Special NoticePosted Jul 30, 2026·Responses due Aug 11, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - The Advertising Council Inc

Veterans Affairs · SAC FREDERICK (36C10X)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541810
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C10X26Q0234
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
R701
Place
New York, NY, USA
Contact
Dylan Nolz (Dylan.Nolz@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C10X26Q0234 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 30, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 27, 2026 to Nov 26, 2026, middle of the range Sep 29, 2026.
Measured from 4901 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 30, 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

See attachment for details.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same industry group (NAICS 5418).

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $186K to $4.1M, median $321K; range $50K to $8.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Choisys Technology Inc.1$8.0MSep 14, 2026
VOX OPTIMA, LLC1$321KMay 19, 2026
VETERANS4YOU LLC1$50KMar 17, 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 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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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.