9999--FY27 ANCC Pathway to Excellence Designation
Veterans Affairs · 248-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 8 (36C248)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24827Q0039 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 29, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO American Nurses Credentials Center, located at 8403 Colesville Road, Silver Spring MD, 20910 for Pathway to Excellence Designation Program for the Orlando Healthcare System, 13800 Veterans Way, Orlando, FL 32827. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with 41 U.S.C. § 1901 and is implemented by RFO 12.102(b) for Restricting Competition using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Commercial Products and Services. The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 813920 and the small business administrati… (show all)
ve size standard is $23.5 million Employees. The current Federal Acquisition Circular and the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul dated 07/01/2026. If vendors believe they have the technical capability to meet this specific need, submit a complete technical package, which provides clear and convincing evidence that they can meet the Government s requirement. Submit your response to this notice no later than 10/6/2026, 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time to Contracting Officer, Benjamin Amato, benjamin.amato@va.gov. Any responses received will be considered for the purposes of validating the requirement as sole source. The Government will not pay for information submitted. This will be the only notice of the Government s intent to solicit, and award to one source to satisfy this requirement.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 813920.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $125K to $422K, median $151K; range $98K to $62.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Insights, Inc | 1 | $62.9M | Jun 13, 2025 |
| ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION, INC. | 1 | $422K | Jul 8, 2025 |
| AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS CHICAGO 60611 | 1 | $151K | Oct 23, 2025 |
| UPTIME INSTITUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC | 1 | $125K | Jul 31, 2026 |
| JOINT COMMISSION RESOURCES, INC. | 1 | $98K | Oct 21, 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.
- Jul 31, 2026UPTIME INSTITUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC$125KVA AITC - Uptime Institute Annual MembershipNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 23, 2025AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS CHICAGO 60611$151KU010--MPLS - American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Annual Accreditation Fee - 5-Year IDIQ - Contract Award NoticeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2025JOINT COMMISSION RESOURCES, INC.$98KVISN20 JCR Tracers Services B+4No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 8, 2025ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION, INC.$422KHTM Professional Organization Institutional Membership & AAMI standardsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 13, 2025Quality Insights, Inc$62.9MR410--External Peer Review Program (EPRP) (VA-25-00000450)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 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.