Sources SoughtPosted Aug 26, 2026·Responses due Aug 24, 2026

V225--El Paso, TX Air Ambulance Transportation Services

Veterans Affairs · 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
621910
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25727R0006
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
V225
Place
El Paso, TX, USA
Contact
Mariangie Rios Vazquez (marinagie.riosvazquez@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25727R0006 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 26, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 26, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 24, 2026 to Feb 2, 2027, middle of the range Nov 20, 2026.
Measured from 39 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 621910 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 26, 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

1. This is a Sources Sought Notice Only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This market research notice is being conducted by Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 17, 5441 Babcock Road Ste. 302, San Antonio, TX 78240. 2. The requirement is for Air Ambulance Transportation Services in support of the El Paso VA Health Care System See DRAFT PWS. 3. If this is a Service your business can provide, please respond to this Sources Sought Notice by 3:00 PM Central Time on Thursday, September 03, 2026. 4. The intent of this notice is to est… (show all)

ablish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g., set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested Contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: a. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, include the contract details in your response. b. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses that can provide this service. c. Vendors are encouraged to submit estimated market research pricing and capability statement with their responses but is not mandatory. If known, submit estimated market research pricing with your response (i.e. breakdown per mile, base rate mileage, etc.) The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. 5. Responses shall include the following information as listed in the attached questionnaire: a) Business Name b) Business Address c) Point of Contact - Name - Phone Number - E-mail Address d) SAM UID Number e) Currently registered in SAM (Yes or No). If Yes, provide expiration date. f) NAICS code g) Business Size: Small or Large h) Type of Business: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), 8(a), HUBZone, Woman-Owned (WOSB), etc. i) GSA or VA FSS Contract Number, if applicable All businesses eligible to provide this service are encouraged to reply as this information may be used to determine potential set-asides for the above-noted requirement. 6. Send responses to both the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer. CS: Mariangie Rios Vazquez, mariangie.riosvazquez@va.gov CO: Astrid McKinney, astrid.mckinney@va.gov Responses in the email subject line shall state: 36C25727R0006, Sources Sought Notice Response DISCLAIMER: This notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)), same product/service code (PSC) V225 and NAICS 621910.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $392K to $12.0M, median $2.1M; range $285K to $36.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
JOURNEY VIA GURNEY, LLC1$36.4MJun 4, 2026
FRONTLINE SUPPORT SOLUTIONS, LLC1$3.9MSep 19, 2025
JAG ONE, LLC1$428KDec 12, 2025
AIR EMS INC1$285KOct 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 4 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.