Sources SoughtPosted Aug 27, 2025·Responses due Sep 2, 2025

V129--REMOVAL & TRANSPORT OF DECEASED

Veterans Affairs · 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
485991
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24625Q1080
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
V129
Place
Hampton
Contact
Kenneca Crump (Kenneca.Crump@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24625Q1080 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 27, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Sep 8, 2025
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Sep 8, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 12, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Oct 2, 2025
    Award Notice
    Suntiff, LLC · $10K
    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

DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS RFI OR REIMBURSE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. PURPOSE: The purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research to find qualified vendors and to assist Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6 in determining if a future contract effort can be competitively awarded on a Brand Name or Equal, Unrestricted Basis. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this effort is 812210; Funeral Ho… (show all)

mes and Funeral Services with the Small Business Size Standard of $19 Million Dollars. If the Government determines there are qualified vendors for this requirement, a solicitation will be published and posted on the Contracting Opportunities website. The Government will use this information solely to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this procurement. INTRODUCTION: This requirement is for the purchase of an Removal and Transport of Deceased . The Contractor shall provide all labor, material, supplies, management, and supervision necessary to provide the delivery of the items for the Hampton VA Medical Center, located at 100 Emancipation Drive, Hampton, VA 23667. The government encourages all vendors that can meet or exceed the item descriptions below to respond to this source sought. If providing a like item/system, please include attachments, information, and part numbers to allow the government to assess whether your items/system will suffice for this requirement. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT REMOVAL AND TRANSPORT OF DECEASED 50 EA Vendors with a GSA schedule shall provide the contract number of that schedule and the expiration date as well as product NAICS codes. All items should be clearly identified if they are scheduled items or open market items. HOW TO RESPOND: All responses shall be submitted no later than September 2, 2025 @ 9:00 AM EST. All interested parties should respond, in writing via email to Kenneca.Crump@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Respondents to this RFI shall provide the following information: Company/individual name, Address, Point of contact with phone number Information describing your interest, Indicate FSS/GSA contract number or Open Market, as applicable FSS Category you qualify for Tax ID number DUNS number Unique Entity ID (UEI) (SAM) Capabilities statement Company Socio-Economic SIZE (example large, small, SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB etc.) If you are not the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) please provide proof of being an Authorized Distributor by submission of a copy of your Authorized Distributor Letter. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.1201(a) Prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications at the System for Award Management (SAM) as a part of required registration in conjunction with FAR 4.1102(a) that states, Prospective contractors shall be registered in the (SAM) database prior to award of a contract or agreement. Therefore, due to time constraints, vendors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) under the above NAICS code at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for an award. Please submit responses via email to Kenneca.Crump@va.gov in Microsoft Office/PDF format by 9:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time) 9/2/2025. Please include RFI# 36C24625Q1080 in subject title. NOTE: Responses to this announcement will not be returned, nor will there be any ensuing discussions or debriefings of any responses. However, information obtained as a result of this announcement may be reflected in any subsequent solicitation. This announcement is Government market research purposes ONLY.

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)), same NAICS 485991.

Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $775K to $4.3M, median $2.7M; range $648K to $4.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
KTS SOLUTIONS, INC.3$5.9MOct 6, 2025
DEGRAFT SYSTEMS LLC1$4.3MMar 2, 2026
INTEGRATED MAINTENANCE AND BUS SERVICES LLC1$2.7MOct 2, 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.

Latest awards

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
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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. 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
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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.