Pre-solicitationPosted Oct 15, 2026·Responses due Oct 15, 2026

Charleston VAMC wheelchair transportation service

Veterans Affairs · 247-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 7 (36C247)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
485991
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24726R0123
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
V212
Place
Charleston, SC, USA
Contact
Thomas Nicholls (Thomas.Nicholls@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24726R0123 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 15, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Oct 15, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 8, 2026 to Apr 17, 2027, middle of the range Jan 27, 2027.
Measured from 31 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 485991 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 15, 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

Please see attached Presolicitation notice for the Charleston VAMC wheelchair transportation service 5 year IDIQ.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 485991.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
AMERIFEN SOLUTIONS LLC1$32.0MOct 6, 2026
EXCELSIOR AMBULANCE SERVICE INC1$11.4MNov 6, 2025
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM Birmingham AL 35294 USA1$927KFeb 23, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 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.

  • 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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