DG11--Local Exchange Carrier Services NLEC-NG Service Order 7 Recompete
Veterans Affairs · TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C10B26Q0598 in this department, oldest first.
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
Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) Services across the Enterprise The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Development, Security and Operations (DSO) Telecommunications Provisioning Office (TPO) has a requirement for Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) Services across the enterprise in multiple states. These sites include VA Medical Centers (VAMC), Veteran Outreach Centers, Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), National Cemeteries, Veteran Benefits Offices, and other VA facilities in the Enterprise. The services consist of POTS Line Flat Rate (POTS), PRI (mi… (show all)
leage/station link included), DID/DOD (Blocks of 20), and the features include Call Forwarding, Call Forward Busy, Call Forward No Answer, Call Waiting, Caller ID on PRI and POTS, Call Blocking, Voicemail, Three Way Calling feature (POTS Line), Call Redirect feature, Third Party Billing Block, HSI/DSL 3-7Mbps (standalone), Emergency Call Routing, Emergency Call Routing (additional Number), Remote Call Forward (No physical connection), Remote Access to Call Forward, Call Redirect (must include Screening Removal for VCL), Call Screening Removal (must include Call Redirect for VCL), and Hunting/Rollover. The Contractor shall provide telecommunication services at the facilities 24 hours per day, seven days per week with maximum service availability.� The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort it 517111 Wired Telecommunication Carriers. This notice does not in itself represent the issuance of a formal request for proposal/quote and is not intended to be taken as such.� This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Quotation, or a request for Proposal.� Do not submit a proposal or a quote.� This market research is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach.� In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.� Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI.� You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI.� Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this market research will be the outcome of a competitive process.� Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted, or competition sensitive information contained in their response.� The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Submittal Instructions: If your company is capable of providing the aforementioned services, please submit a Vendor Capabilities Statement, limited to five pages for your company, to include a cover page which indicates your company s full name, points of contact and your size standard for NAICS 517111. Please complete the attached entitled Market Research Technical Workbook , by inputting data into all applicable cells.� The Technical Workbook captures the ability to provide coverage for each of the required services, in the quantity required, at each of the required Service Delivery Points (SDPs).� Using the drop-down selection menu found at Column K of the Attachment, please state yes or no as to whether you can provide the required service, in the required quantity, to the required SDP.� A yes or no designation must be entered for every item; no item shall be left blank.� Please note that all yes responses will change the blank cell to green and all no responses will change the blank cell to red.� The Technical Workbook will automatically calculate the total number of yes entries (Column L Total Yes ), the total number of no entries (Column M Total No ), and the total number of required entries left blank (Column N Total Blank ). All interested parties who can supply all the required services at all the listed SDPs shall respond no later than 10:00 AM CST on July 21, 2026, via email to camille.dye@va.gov.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 517111.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC | 1 | $3.8M | Aug 12, 2026 |
| LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC · $LUMN | 1 | $2.3M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Sierra Telephone Company | 1 | $18K | Mar 3, 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.
- Oct 1, 2026LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC$2.3MDG11--SO 6 NLEC NG Recompete
- Aug 12, 2026GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC$3.8MDG11--National Local Exchange Carrier Services Service Order 26 - Recompete
- Mar 3, 2026Sierra Telephone Company$18KDG11--New Requirement: Sierra Telecom Recompete
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
- $18K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 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.