Pre-solicitationPosted Oct 15, 2026·Responses due Nov 16, 2026

Q517--36C25527Q0015 | Pharmacy Benefits Services | Wichita |

Veterans Affairs · 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
524292
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25527Q0015
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Q517
Place
Wichita, KS, USA
Contact
Maria Riza R Owen (maria.owen2@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25527Q0015 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 5, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 15, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 2, 2026 to Feb 1, 2027, middle of the range Dec 5, 2026.
Measured from 4901 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 5, 2026).
Responses are due Nov 16, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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 PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. This is not a request for proposal, quotation, or bid.� The Network Contracting Office 15 (NCO15), 3450 S 4th Street | Leavenworth, KS 66048 intends to issue a solicitation for a VOSB/SDVOSB set-aside, single award, Indefinite Delivery/indefinite Quantity Contract. The contract will cover the contractor provided third party pharmacy benefit services to support a First Fill Prescription Voucher Program serving eligible Veterans. This program provides first or urgent fill prescriptions when VA pharmacies are unable or impractical to dispense medications, s… (show all)

uch as after hours emergency room visits, time sensitive medications from Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), or telehealth appointments. The NAICS Code is 524292 Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third-Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds, NAICS Size Standard $4.5million. The Product Service Code is Q517 Pharmacy Services. All potential vendors MUST be registered and active in the SAM. SDVOSB/VOSB vendors must be registered in the SBA VetCert database. The solicitation will be issued electronically and will be available only via the Contract Opportunities / System for Award Management website www.sam.gov. No fax bid packages shall be accepted. The solicitation will be publicized on or about November 1st, 2026. No phone, fax or email inquiries will be taken for this Pre-Solicitation Notice

Who won similar work

30 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) Q517.

Single-winner award sizes (30): middle half $271K to $7.2M, median $544K; range $30K to $149.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
OPTUM INFUSION SERVICES 308, LLC6$17.2MSep 18, 2026
BLISS PHARMACY SERVICES LLC6$14.1MApr 15, 2026
CITADEL FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLC2$244.5MMar 26, 2026
PALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC2$1.8MJul 16, 2025
PALISADE STRATEGIES, LLC2$530KDec 30, 2025
ALL IN SOLUTIONS LLC1$149.0MDec 31, 2025
MILLBROOK SUPPORT SERVICES INC1$139.8MAug 8, 2025
ANSIBLE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC1$80.6MJan 23, 2026
A-TEAM SOLUTIONS LLC1$68.3MJun 2, 2025
PALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC1$875KOct 14, 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.

Latest awards

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
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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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.