Sources SoughtPosted Sep 24, 2026·Responses due Oct 6, 2026

Alaska National Cemeteries Grounds Maintenance

Veterans Affairs · NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN (36C786)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561730
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SSNAK092426
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
S208
Place
JBER, AK, USA
Contact
Brian Trahan (brian.trahan@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SSNAK092426 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 24, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 2, 2026 to Feb 24, 2027, middle of the range Dec 11, 2026.
Measured from 34 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 561730 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 24, 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

The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration (NCA), is conducting market research to identify qualified businesses capable of providing grounds maintenance and associated cemetery services at Fort Richardson National Cemetery and Sitka National Cemetery in Alaska. Businesses capable of supporting either location or both locations are encouraged to respond. This notice is for market research only. It is not a solicitation, and no quotations or proposals are requested. See attached.

Who won similar work

65 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 561730.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
VETERANS CHOICE SERVICES LLC8$29.7MAug 6, 2026
WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC5$4.9MJul 28, 2025
MODERNO INC4$16.9MSep 28, 2026
LANDER GROUP LLC3$2.0MJun 30, 2026
TRI SERVICES LLC3$1.6MMay 6, 2025
THE SEVERSON GROUP LLC2$12.6MJun 1, 2026
GLORY TO THE LORD INVESTMENTS INC2$12.6MApr 16, 2025
PATRIOT CAPITAL VENTURES LLC2$3.0MDec 17, 2025
ELEVEN BRAVO GROUP, LLC2$1.0MJul 24, 2025
DOUBLE BRONZE STAR MARKETING AND CONSULTING, INC2$440KMar 13, 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.