not current.
Decision at a glance
RecommendationREVIEW
- Maximum hammer bid
- $0
The auction bid ceiling supported by this analysis, if one is defensible; see costs below for buyer-premium treatment.
Why this decision
REVIEW: the immutable no-bid observation does not overcome the $0 blind/as-is ceiling; only materially better age, function, software/service, decontamination, and logistics evidence would support a recalculated positive bid.
What to verify before bidding
- The PC, software, license, service eligibility, internal components, consumables, and decontamination state are not established.
- No initialization or assay-related function is demonstrated.
See costs and maximum bid for the displayed assumptions and buyer-premium treatment.
- Snapshot auction state
- No bid displayed at observation
- Bidders
- 0
- Blind-model resale
- $5,000
Snapshot provenance and timing · observed September 14, 2026 · scheduled close September 17, 2026
GSA Auctions sale 1-1-QSC-I-26-327, lot 019 · Louisville, Kentucky
Snapshot observed September 14, 2026
Scheduled close September 17, 2026
Analysis prepared September 14, 2026
Published September 14, 2026 · page updated September 14, 2026
Prepared and published by Oleksii Udod for LotCaliper.
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This auction snapshot is historical. Continue with related research, or review a relevant published analysis whose recorded scheduled close has not passed.
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These are individually prepared, time-stamped analyses with recorded scheduled closes. Verify the official auction before acting.
Auction snapshot
This page preserves the September 14, 2026 GSA observation for sale 1-1-QSC-I-26-327, lot 019: no bid shown and zero bidders. A later bid, extension, close, cancellation, relisting, or award does not replace that observation.
An intact-looking molecular-diagnostics platform can have substantial headline-market upside while still failing a blind resale model when its software, service, decontamination, function, and workflow completeness are unknown.
Review and correction history
Independent review not recorded for this legacy analysis. No corrections recorded.
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Independent review not recorded
Published before the current independent-review gate; no completed independent review is recorded.
How independent review worksHow evidence is classified
Seller facts, photo-derived observations, manufacturer context, unknowns, and LotCaliper assumptions remain explicitly separated.
Photo Derived
Photo-derived
- The chassis appears substantially assembled without obvious catastrophic exterior damage; that is not evidence of initialization, assay function, or scanner operation.
Not Established
Not established
- Serial/manufacture date, Panther Fusion/Plus configuration, computer/software/license state, service transfer, internal racks/containers/components, decontamination, data sanitization, and all functional states.
Manufacturer Context
Independent context
- Hologic continues to market and service Panther, but the proprietary assay, service, and consumable ecosystem does not establish transferability for this surplus unit.
Lotcaliper Assumption
LotCaliper assumptions
- $5,000 conservative untested specialist resale for the chassis with no workflow-completeness credit.
- $0 blind maximum hammer after freight/crating, inspection/decontamination, uncertainty, selling, and profit reserves.
Equipment identity
Laboratory · quantity 1
Hologic Panther automated molecular diagnostics system
Identity confidence: High
Identity evidence
Supplied photographs directly show PANTHER and HOLOGIC branding on the main platform enclosure.
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Configuration
Panther Fusion module and Panther Plus expansion hardware
Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence
Configuration evidence
No separate Fusion module or Plus expansion configuration is evidenced in the supplied photographs.
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Control computer, software, license dongle, service transfer, and LIS entitlement
Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence
Configuration evidence
The photographs do not establish a computer/software environment, transferable license, or service eligibility.
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Internal racks, containers, pipetting components, consumables, and decontamination documentation
Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence
Configuration evidence
Closed exterior views do not establish internal workflow completeness or certified decontamination.
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Condition
Untested
No powered initialization, self-test, assay run, robotic movement, fluidics, incubation, luminometer, temperature, vacuum, or error-free operation is demonstrated.
Evidence confidence: High
Condition evidence
A substantially assembled chassis is not functional or clinical-workflow evidence.
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Market evidence
Market evidence strength
Low Medium
Public auditability
Limited Legacy
Evidence recency
Not Recorded
No structured comparable-evidence metadata was preserved for this dated snapshot. Public auditability is limited; the numeric resale snapshot cannot be independently audited from comparable records on this page.
Legacy evidence counts were not preserved. Unknown is not reported as zero.
Sensitivity and robustness
Requires Verification
The scenarios show potentially workable economics, but the stated verification gate must be resolved before bidding responsibly.
Untested specialist-system model
- Max hammer
- $0
- Gross resale model
- $3,000–$10,000
The model credits the Panther chassis only and assigns no value to Fusion/Plus, PC/software, license, service, consumables, or a functioning clinical workflow.
Costs and maximum bid
| Transaction / operating cost | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Selling Fees | $750 | LotCaliper assumption: 15% of modeled gross resale. |
| Shipping | $2,000 | LotCaliper pickup, packing, rigging, and inbound-logistics reserve; not a carrier or GSA quote. |
| Testing Repair Reserve | $1,000 | LotCaliper functional-test and diagnostic reserve. |
| Risk Buffer | $1,000 | Unknown age, function, software/computer and service state, decontamination, internal completeness, 800 lb freight/crating, and specialist-liquidity risk reserve. |
- Buyer premium
- Not modeled
- Return requirements
- $500 minimum profit · 30% minimum ROI
- Computed bid constraints
Profit floor: $0
ROI floor: $0
Binding: Profit and ROI floors
- Snapshot blind/as-is max hammer
- $0
- Modeled result at recorded bid
- No bid recorded
This is a reseller ceiling, not a prediction of the auction's closing price. Any buyer premium or other unquoted acquisition charge must be deducted before bidding.
Workflow completeness, serviceability, and blind economics
The public identity is Hologic Panther System. It is not promoted to Panther Fusion, Panther Plus, or a generic PCR analyzer because those configurations and capabilities are not evidenced.
Dealer asks for incomplete and fully configured Panther systems demonstrate a wide configuration ladder. They are context only, not realized-sale anchors for this untested government-surplus chassis.
- Obtain a readable serial/manufacture date and confirm Hologic service/reinstallation eligibility before relying on a supported-system resale tier.
- Demonstrate initialization, diagnostics, key fluidics/automation functions, software/license completeness, decontamination, data sanitization, and removal requirements before recalculating value.
Recommendation and rationale
Snapshot decision
REVIEWREVIEW: the immutable no-bid observation does not overcome the $0 blind/as-is ceiling; only materially better age, function, software/service, decontamination, and logistics evidence would support a recalculated positive bid.
Confidence
- Identity
- High
- Configuration
- Low
- Condition
- Low
- Market Support
- Low Medium
- Costs
- Medium High
Market support assesses how well the available evidence supports the resale assumption. Exact third-party marketplace records may be omitted when source-use rights are unclear. Each dimension uses the published methodology rubric; a confidence label measures the strength and boundedness of its evidence, not the likelihood of a profitable outcome.
Risks and unknowns
High · Software And Workflow Unresolved
The PC, software, license, service eligibility, internal components, consumables, and decontamination state are not established.
A surplus chassis cannot be valued as a transferable clinical workflow without these items.
High · Functionality Unverified
No initialization or assay-related function is demonstrated.
Exterior completeness does not establish an operable molecular diagnostic platform.
Sources
View cited public sources
- GSA Auctions item 377434
Official auction provenance for the immutable preview observation.
- Hologic Panther System
Official active-platform and workflow context; linked and paraphrased.
- Hologic Panther Fusion System
Official separate-add-on context; no Fusion capability is inferred for the auction unit.