Special NoticePosted Aug 7, 2026·Responses due Aug 13, 2026

R614--DATA/DOCUMENT SHREDDING

Veterans Affairs · 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26126Q1068
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R614
Place
Not stated
Contact
Kulvinder Brar (kulvinder.brar@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26126Q1068 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 30, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 7, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 1, 2026 to Oct 7, 2026, middle of the range Sep 15, 2026.
Measured from 18 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 561990 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 30, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

This Notice of Intent is provided to advise that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a Sole Source, Firm-Fixed-Priced Contract with only one source, Stericycle, Inc. The procurement is for continued Data and Document Destruction services at the VA Central California Health Care System and their CBOC clinics located throughout Central California. This contract action is for supplies and/or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i) and 41 USC §1901, Contracting officers may solicit from one sourc… (show all)

e if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation will be made available. Any responses received will only be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in lieu of sole source contract described in this notice, and such determination shall be made at the sole discretion of the Government. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. If no responses are received, the government will proceed with the Sole Source acquisition. The Government will not pay for information submitted any quotation/response should be emailed to Kulvinder Brar at kulvinder.brar@va.gov by 3:00 P.M. PST. Thursday August 13, 2026.

Who won similar work

19 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) R614.

Single-winner award sizes (19): middle half $54K to $497K, median $165K; range $7K to $909K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DUNLAP GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC3$1.3MMay 15, 2026
DEPENDABLE ON-SITE SCAN & SHRED, INC.2$566KMar 3, 2026
GRIFFIN RESOURCES LLC2$428KJul 21, 2025
INFOSHRED, LLC2$251KJul 1, 2026
INNOVATIVE FEDERAL OPERATIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED1$842KSep 4, 2025
Security Operations Group International LLC1$748KMar 19, 2025
FEDERAL DESTRUCTION SERVICES JV, LLC1$690KAug 28, 2025
CHERMAT HOLDINGS LLC1$464KApr 20, 2026
NOBLE RESOURCES FIRM, INC1$153KMar 31, 2026
SHRED THIS, INC.1$93KJul 21, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.