Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 4, 2026·Responses due Aug 10, 2026

R499--Employee Assistance Program (EAP) EAP services for employees and immediate family members for emotional support and grief counseling.

Veterans Affairs · VETERANS BENEFITS ADMIN (36C10D)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
624190
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C10D26Q0174
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
R499
Place
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Contact
Tracey Robinson (Tracey.Robinson3@va.gov)
CSV Email

Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C10D26Q0174 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 4, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 1, 2026 to Dec 1, 2026, middle of the range Oct 4, 2026.
Measured from 4901 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 4, 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

Presolicitation Notice Solicitation: 36C10D23Q0109 This is a FAR 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures Solicitation Type of Solicitation: 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside Location of Solicitation: Opportunities (Formally Known as: FBO) NAICS: 516210 PSC(s): 7A21 Description: Media Reporting Subscription (Brand Name or Equal) Quote due: 09/25/2023@09:00 eastern time with completed and signed copy of solicitation. Contracting Officer: Tina Angela Brooks, tina.brooks@va.gov See Solicitation 36C10D23Q0109 for more details. Questions asked after September 21, 202… (show all)

3, will not be answered. Interested Party requirements: Vendors must have active registrations in SAM.gov and SBA.gov well as have current, updated information actively vendorized with the Financial Service Center (FSC). Award will not be held for vendors who do not comply with the solicitation. Evaluation Criteria: Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers. Evaluation will be Best Value to the Government Quotes will be evaluated for the fair and reasonable price.

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 624190.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN/PACIFIC COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS BERKELEY 947041$1.2MSep 22, 2026
NATION'S FINEST SANTA ROSA 954041$869KFeb 5, 2025
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP OF ARIZONA PHOENIX 85004 AZE1$395KOct 15, 2025
J.E. FEDERAL ENTERPRISES, LLC. Auburn AL 36832 USA1$54KMay 20, 2026
RECOVERY INNOVATIONS, INC.1$8KJul 30, 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 5 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
See who and the source records with Pro

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
See who and the source records with Pro

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
See who and the source records with Pro

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.