Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 21, 2026·Responses due Sep 17, 2026

J078--Bowling Lanes Repair and Resurfacing for the Tomah VA Medical Center, Tomah, Wisconsin

Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25226Q0515
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J078
Place
Tomah
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226Q0515 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 10, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 21, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
  • Aug 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Aug 21, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 10, 2026 to Sep 15, 2026, middle of the range Sep 9, 2026.
Measured from 12 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 238990 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jun 10, 2026).
Responses are due Sep 17, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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.

Who won similar work

22 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 238990.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
LAUBACKER ENTERPRISES, INC.2$7.2MSep 30, 2025
WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC2$6.0MSep 29, 2025
YELLOWSTONE ENTERPRISES LLC2$3.2MMar 10, 2026
J & J MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC1$10.9MSep 23, 2025
BYRD ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED INC1$4.3MJun 30, 2026
Armstrong Elevator Company1$1.7MApr 10, 2025
DRI INC1$676KSep 9, 2025
KEE SOLUTIONS LLC1$524KMay 8, 2025
Steel Factor Enterprises, LLC1$350KJan 30, 2026
GOOD STEWARD HOLDINGS LLC1$297KJul 20, 2026

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.

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.

  • 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.