J059--INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE to U.S Hospitality Publishers Inc For Continuing Support and Licenses for pCare Interactive Patient Care System in Support of the Fargo VA Healthcare System.
Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q0253 in this department, oldest first.
- Jan 2, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Jan 13, 2026Award NoticeU.S. HOSPITALITY PUBLISHERS, INC. · $433KOpen
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, Network Contracting Office 23 intends to award a Sole Source Contract to U.S. Hospitality Publishers Inc. to continue service, support and licensing for the pCare Interactive Patient Care System which is the system in use the Fargo VA Healthcare System. This action will result in a firm fixed price contract, base year with four option years. Sole Source Justification attached. Other entities may identify their interest and capability by responding to this requirement as follows: Responses shall be received no later than 01/09/2025 at 12:00 p.m. CDT. Response… (show all)
s shall be emailed to Joseph.Bennett@va.gov. Responses shall include in the subject line: 36C26326Q0253. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received by the closing date of this notice. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) J059.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $12K to $142K, median $40K; range $6K to $511K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCRAY GROUP VENTURES LLC | 1 | $511K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| DAKOTA ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | 1 | $175K | Jul 1, 2026 |
| ASCO POWER SERVICES INC | 1 | $109K | Dec 29, 2025 |
| TECH O. R., LLC | 1 | $40K | Jan 7, 2025 |
| TW Professional Solutions LLC | 1 | $12K | May 15, 2025 |
| I-2-I Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $12K | Mar 10, 2025 |
| CHEMDAQ, INC. | 1 | $6K | Dec 5, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 29, 2026MCCRAY GROUP VENTURES LLC$511KJ059--Automatic Door MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 1, 2026DAKOTA ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$175KEmergency Electric Equipment RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 29, 2025ASCO POWER SERVICES INC$109KJ059--ASCO Critical Power Management System/Automatic Transfer Switches Maintenance Services for the Minneapolis VA Health Care SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 15, 2025TW Professional Solutions LLC$12KJ059--Emergency Repairs UNMC Fiber Optic Repair Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health Care SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 10, 2025I-2-I Solutions, Inc.$12KJ059--VHA Black Hills Health Care System Generator RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 7, 2025TECH O. R., LLC$40KJ059--Automatic Door MaintNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 5, 2024CHEMDAQ, INC.$6KJ059--ChemDAQ Gas Monitor Sensor Exchange ProgramNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 7 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.