6540--VISN 1 Interim Optician Services IDIQ 06/01/2026 -09/30/2026
Veterans Affairs · 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24126Q0406 in this department, oldest first.
- May 15, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- May 20, 2026Award NoticePDS CONSULTANTS, INC · $4.3MOpen
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
NOTICE OF THE INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE TO P.D.S. Consultants Inc. (UEI QJCRZEEDJNC8) 3801 Bishop LN, Louisville, Kentucky, 40218, UNITED STATES. Response Due Date: May 19, 2026, by 4:00PM (EST) NOTICE OF THE INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE SYNOPSIS Network Contract Office 1, Procurement Office East on behalf of The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 01, All VA Medical Centers in New England intends to award a firm-fixed contract with a 4-month base to P.D.S. Consultants Inc. from 06/01/2026 09/30/2026 to provide prescription eyeglasses and optician services throughout VISN 1. The proposed procurement is … (show all)
for products for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 41 USC §3304(a)(5), 38 U.S. Code § 8127(c), as implemented by FAR 6.302-5 (Authorized or Required by Statute). The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) for this requirement is 339115. All responsible sources that feel they should be considered qualified to provide the above-mentioned products may submit a response to this notice (by the response due date shown above) to Divianna.Mathurin@va.gov. The information provided shall include detailed (and relevant) documentation to allow the government to perform adequate market research and make a proper determination. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)), same product/service code (PSC) 6540 and NAICS 339115.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $3.6M to $4.2M, median $3.9M; range $3.5M to $4.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDS CONSULTANTS, INC | 4 | $15.6M | Sep 22, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Sep 22, 2026PDS CONSULTANTS, INC$4.3M6540--VISN 1 Interim Eyeglass IDIQ 10/01/2026 -01/31/2026No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2025P.D.S. CONSULTANTS, INC.$4.1M6540--VISN 1 Interim Eyeglass IDIQ 10/01/25 - 01/31/26 | P.D.S. Consultants, Inc.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 23, 2025P.D.S. CONSULTANTS, INC.$3.6M6540--VISN 1 Eyeglass IDIQ 05/28/25- 09/30/25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 28, 2025P.D.S. CONSULTANTS, INC.$3.5M6540--TASK ORDER: VISN 1 Interim Eyeglass IDIQ 01/28/25 - 05/27/25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 1 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.