Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 28, 2026·Responses due Sep 2, 2026

S119--Cable Services

Veterans Affairs · 245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
517410
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24526Q0806
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
S119
Place
USA
Contact
Jameel Gordon (jameelgordon@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24526Q0806 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 25, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 28, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 28, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 22, 2026 to Dec 22, 2026, middle of the range Oct 25, 2026.
Measured from 4901 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 25, 2026).

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

To Provide Direct TV Satellite Programming to the Baltimore VA Medical Center, 10 N Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201 and Loch Raven VA Medical Center, 3901 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21218

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) S119.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $124K to $184K, median $146K; range $101K to $223K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
FEDCON-1, LLC2$369KJul 23, 2025
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC1$101KFeb 10, 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 2 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.