Sources SoughtPosted Sep 28, 2026·Responses due Dec 9, 2026

R499--Small Business Event | 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement | Cleveland Ohio Dec 8-9

Veterans Affairs · OFFICE OF SMALL & DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION (OSDBU) (36U101)

Stage

Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)

NAICS

236220

Value

Not stated

Solicitation

36U10126Q0023

Set-aside

None stated

PSC

R499

Place

Not stated

Contact

Direct Access Program (DAP) (DirectAccess@va.gov)

…Open on SAM.gov

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CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36U10126Q0023 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice

Sep 28, 2026 · this notice
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Solicitation

None posted

Award

Not yet. Typical award: Dec 29, 2026 to Apr 5, 2027, middle of the range Feb 8, 2027.

Measured from 594 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 236220 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 28, 2026).

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

1. DATE, TIME, AND PLACE: The event takes place, Tuesday and Wednesday December 8, 2026, 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M. EST and December 9, 2026, 8:00 A.M. 3:00 P.M. EST in Cleveland, Ohio at the Huntington Convention Center. Don t miss the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement (NVSBE).� 2. AGENDA: NVSBE is the flagship event for Veteran-owned and other small businesses pursuing Federal contracting opportunities. Show Up: Arrive informed and prepared so every minute with a Procurement Decision Maker (PDM) becomes a meaningful, high value conversation. C… (show all)

onnect: Listen intently and engage on the real challenges PDMs face to build authentic, solution focused relationships. Own the Opportunity: Demonstrate how your capabilities create measurable operational and Veteran impacting value, turning a brief interaction into a strategic opportunity. 3. REGISTRATION: Visit https://portal.vetbiz.va.gov/nvsbe/2026/ and click the link for the Registration Open - 2026� National Veterans Small Business Engagement! to register. 4. PRIMARY NAICS CODES: Multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes pertain to this opportunity.� Additional amendments may be issued to target other NAICS codes related to specified communities of interest. 5. DISCLAIMER: This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this notice.

Who won similar work

47 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) R499.

Single-winner award sizes (47): middle half $123K to $3.0M, median $682K; range $7K to $517.0M.

Winner	Awards	Value	Last
PAR EXCELLENCE SYSTEMS, INC	2	$339K	Sep 17, 2025
Signature Choice III, LLC	1	$517.0M	Oct 1, 2026
ENCORE JV1 LLC	1	$153.0M	May 7, 2026
Metrics, LLC	1	$38.3M	Sep 23, 2025
GCC & ASSOCIATES LLC	1	$10.6M	Sep 25, 2026
GENTECH ASSOCIATES INC	1	$7.0M	May 26, 2026
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP	1	$6.2M	Aug 11, 2026
Blue Water Initiatives LLC	1	$5.5M	Oct 2, 2026
KNOWESIS, INC.	1	$5.5M	Sep 24, 2025
Blue Phoenix Solutions LLC	1	$5.0M	Jan 16, 2025

Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Latest awards

Oct 15, 20261 SOURCE CONSULTING, INC.$40KCTCCS Courier ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Oct 8, 2026REEFPOINT GROUP LLC$2.0MR499--VA-26-00068264 - DASL Bridge Support Services (New Requirement)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Oct 2, 2026Blue Water Initiatives LLC$5.5MR499--Insurance Entry and Verification Buffer Support Services - CPAC [VA-26-00073096]No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Oct 1, 2026Signature Choice III, LLC$517.0MR499--VA Claims Processing & Customer Services SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Sep 29, 2026POSTURED LLC$140KR499--Ergonomic Assessment ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Sep 25, 2026GCC & ASSOCIATES LLC$10.6MR499--Engineering Support for CAVHCS through OCFM A-E IDIQ (VA-26-00068699)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Sep 23, 2026MINUTEMAN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC$3.0MR499--FY26 Longitudinal Study Congressionally mandated Longitudinal Study, required per Public Law 110-389, Section 334No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Sep 22, 2026EXPERT CODE SOLUTIONS LIMITED$68KR499--On-site Survey Readiness Services (Mock Physical Environment / Life Safety Survey)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Aug 31, 2026EASIER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. DENVER 80209$88KR499--Tele-Town Hall Services - NWI POP: 09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Aug 11, 2026DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$6.2MR499--MSPO MSPV Support Services - Increase Option 1 SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.