S203--Geriatric Out of Hospital Home Meal Delivery Service Trial for a Clinical Study on Heart Failure.
Veterans Affairs · RPO EAST (36C24E)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24E26Q0002 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
Pre-Solicitation Notice to solicit for a vendor to provide a home delivery meal service to ship nutritionally restricted meals to Veterans homes shipping three (3) meals per day for six weeks. The purpose of this multi-center clinical trial is to study the efficacy and safety of providing nutritional support shortly after discharge compared to the study-defined standard of care alone. The study-provided meals will follow a sodium-restricted Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating pattern, which has been associated with lower heart failure (HF) incidence and greater survival in pa… (show all)
tients with HF. The vendor shall deliver meals within 1-3 days (with exceptions of holidays, Sundays) from the date of order anywhere within the 48 continental United States with the capacity to ship up to 21 meals per week per patient. The meals need to meet study-specified nutritional requirements. Meals must be provided to cover a 42-day period, i.e., 6 weeks, for each of the 700 study participants, over a period of up to 48 months with the detailed time varying by participant s enrollment status. Vendors must meet VA regulations on the transfer and storage of personally identifying information. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit a Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for a base period of four (4) years. The period of performance will begin when funding is available. The overall goal is to meet the research study team goals of providing three meals per day for six weeks for each patient enrolled in the study for up to 700 participants in total. This is up to the four-year period in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) that will be included with the Solicitation. The solicitation will be issued as a total small business set-aside and will open on or about 11/05/2025 closing on or about 11/26/2025. The applicable NAICS code is 624210 with a $19.5 million size standard. The FSC/PSC is S203. Interested SDVOSBs/VOSBs must be actively verified and registered in the SBA certification database https://veterans.certify.sba.gov to receive an evaluation credit. Copies of the solicitation will not be available for mailing. All prospective Vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) for all awards at (https://sam.gov/) at time of quotation submission and at time of award. Questions concerning this procurement may be directed to the Contracting Officer Ann Marie Stewart at annmarie.stewart@va.gov.
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) S203.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $411K to $3.7M, median $1.7M; range $63K to $5.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Service Solutions LLC | 1 | $5.8M | Mar 3, 2026 |
| THE SEVERSON GROUP LLC | 1 | $4.4M | Nov 27, 2024 |
| RC TECH INC | 1 | $3.7M | May 29, 2025 |
| NYS OMH COOK CHILL PRODUCTION CENTER Orangeburg NY 10962 USA | 1 | $2.0M | Nov 13, 2024 |
| A6 SCIENTIFIC CORP. | 1 | $1.7M | Sep 22, 2025 |
| SODEXO AMERICA LLC | 1 | $1.5M | Jan 15, 2026 |
| MODESTO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1 | $411K | Jun 1, 2026 |
| 808 CATERING CO LLC | 1 | $352K | Oct 6, 2025 |
| K&D HARVEY CONSULTING LLC | 1 | $63K | May 19, 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.
- Jun 1, 2026MODESTO MANAGEMENT LLC$411KS203--Emergency NTP 578C60153 Food Service Workers Edward Hines Jr. VA Medical Center Hines, IllinoisNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 3, 2026Veterans Service Solutions LLC$5.8MAWARD NOTICE - FOOD CATERING SERVICE DRRTP (ATLANTA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 15, 2026SODEXO AMERICA LLC$1.5MS203--CLC FOOD SVC | Sodexo America | Base + 4 Years -POP: 3/23/26 - 3/22/27No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 6, 2025808 CATERING CO LLC$352KNotice of AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2025A6 SCIENTIFIC CORP.$1.7MS203--STX - Food Svc Workers | 671C50423 | Base +3No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 29, 2025RC TECH INC$3.7MS203--Indianapolis Domiciliary Food ServiceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 19, 2025K&D HARVEY CONSULTING LLC$63KS203--NFS Bread Contract (VA-25-00056014)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 27, 2024THE SEVERSON GROUP LLC$4.4MS203--Indianapolis Domiciliary Food ServiceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 13, 2024NYS OMH COOK CHILL PRODUCTION CENTER Orangeburg NY 10962 USA$2.0MNotice of Award - Cook/Chill Food Service Provisioning Hudson Valley VA Healthcare System, Castle Point VAMC Montrose VAMCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.