Sources SoughtPosted Jul 15, 2026·Responses due Jul 17, 2026

S203--CONTRACT FOOD SERVICE WORKER SOURCES SOUGHT

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

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
722310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24626Q0769
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
S203
Place
HAMPTON
Contact
John P Harmsen (john.harmsen@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24626Q0769 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 15, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Aug 21, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 12, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026, middle of the range Sep 14, 2026.
Measured from 4901 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 15, 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

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Who won similar work

10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) S203.

Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $600K to $3.3M, median $1.6M; range $63K to $5.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Veterans Service Solutions LLC1$5.8MMar 3, 2026
THE SEVERSON GROUP LLC1$4.4MNov 27, 2024
RC TECH INC1$3.7MMay 29, 2025
NYS OMH COOK CHILL PRODUCTION CENTER Orangeburg NY 10962 USA1$2.0MNov 13, 2024
A6 SCIENTIFIC CORP.1$1.7MSep 22, 2025
SODEXO AMERICA LLC1$1.5MJan 15, 2026
MODIFY HEALTH, INC1$1.2MJan 16, 2026
MODESTO MANAGEMENT LLC1$411KJun 1, 2026
808 CATERING CO LLC1$352KOct 6, 2025
K&D HARVEY CONSULTING LLC1$63KMay 19, 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.