Sources SoughtPosted Aug 13, 2026·Responses due Aug 28, 2026

R499--Request for Information DGIB RFI Q&A DGIB

Veterans Affairs · VETERANS BENEFITS ADMIN (36C10D)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541512
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C10D26Q0163
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R499
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
Stephen M Winkler (stephen.winkler@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C10D26Q0163 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 16, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 3, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, middle of the range Sep 13, 2026.
Measured from 19 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 541512 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 16, 2026).
Responses are due Aug 28, 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.

What the notice says

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this amendment to the Request for Information (RFI) for Digital GI Bill Automation and Modernization (36C10D26Q0163) to provide Government responses to questions received during the RFI open period. VA has compiled and released the questions for which responses have been finalized. This RFI remains for market research purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation, does not commit VA to issue a solicitation, and does not commit the Government to any acquisition approach, contract structure, or timeline. Any future solicitation, if issued… (show all)

, will be announced separately. VA appreciates the participation and input received from industry and welcomes continued feedback in support of this market research effort. Attachment: RFI QA Digital GI Bill Automation and Modernization 36C10D26Q0163

Who won similar work

47 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) R499.

Single-winner award sizes (47): middle half $123K to $3.0M, median $682K; range $7K to $517.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PAR EXCELLENCE SYSTEMS, INC2$339KSep 17, 2025
Signature Choice III, LLC1$517.0MOct 1, 2026
ENCORE JV1 LLC1$153.0MMay 7, 2026
Metrics, LLC1$38.3MSep 23, 2025
GCC & ASSOCIATES LLC1$10.6MSep 25, 2026
GENTECH ASSOCIATES INC1$7.0MMay 26, 2026
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP1$6.2MAug 11, 2026
Blue Water Initiatives LLC1$5.5MOct 2, 2026
KNOWESIS, INC.1$5.5MSep 24, 2025
Blue Phoenix Solutions LLC1$5.0MJan 16, 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.