S208--Grounds Maintenance Palo Alto and CBOC locations
Veterans Affairs · 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26125Q0042 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
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. No Solicitation is currently available. All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this S… (show all)
ources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See Internet Site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561730, Landscaping Services, size standard is $ 9.5 Million. NOTE: Please ensure that System For Award Management (SAM) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement. Before responding please carefully read and consider the following: As this is a service acquisition, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have a Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract. See FAR 52.219-14 and FAR 52.219-27 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_217_221.html Brief Description of Services The VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) has a requirement for Grounds Maintenance Services.
Who won similar work
107 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) S208.
Single-winner award sizes (107): middle half $218K to $2.0M, median $750K; range $4K to $9.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETERANS CHOICE SERVICES LLC | 8 | $29.7M | Aug 6, 2026 |
| WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC | 5 | $4.9M | Jul 28, 2025 |
| MODERNO INC | 4 | $16.9M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| GLORY TO THE LORD INVESTMENTS INC | 3 | $15.0M | Jan 5, 2026 |
| LANDER GROUP LLC | 3 | $2.0M | Jun 30, 2026 |
| TRI SERVICES LLC | 3 | $1.6M | May 6, 2025 |
| ELEVEN BRAVO GROUP, LLC | 3 | $1.1M | Dec 29, 2025 |
| THE SEVERSON GROUP LLC | 2 | $12.6M | Jun 1, 2026 |
| PATRIOT CAPITAL VENTURES LLC | 2 | $3.0M | Dec 17, 2025 |
| TRFC ENTERPRISES LLC | 2 | $1.6M | Sep 17, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 1, 2026WOLVERTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC$2.4MS208--Landscaping Service ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026MODERNO INC$5.6M36C78626R50055 -- S208No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2026MAK CONSTRUCTION INC$79KAmended Tree pruning, tree removal and stump grinding for Togus National CemeteryNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 17, 2026TRFC ENTERPRISES LLC$811KS208--LOU Landscaping, Ice and Snow RemovalNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 8, 2026MAK CONSTRUCTION INC$54KS208--Tree Removal Service - Dead and Damaged - Pineville, LANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 29, 2026CITIZEN CONTRACTING GROUP LLC$28K36C78626Q50143 -- S208No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 26, 2026FULL CIRCLE RECORDINGS LLC$191K36C78626Q50125 -- S208No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 25, 2026MODERNO INC$2.0MElko National Cemetery Grounds Maintenance -- S208No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 6, 2026VETERANS CHOICE SERVICES LLC$1.5MFort Stevens National Cemetery Grounds MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 27, 2026BRENNAN MANNS Festus MO 63028 USA$129KAward Announcement - 36C78626C50303 - Tree Pruning, Tree Removal, and Stump Grinding at Raleigh and Wilmington National CemeteriesNo 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
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.