Pre-solicitationPosted Jan 14, 2026·Original deadline passed (Feb 20). See latest amendment for current deadline.

9930--Off-Site Manufacture of U1 Blank Marble Markers for Nationwide Distribution

Veterans Affairs · NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN (36C786)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
327991
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C78626R0015
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
9930
Place
Not stated
Contact
Weston Worsham (Weston.Worsham@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C78626R0015 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jan 14, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Jan 23, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Feb 2, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Feb 17, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Jul 29, 2026
    Award Notice
    Veterans Monument Company · $43.0M
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE for a commercial acquisition using FAR Parts 12 and 15. THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). VENDORS SHALL NOT SUBMIT FORMAL PROPOSALS UNTIL AN RFP IS POSTED TO THE SYSTEM FOR AWARDS MANAGEMENT (SAM) WEBSITE. This procurement will be solicited as a TIERED EVALAUTIONS INCLUDING LARGE BUSINESS CONCERNS. The tiered set-aside based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C. 8127 under the following tiers: (1) SDVOSB concerns, (2) VOSB concerns, (3) small business concerns with HUBZone small business concerns and 8(a) participan… (show all)

ts having priority; and (4) large business concerns. If award cannot be made, the solicitation will be cancelled, and the requirement will be re-solicited. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) on-or, about January 23, 2026, for the acquisition of U1 marble blank markers in support of VA s Memorial Product Services (MPS). The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) furnishes headstones, markers, niche covers, and medallions (monuments) for deceased veterans worldwide. Memorial monuments are also furnished to memorialize veterans whose remains are non-recoverable. The purpose of this requirement is to manufacture and distribute marble blanks to cemeteries which have on-site inscription programs nationwide CONUS. Currently there are 16 locations for receipt but that is subject to change. The agency is contemplating single award of an Indefinite-Quantity Indefinite-Delivery (IDIQ) contract with Firm fixed price (FFP) task orders to the contractor whose submission represents best value to the Government. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 327991 Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing. Interested parties shall be registered in the System for Award Management at (www.sam.gov). Any future amendments and other miscellaneous documents will be available electronically for download on the SAM website. No paper copies of the pre-solicitation/solicitation will be available, and no telephone requests for paper copies of the pre-solicitation/solicitation will be accepted. Interested Proposers are advised to continuously check the URL for any changes to this solicitation. NOTE: The Government is not seeking pricing at this time. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), nor any other commitment by the Government and should not be construed to as a commitment of any kind by the Government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.� Any costs incurred by interested parties will NOT be reimbursed. It is the responsibility of any interested party to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this notice. Primary Point of Contact is Weston Worsham Weston.Worsham@va.gov. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted. End of Document

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN (36C786)), same product/service code (PSC) 9930 and NAICS 327991.

Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $1.8M to $4.6M, median $2.6M; range $38K to $10.1M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
HILLCREST GRANITE CO ELBERTON 306354$12.0MMar 19, 2026
COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS, INC.2$2.9MDec 18, 2024
PINTER MEMORIALS INC1$10.1MDec 18, 2024
HILLCREST GRANITE COMPANY1$4.2MOct 23, 2024

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

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, 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.