R426--Telephone Switchboard Operator Service
Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24626Q0356 in this department, oldest first.
- Feb 24, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
- Mar 4, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 06, Network Contract Office (NCO) 06, intends to solicit quotes from Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) contractors in the open market to procure services for a Telephone Switchboard Operator Services for the Hampton VA Medical Center located at 100 Emancipation Drive, Hampton VA 23667. The Department of Veterans Affairs anticipates issuing an open and continuous solicitation for this requirement on or about March 04, 2026. The solicitation will provide instructions to contractors about the quote submission process. Quotes will be accept… (show all)
ed until 9:00 a.m. March 13, 2026. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from https://www.sam.gov, and no hard copies will be made available. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and SBA DSBS database if applicable (SBA DSBS registration is required for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses or Veteran-Owned Small Businesses) under the applicable NAICS. Contractors may obtain SAM information at https://www.sam.gov and Veteran Business information at DSBS (sba.gov). The vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management database to be eligible for an award. Registration is free, and potential offerors are encouraged to visit the SAM website, as no contract can be awarded to any offeror not registered in SAM. The VA will only consider proposals from contractors registered as mentioned above and not on the Excluded Parties List. NAICS Code is 561421(Telephone Answering Services), with a Small Business Size Standard of $19 Million. The solicitation will be an SDVOSB Set-Aside. Only one award is expected to be made. All responsible sources may submit quotes to be considered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Service: Contractor shall provide all labor, management and supervision necessary to provide telephone switchboard operator service for the Hampton VA Medical Center, Hampton, Virginia in accordance with all the terms and conditions. Base + 4 Option Year Telephone Switchboard Operator Service Base Year - POP: 4-01-2026 through 03-31-2027 Line Item Description QTY Unit 1 Telephone Switchboard Operator Service 12 Month Option Year 1- POP: 4-01-2027 through 03-31-2028 Line Item Description QTY Unit 1001 Telephone Switchboard Operator Service 12 Month Option Year 2 - POP: 4-01-2028 through 03-31-2029 Line Item Description QTY Unit 2001 Telephone Switchboard Operator Service 12 Month Option Year 3 - POP: 4-01-2029 through 03-31-2030 Line Item Description QTY Unit 3001 Telephone Switchboard Operator Service 12 Month Option Year 4 - POP: 4-01-2030 through 03-31-2031 Line Item Description QTY Unit 4001 Telephone Switchboard Operator Service 12 Month In response, please include the following: Company Name Address Point of contact (POC) with phone number Indicate FSS/GSA contract number or Open Market, if applicable SAM Unique Entity Identification (UEI) number Tax ID number Socio-Economic Company SIZE (for example large, small, SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, etc.) Proof of verification as an SDVOSB/VOSB (if applicable) Proof of authorization to resale/distribute requested products Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to James Risbon at james.risbon@va.gov please ensure that the subject line includes: RFQ 36C24626Q0356 Telephone Switchboard Operator Service. Please provide documentation that your company is an authorized distributor for those items for any items you provide. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted. (End of Document)
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)), same NAICS 561421.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $933K to $1.3M, median $1.2M; range $634K to $1.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| INNOVATION AT WORK INC | 2 | $1.9M | May 6, 2026 |
| EMPLOYMENT SOURCE INC | 1 | $1.3M | Jan 30, 2025 |
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.
- May 6, 2026INNOVATION AT WORK INC$1.2MR699--Salem VAMC Telephone Switchboard OperatorsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 30, 2025EMPLOYMENT SOURCE INC$1.3MR499--Switchboard Operator and Administrative ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 8, 2024INNOVATION AT WORK INC$634KR426--HVAMC SWITCHBOARD OPERATORNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 2 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
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
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
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.