1005--689-26-3-9927-0035 Police Rifles M5 (VA-26-00068898)- Intent to Sole Source
Veterans Affairs · 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24126Q0651 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 16, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Jul 17, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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 Special Notice of intent to award on a sole source basis. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a requirement for M5 rifles. The purpose of this amendment is to: Change the intended awardee from Colt s Manufacturing Company, LLC. to Authorized distributors of Colt M5 Rifles Specify that this is a brand name only requirement, with no substitutes being acceptable. This is a Special notice of intent to award on a sole source basis is to satisfy the requirements of RFO FAR 5.101. All interested parties should register via SAM.gov interested v… (show all)
endors list. It is the responsibility of the offeror to monitor and download amendments from SAM.gov Contract Opportunities, which may be issued to this notice. In accordance with RFO FAR 52.204-7, RFO FAR 2.101, and VAAR 802.101, prospective firms must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov), and in VetCert (Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov)) databases prior to award. ((Note: In accordance with Public Law 109-461, 38 USC 8127, and NDAA 2021, all vendors claiming Small Business status in accordance with the Veteran's First Contracting Program must be VERIFIED by the Small Business Administration (SBA)). Also, to qualify for a VA contract, vendor must be vendorized by completing Form 10091 at URL � https://www.cep.fsc.va.gov/. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Specialist via email at sebastian.freeze@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 332994.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $27K to $263K, median $75K; range $26K to $353K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCI SERVICES INC | 3 | $454K | Jan 29, 2026 |
| QUANTICO TACTICAL INCORPORATED | 1 | $263K | Jul 22, 2025 |
| MB TACTICAL PIRU LLC | 1 | $27K | May 6, 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.
- Jan 29, 2026BCI SERVICES INC$353K1305--AWARDED - Ammunition IDIQ Contract for VA Veterans Integrated Services Network 23 (VISN 23) Police Departments.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 25, 2025BCI SERVICES INC$75K1095--VA Palo Alto Health Care System – Brand-Name or Equal Firearm AccessoriesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 22, 2025QUANTICO TACTICAL INCORPORATED$263KAwarded - VA Police Firearms Accessories Contract VA VISN 23No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 16, 2025BCI SERVICES INC$26KSig Sauer Pistol OpticsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 6, 2025MB TACTICAL PIRU LLC$27K1095--CTX - Handgun OpticsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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
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
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.