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Veterans Affairs · 245-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 5 (36C245)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24526Q0672 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 5, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
Pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office 5 intends to solicit from a single source for the purchase of DATA COLLECTION AND SURVEY SOFTWARE services from QUALTIRCS (SAM UEI: PR45WM7EWA57). Under the contemplated contract, the vendor will provide data collection and survey software, compatible with current licenses and interconnected workflows and system integrations via proprietary API and data schema. This notice of intent to conduct a sole source acquisition is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any responsible source… (show all)
who believes it is capable of performing the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) R702.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $199K to $1.3M, median $493K; range $161K to $2.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTAT, INC. | 1 | $2.9M | Aug 21, 2026 |
| FULCRUM VETS, LLC | 1 | $774K | Sep 3, 2025 |
| INVENTORY & RETURN SOLUTIONS INC. | 1 | $212K | Oct 1, 2025 |
| ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY Springfield IL 62702 USA | 1 | $161K | Apr 16, 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.
- Aug 21, 2026WESTAT, INC.$2.9MR702--Study of Post 9/11 VeteransNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 16, 2026ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY Springfield IL 62702 USA$161KBASE - IDOT - LEADS SERVICES - FOR JESSE BROWN, HINES AND FHCC VA MEDICAL CENTERS IN ILLINOIS - 556C60100,578C60158,537C60148 - UCD 6/30/2031No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025INVENTORY & RETURN SOLUTIONS INC.$212KR702--VHA VISN 10 - Wall to Wall Inventory (Pharmacy)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2025FULCRUM VETS, LLC$774KR702--DQ Technical Analysis & Functional SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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.