R408--VISN 12 Mail Machine Contract with SendPro Software Suite Base Plus Four Option Years
Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25225Q0136 in this department, oldest first.
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
Under Statutory Authority 40 U.S.C. 501 and 41 U.S.C. 251 the VA Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Pitney Bowes Inc. for VISN 12 medical centers. The VISN intends to lease, software and services required to track and ship mail, Pitney Bowes Inc. provides the best cost shipping options, allows for accurate reporting, accountability of volume and expenditures and traceability of mail and parcels for all inbound and outbound mail and is FEDRAMP compliant. All applicable hardware, software and support services must adhere to the United States Po… (show all)
stal Service (USPS) Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) www.usps.gov, and shipping partners rules and regulations of those as United Parcel Service (UPS), Federal Express (FedEx), DHL, etc. This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 40 U.S.C. 501 and 41 U.S.C. 251 implemented in FAR 8.405-6, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This will be a firm fixed price contract for a base plus 4 option years. The NAICS Code is 541511. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services, as well as references from other customers who are using these products and service to the Contracting Officer by 8:00AM (CST) 01/10/2025. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. Responses received will be evaluated however; a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed with the sole source negotiation with the Pitney Bowes Inc. Capability statements shall be submitted by email only as a MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Michelle Klug at Michelle.Klug2@va.gov. TELEPHONIC INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)), same NAICS 541511.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $368K to $759K, median $414K; range $68K to $1.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATA INNOVATIONS LLC | 2 | $1.6M | Dec 17, 2025 |
| HILL-ROM, INC. | 2 | $1.1M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| COMCENTIA, LLC | 1 | $68K | Mar 4, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 25, 2026HILL-ROM, INC.$759KQ702--Base YR (10/01/2026-09/30/2027) Nurse Call System MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 4, 2026COMCENTIA, LLC$68KR499--NEW BASE+4 FM Database Support (695) BASE - 695C60295 4/1/2026-3/31/2027No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 17, 2025DATA INNOVATIONS LLC$1.1MDH10--MOD to add Oracle integration service VISN 12 Data Innovations Universal Lab InterfaceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 11, 2025DATA INNOVATIONS LLC$414KDH10--Base YR (10/01/2025-09/30/2026) VISN Data Innovations Universal Lab Interface MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 14, 2025HILL-ROM, INC.$368KQ702--Hill-Rom Nurse Call System Hardware UpgradeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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.