Pre-solicitationPosted May 6, 2026·Responses due May 13, 2026

DG11--Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Cable, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services for the VA Black Hills Health Care System – Fort Meade Campus

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
517111
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26326Q0673
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
DG11
Place
Fort Meade, SD, USA
Contact
Alisha Milander (Alisha.Milander@va.gov)
…Open on SAM.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 36C26326Q0673 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • May 6, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Jul 1, 2026
    Award Notice
    MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS MINNEAPOLIS 55435 · $209K
    Open

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

This Notice of Intent is provided to advise that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source, Firm-Fixed Price contract with only one source, Midcontinent Communications, to provide Cable, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services to the VA Black Hills Health Care System Fort Meade Campus. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a Sole Source award under the authority of RFO 12.201 1, which permits the use of simplified procedures for commercial acquisitions. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not … (show all)

a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with RFO Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions, all responsible sources that feel they can meet the Government s requirements detailed above may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested party s bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and must include the organization s System for Award Management (SAM) Unique Entity ID (UEI), and the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), along with documentation verifying the vendor s authorized distributor/reseller status, if applicable. All offerors must have an active registration in SAM at www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be retained as Market Research. All responses must be received by 12:00 PM Central Time on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Responses shall be submitted electronically to Alisha Milander via email at Alisha.Milander@va.gov. Fax responses and Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

Who won similar work

19 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 517111.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
N-OVATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC3$760KSep 9, 2026
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC · $LUMN2$2.3MOct 1, 2026
HIB TECHNICAL INSTALLATION SERVICES INC2$580KSep 28, 2026
GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC1$3.8MAug 12, 2026
CITIZEN CONTRACTING GROUP LLC1$436KMar 6, 2026
EXECUTIVE BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS, LLC1$425KAug 19, 2026
PACIFIC COAST CONTRACTING GROUP SACRAMENTO 958341$348KAug 7, 2026
VASTGLOBE LOGISTICS LLC1$282KJul 14, 2025
DEFENSE INTEGRATION SOLUTIONS LLC1$267KFeb 25, 2025
FEDCON-1, LLC1$223KDec 2, 2024

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
  • $18K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • 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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 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.