Pre-solicitationPosted Sep 27, 2024·Responses due Sep 30, 2024

R426--SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR Intent to Sole Source

Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561421
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24624Q1488
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
R426
Place
Hampton, VA, USA
Contact
Warren A Pennil (warren.pennil@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24624Q1488 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 27, 2024 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Nov 8, 2024
    Award Notice
    INNOVATION AT WORK INC · $634K
    Open

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

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: Veterans Health Administration, Hampton, VA intends to award on sole source basis a contract to Innovation at Work Inc for Switchboard Operator services to support the Hampton VA Medical Center Hampton VA. The period of performance is 1 Oct 2024 through 31 Sept 2025. The proposed contract action is for service for which the Government intends to procure from one source under the authority of FAR 6.302 Services include the receiving, transfer, assess, track, monitor and handle the disposition of inbound calls. As a Sole Source purchase quotes are not being requested. Resp… (show all)

onses shall be received, in writing, no later than 12:00 PM EST 30 Sep 24 to warren.pennil@va.gov. Any firm or individual submitting comments shall identify their firm name, point of contact, title, address and telephone number.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)), same NAICS 561421.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $1.0M to $1.7M, median $1.3M; range $431K to $2.9M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
INNOVATION AT WORK INC2$4.1MSep 23, 2026
EMPLOYMENT SOURCE INC1$1.3MJan 30, 2025
CAREER MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES OF IOWA, LLC1$431KApr 16, 2026

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Latest awards

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
  • 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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