Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 11, 2026·Responses due Aug 18, 2026

N059--Audio Console Upgrade (VA-26-00055096) | ILEAD | Maxel/Svendsen

Veterans Affairs · RPO CENTRAL (36C24C)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24C26Q0023
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
N059
Place
St. Louis, USA
Contact
Aimee Maxel (aimee.maxel@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24C26Q0023 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 11, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Aug 11, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 11, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 12, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 12, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 12, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 12, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 12, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 18, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 12, 2026 to Jan 6, 2027, middle of the range Nov 22, 2026.
Measured from 91 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 238210 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 11, 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

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE RFQ # 36C24C26Q0023 ILEAD Audio Visual Console - Upgrade August 10,2026 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Procurement Office Central seeks vendors for the purpose of a near-future solicitation for a Wheatstone (Brand Name or Equal) Audio Visual Console Upgrade for the VHA Institute of Learning, Education, and Development (ILEAD) Office. This notice serves as the synopsis of the proposed contract action in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.204 and FAR 5.201. The solicitation will be issued as a brand name or equal Request for Quotes (RFQ) s… (show all)

et-aside 100% for Small Business concerns conducted in accordance with RFO Part 12. The formal request for quotes (RFQ) will be posted to Contract Opportunities on/about Tuesday August 11, 2026 and quotes will be due on Tuesday August 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM (Eastern). To submit a quote in response to this notice, please follow the directions in the RFQ that can be found through Contract Opportunities at the RFQ number identified above. Questions of a technical nature will not be answered as part of this notice; however, all general questions may be submitted in writing to the issuing office via email at aimee.maxel@va.gov and kristy.svendsen@va.gov. Telephone calls will not be accepted as a part of this notice. End of Document

Who won similar work

15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) N059.

Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $124K to $1.8M, median $221K; range $26K to $8.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS INC1$8.0MNov 4, 2025
Veteran Elevated Solutions, LLC1$7.5MJun 24, 2025
AAECON GENERAL CONTRACTING LLC1$3.8MAug 7, 2025
MAYHEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC1$2.8MJul 1, 2026
Wichita Falls Tri-Tech, LLC1$758KApr 3, 2025
CITIZEN CONTRACTING GROUP LLC1$436KMar 6, 2026
POWER EDGE, INC.1$353KAug 7, 2025
US 2 VETERANS LLC1$221KSep 9, 2025
DIVERSIFIED SITE SERVICES LLC1$219KFeb 27, 2025
CONTROL SERVICES INC1$174KMar 24, 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.